When turning ideas into change, remember: “Professional development is commonly like an S-track and not a straight line.”
Charlotte Long on Leadership + Social Networks + Divinity
“You have centralized something in your life, whether or not you know it. Let’s figure out what that is.”
Cait Ennis on Understanding Her Chinese Heritage
“If I had to answer, ‘What am I?’, however, I would say I am American. I am this melting pot of values and cultures, and I now know that I do not have to choose between these things to know who I am.”
Rho on ‘Where are you from?’ + Asian + American Culture
“Does it change the conversation if you know what Asian I am? It seems like a filler question that other people ask, but cannot relate to the answer. And I cannot flip the question onto them.”
Charles Brown on Protest Organizing + BLM + Police Reform
“If you are human, you cannot watch someone murdered before your eyes and not feel some sort of compassion or empathy.”
Ricky Evans on Racism + Love + Beauty in Education
“I think that the beautiful part about learning is that once you equip yourself with the truth, the truth makes you move differently and it challenges you to be different.”
Maria Sole Campinoti on COVID-19 + Italian Government
“The Prime Minister talks about bridging the gender gap, but for normal women, he has done nothing.”
Black Lives Matter Protests
“I came out of the closet as a gay man when I was 16, but I came out of the closet as a black man when I was born.”
Time Spent in Quarantine
Time in quarantine feels nonsensical. How can we infuse meaning back into our days– and reclaim our 2020?
Kyu Min Huh on South Korea + COVID-19
“These past three weeks really have been a whirlwind, and it seems like it’s gonna continue to be so. Just about three weeks ago, around Mardi Gras time in New Orleans, covid-19 cases in S. Korea was skyrocketing.”