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: Equity
Know Who Your Audience Is and Who It Isn’t
One night I woke up from a dream that I was supposed to give a speech to thousands of people. But, we kept having technical difficulties and having to start the session over. This happened 7 times and with each restart, we would lose people until there was only about 40 people left. These 40ContinueContinue reading “Know Who Your Audience Is and Who It Isn’t”
The Coin Does Not Have Two Sides
Recently, I had a very affirming experience. I wrote a very in depth description of my understanding of how polarities function in every human system using personal anecdotes and substantiating it with my understandings from my religion and philosophies that I have been exposed to. In all honesty, it was one of my most vulnerableContinueContinue reading “The Coin Does Not Have Two Sides”
Recreating With Aloha in Mind and Heart
When most people hear the word Aloha, they think that it simply means hello and farewell. But, more precisely, it means “the presence of the Breath” i.e. The Breath of Life. And as some of my friends who are of the land of Hawaii have shared with me, it is akin to expressing “I loveContinueContinue reading “Recreating With Aloha in Mind and Heart”
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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