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A Better DAy
Today was a better day. As Kamala and Joe finished their speeches, I had the privilege to lead a Zoom conversation with my brother, force...
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Nov 7, 20202 min read
Hopeful
Madame Vice President!!! The First Mensch aka Second Gentleman Dr. Professor First Lady And our 46th President of the United States...
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Nov 7, 20202 min read


Count every vote
I believe Joe Biden will be our next President and Kamala Harris our next VP. But we are anything but the *United* States of America....
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Nov 4, 20202 min read


Brighter days
I love my country. I believe in the promise of my country. I want a better future for my country. 🙏🏾✨🗳 It will surely be a long road,...
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Nov 3, 20201 min read


Election anxiety
Is anxiety all but incapacitating you too? How are you coping? What’s getting you through? Please share, friends. I mean it: how? We need...
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Nov 2, 20201 min read


VOTE
Have you voted? That is not a rhetorical question; I want an answer! 🗳 This country needs you. Drop a comment below: — Yes, I voted...
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Oct 26, 20202 min read


Watson Institute
I forgot how much I love speaking to students and how much young change agents inspire me… until I spent 8am to 3pm leading my Watson...
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Oct 21, 20201 min read


The 10th PGC
The TENTH annual Project Green Challenge starts today! My momma (here high-fiving brilliant PGC Finalists!) and I dreamt up the idea for...
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Oct 1, 20201 min read
G'mar Chatima
Face yourself. Reflect honestly. Reckon with the shadows. Go within. Take responsibility. Course correct. Make amends. Seek forgiveness....
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Sep 27, 20202 min read


Very Jewish
Someone called me “very Jewish” as the sun set on Rosh Hashanah, minutes after the righteous RBG took her final breaths, the same day...
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Sep 24, 20203 min read


Shana Tova
I survived the year. I stayed afloat. You did too, each of us in our own boats to weather an unfathomable, unrelenting, unforeseen storm....
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Sep 18, 20203 min read


RBG
It doesn't take much to push me over the edge right now. And this moment is overwhelming. The loss of an icon, a hero, a trailblazer, a...
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Sep 18, 20202 min read


One Year Later
I am alive. One year ago today, my life came to a crashing halt. Everything changed in a single instant. At first, I didn’t think much of...
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Sep 6, 20203 min read


Safe and Healthy
I am safe, happy and healthy, as is my momma. We are together, far from the fires and Covid-free. My curls are out, feet in the dirt,...
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Aug 29, 20202 min read


A Foraging Renewal
How do you connect with food? With land? With the seasons? For many, that has shifted dramatically in the past six months. Walks around...
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Aug 28, 20203 min read


A Summer at the Drive Thru
What happens when a nation needs to social distance, restaurants close indoor dining and people head out for summer road trips?...
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Aug 21, 20203 min read


Rising Springs: More Than Water
Water is life. Water is health. Water is the building block for people and planet. Summer or winter, pandemic or not, urban or rural, we...
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Aug 8, 20204 min read


S’Mores Are Not Cancelled
Many things have changed since 1927, but a love of s’mores has remained constant across this country. Kids and adults alike are still...
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Aug 1, 20203 min read


Putting the Plastic Aside
Eat food, not plastic. That may sound obvious, but just as plastic is ubiquitous in our lives, it is omnipresent in, on and around our...
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Jul 26, 20203 min read


Making Good Trouble
I’m making good trouble — for John Lewis, as I know he will ever continue to do in the heavens high above. The giant of a man fought for...
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Jul 17, 20202 min read
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