Black, White, or Other? “Pedro, Pedro, go back to Mexico.” “Pedro, Pedro, go back to Mexico.” “Pedro, Pedro, go back to Mexico.” Being Black and growing up in the South—between Virginia and Mississippi—with a name like Pedro Senhorinha Ramos Montero Silva brought in many unwelcomed experiences in my life. One of which was the otheringContinueContinue reading “Bias By Us: How Our Unconscious Programs Us to Harm the Other”
Category Archives: Belonging
The Businesses of Hope and Joy
I have heard people joke that religious leaders are “hope dealers”. They sell folks on the idea that there is a tomorrow that is better than their today and all of their yesterdays. At their best, they inspire people to live with positive expectation and to pass on this positive infection through acts of kindnessContinueContinue reading “The Businesses of Hope and Joy”
Employment, Engagement, and Empowerment: The Way of Enough
When I entered seminary back in 2009, it was because, after working on a very disappointing Diversity Recruiting project with a certain company, I became convinced that a seminary degree would be just what I needed to “evangelize” the good news of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in organizations. After all, at their best, IContinueContinue reading “Employment, Engagement, and Empowerment: The Way of Enough”
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