Photograph by Makenna Entrikin Revealing the ugly underbelly of human trafficking, one woman answers the question: What can we do? — ‘Human trafficking’? That can’t possibly be a real thing happening around me… Or could it? Those were the questions … [Read more...] about Not In My Backyard: The Reality of Human Trafficking and 5 Steps to End It
Community & Cultures
Yes We Can! Yes We Are! | Manifesting Our Innate Peace and Freedom
Trump’s election has provided a compelling opportunity to declare what we stand for — peace and freedom — rather than what we stand against — fear and oppression. ____________________________________ Many of the people who went out to march after Trump’s election were not … [Read more...] about Yes We Can! Yes We Are! | Manifesting Our Innate Peace and Freedom
Inside Africa: The panAFRICAproject
Photographer Lou Jones describes an ambitious project to create a contemporary, visual portrait of modern Africa. ______________________________ Folded under me, my knees were about to explode. My heavy camera bag was in my lap. The compass pointed due north to my destination in … [Read more...] about Inside Africa: The panAFRICAproject
Architecture and Humanity | The Conscious Urbanism of Kunlé Adeyemi
African architect Kunlé Adeyemi expresses a deep passion for social progress through his ground-breaking designs and urban planning ________________________________ NLÉ is an architecture, design, and urbanism practice for developing cities and communities. Such is the elevator … [Read more...] about Architecture and Humanity | The Conscious Urbanism of Kunlé Adeyemi
Love, Listen, Learn | Coping With the Crisis for Immigrants & Humanity
Fifteen years after 9/11, we face a new attack, a new crisis for immigrants and human rights _________________________________ The morning after the election my mom called and told me to be careful. Just like my dad did after September 11. Fifteen years ago, Dad was worried … [Read more...] about Love, Listen, Learn | Coping With the Crisis for Immigrants & Humanity
The Hidden Bias | Challenging Cultural Biases Through Travel
Travel and other opportunities to experience diversity can help us reveal and release our hidden biases _________________________________ We all have an implicit bias. Even good people have it — and this does not make them bad. Our biases are the results of social … [Read more...] about The Hidden Bias | Challenging Cultural Biases Through Travel
Into the Tribe | Being Adopted by a Native American Tribe
A professor's journey to becoming adopted by a Native American Tribe after a lifetime of building cross-cultural bridges _________________________________ My life has existed at the crossroads of two cultures for more than three decades — one foot planted in the modern American … [Read more...] about Into the Tribe | Being Adopted by a Native American Tribe
