“Intimacy is not designed or encouraged for the achievement of personal happiness; rather it is for the fulfillment of one’s life purpose, for the enrichment of the village, and for the expression of spirit. It is a means of offering...
Sharing My Voice: Reflections from A Black Woman Racial Equity and Justice Practitioner Showing Up on LinkedIn
So it is better to speak remembering we were never meant to survive. Audre Lorde, Excerpt from A Litany for Survival The professional archetype has always been strange to me. The appearance, language, physical environment and social norms never harmonized...
The Right to Heal: Stop Cop City
Land is sacred. Our ancestors and Black residents deserve the right to heal. The Weelaunee Forest must be preserved to protect the entire state-the land and people. #ubuntu What is done there will be the answer to, “How are the...
How Mindfulness Helps Me Work for Inclusion By Anthony Lobban
It’s Black History Month, and we all can be proud of the many unique contributions to the fabric of our nation made by African Americans. Our history of struggles and triumphs, suffering and resilience is at the core of American...
How do we make schools a spiritual recharging station for our Black children who face spirit murder in and out of schools? – Khalil Pettway
The conversations that tend to take place about student safety tend to always center their physical safety; the things that we can see. There are a number of schools who work with social workers if they see students coming to...
Experience Working in Racial Equity and CommunityBuild Ventures by Antonio Sneed
I started working at CommunityBuild Ventures (CBV) back in August of 2021 as the Operations Manager. I did not know what to expect, however I was excited to be apart of a black firm. After doing my initial research about...
