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Thank you for reading this week’s special #RootCauseRacism series. Yesterday was the culminating event of the week, a panel discussion thatI moderated as part of the KaiNexus webinar series. Thanks to KaiNexus for their support in this effort. Sharing Our…
Leave a Comment with Your Next Step – Get a Signed Art Print! As we talked about in today’s Sharing Our Visions and Voices on #RootCauseRacism webinar/panel discussion, taking a step, no matter what size, to eliminate systemic racism is…
When I was in art school, people often asked me why I was studying art. They’d say, “Karyn, isn’t it a waste of time? What’s the point? Making art doesn’t have a ‘purpose’ and art doesn’t ‘do anything’, so why…
It’s difficult to find words to describe how precious “life” is to a room full of children who just want to run and play and live. Live. The word “live” reverberates differently this year. Month after month, we’ve witnessed story…
When I was asked to blog about this topic, I must confess that I was at a loss. How can I speak on addressing the issue of dismantling systemic racism as it pertains from the view of government? Is it…
In 1776 , Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert R. Livingston (also known as our nation’s founding fathers) authored the Declaration of Independence. Its purpose — to serve as a guiding light of the principles on which…
“In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there “is” such a thing as being too late. This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous and positive action.” Martin Luther King, Jr. In 2001,…
Adapted from a post on LinkedIn When I was envisioning the daily themes in the #RootCauseRacism blog series, it was important to use my voice to bring attention to the current and future state of racial equity in Healthcare. I’m…
I’ve held many roles in my pharmacy career that has spanned seventeen years now. I’ve been in formal leadership roles for more than fifteen years out of those seventeen. I’ve worked in many places, doing many different types of work in…
“You can’t teach children of color and not stand up to the injustices against them!” YES! I thought as the words showed up in my social media feed. I immediately shared it as it spoke to me… but then I…
What do you do when you’ve clearly earned the win but you’re treated differently than everyone who won before you? Dr. Randal Pinkett and Dr. Jeffrey Robinson join me to talk through that question, from Randal’s refusal to share his…
I was excited. I was young-enough, studied-enough, passionate-enough. I knew that with the right staff, right curriculum, right strategies, right systems and with the right energy we could raise test scores to pass all the other schools in the state.…
