by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | Feb 6, 2021 | Identities
https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/black-history-month.html It is not unusual for me to be on panels on Identity and Belonging and to be asked: Why do we have/need Black History Month? It is always a question that is tough for me to hear and respond... by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | Jan 31, 2021 | Leadership, Organizational Development, Social Change
Dear Leader, Photo by Kiana Bosman on Unsplash I want to remind you that leadership matters as a force for greater good in the world, and that this is part of your job description. Here are two stories to illustrate what I mean. I remember being in a leadership... by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | Dec 31, 2020 | Identities, Social Change
Photo from Unsplash Today, I got a text from my gorgeous and relentless mother, who I have now not seen for 12 months and 4 days exactly. She is working on a writing project. Another memoir about her incredible life and experiences. This will be her fourth book—a... by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | Nov 30, 2020 | Social Change
As our health and social pandemics continue to open the cracks and inequities in our world, the vocabulary for discrimination of all forms has exploded into our public spaces. To some, it has all been new. To others, who have been connected or working in the critical... by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | Oct 31, 2020 | International Development, Leadership, Organizational Development, Social Change
The following is an excerpt on social transformation of trauma from my new book: Transformation After Trauma: The Power of Resonance. Excerpt is from Chapter 6, Resonance in Transforming Systemic Trauma. I am amazed at how relevant this work is for the times we are... by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | Sep 26, 2020 | International Development, Leadership, Social Change
Excerpt of my story in the opening panel at the last Transformative Learning Network Conference, now published in the Journal of Reflective Practice, September 2020. Article by panel curators and participants: Marguerite A. Welch, Akasha, Aka Pete Saunders, Petra T.... 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... 
