Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti once wrote that if you want to dispossess a people, the simplest way is to tell their story and start with “secondly.” I have been thinking about that idea often because history is full of stories that begin too late. Many Americans were introduced to Juneteenth only after it became a […]
Dr. Kelly Hurst
Posted inCommunity & Lifestyle
La comunidad nos cuida (Community cares for all of us)
Querida comunidad, (Dear community,) As we witness state-organized violence directed at Latine, Asian and Black and Brown immigrants and refugees, we recognize that the harm inflicted on those we serve carries profound consequences for physical, emotional and spiritual health. The abductions, arrests, detentions and aggression against women, children, elders and families stream across our screens […]
Posted inOpinion
MASSEY COMMISSION
When the Massey Commission was formed, community members rightly questioned what it would actually do. Some expected a short-term task force – something tidy and symbolic. But the charge the commission was given, and the one I accepted as managing director, is not the kind of work that fits neatly into a headline. It asks […]
