by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | Jul 31, 2020 | Ancestries, Identities, Social Change
Image by Philippe Lazaro: http://www.philippelazaro.com/new-blog/antiracismflowcharts Colleague: “Did I offend you?” / Me: “No, you didn’t. You disclosed you needed to tell me your connection to why #blacklivesmatters is important to you, you... by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | Jun 7, 2020 | Ancestries, Identities, Social Change
Dear Friend, Thank you for your responses to my post: I can’t breathe. In some responses, you asked where to look and where you might start on your journey to some of the STOPS I requested of you. At first, I felt the burden of being asked to educate further about... by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | May 30, 2020 | Ancestries, Identities, Social Change
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” Victor Frankl, Concentration Camp Survivor. Dear Friend, I’ve been struggling to choose my response this week. I... by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | Apr 30, 2020 | Leadership, Organizational Development, Social Change
If we take seriously the notion that we are in that pivotal space between worlds where we can choose our future and that we have an opportunity to transform our world, we ought to be thinking not only about how we bounce back, but also about how we might bounce... by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | Apr 15, 2020 | Ancestries, Identities
Thank you to Fodé Beaudet for your encouraging review* Ancestries: A short story collection is available on Amazon. …I’ve read a lot of books in my life. However, rarely have I come across stories that move me in some many ways. I began reading in London, which... 
