One of my favorite books, Mujerista Theology by Ada María Isasi-Díaz, says this: “As a foreigner in an alien land, I have not inherited a garden from my mother but rather a bunch of cuttings. Beautiful but rootless flowering...
We hope this post gives you a good starting point to launch your AAPI Heritage Month celebrations with your family.
Like most families, we’ve been thinking about what we want to do when school gets out and summer vacation is in full swing. We have two young children, and our oldest daughter is disabled. Since the last time we...
Here we are in April, which is Autism Awareness Month. But I am not here to make you aware of Autism. While you may not know the intricacies of the diagnosis, I feel fairly confident that you are already...
Every March (since 1987) is Women’s History Month in the United States. Why not a men’s history month? A quick glimpse at our history books will show you that most of our written history is already pretty male-dominated. Of...
One of my students asked me why we celebrate Black History Month. I explained to him that when we first learned of COVID-19 we were told to wash our hands, give each other space, take vitamins, etc. Now, that...
It’s the Year of the Tiger! Happy Lunar New Year! Every year we get together with extended family for a boisterous feast. We eat traditional foods that symbolize different sentiments. For example, noodles represent happiness and longevity, fish stands for...
Recently, my children's school district made the decision, in response to a petition signed by a small but vocal group of parents, to remove author Jerry Craft's books from our library's shelves and postpone his virtual author visit with...
We have all seen the recent headlines and the horrific images of people fleeing Afghanistan. This issue is heartbreaking and extremely complicated. In the coming months, many Afghan refugees will be coming to the United States to start a...
We all have our opinions. We have our firm beliefs, our convictions, our passions, our unwavering positions that we’ve researched and will fight for. We have our views of the “others” and wonder how they can be wrong -...

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