by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | May 2, 2022 | Human Development, Leadership, Organizational Development
I met a friend for lunch, in the way we have all been slowly getting back together for tea/coffee/dinner, coming out from behind the cobwebs of our covid-19 isolations. We catch up on the two years of silence, in which life had continued to creep along. Children were... by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | Apr 2, 2022 | Human Development, International Development, Leadership, Social Change
Photo credit: pixabay It’s spring. And all things are bright and beautiful…except for this continued shadow rolling in on us. It was already there, hovering just out of sight for most. Wars and armed conflicts around the world spurning underfunded humanitarian... by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | Mar 1, 2022 | Human Development, Identities, Social Change, Uncategorized
Destinies Kindle Cover. Photo: https://thedavidmarkwei.com/ Destinies autographed copies are available here. Also available on Amazon in paperback and kindle This collection of flash fiction arose out of my reflections during the COVID-19 pandemic—a way to process the... by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | Feb 1, 2022 | Ancestries, Human Development, Identities, Social Change
This Black History Month, I am remembering a shared history that connects 2 places I call home: Sierra Leone and Canada. This year marks the 230th anniversary of the exodus and repatriation of approximately 1200 Black Loyalists from Halifax, Nova Scotia, for Freetown,... by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | Jan 31, 2022 | Human Development, International Development, Leadership, Organizational Development, Social Change
Available now on Springer.com Download flyer here … we are aligned with transformation, as both process and outcome, that results in a dramatic shift in our thinking, feelings, and actions. We know that when that dramatic shift occurs, our being and worldviews are... by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | Dec 31, 2021 | Human Development, Leadership, Organizational Development
The December holiday season including Christmas for my household, was not very much unlike December 2020. The grinch of the Omicron coronavirus variant arrived just in time to steal Christmas. And so, just as we had in 2020, our family of 5 cocooned together this... by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | Nov 6, 2021 | Facilitation, Organizational Development, Social Change
The crisp chill in the air is signaling the turn of the seasons. Fall is giving way to winter and at this time of year, as I go for walks in the midst of the colorful puddles of leaves given up by the trees, it is easier to pause. To Pause. To Reflect and To... by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | Sep 30, 2021 | Ancestries, Human Development, Social Change
“Two-hundred and fifteen little voices woke the country, 215 voices spoke to the world,” Algonquin Elder Claudette Commanda on #NationalTruthAndReconciliationDay2021 photo credit: https://tkemlups.ca/drum/ On May 27, 2021, I was living 10 minutes away from... by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | Sep 6, 2021 | International Development, Leadership, Organizational Development, Social Change, Strategic Change
I am thrilled to be among a group of Social Scientists who are part of a Routledge shortform book titled Social Scientists Confronting Global Crisis, edited by Dr. Jean Bartunek. The book has just been released for pre-order, inspired by “a “rant” by... by Yabome Gilpin-Jackson | Jul 31, 2021 | Human Development, International Development, Leadership, Organizational Development, Social Change
This summer: I am living in a community juggling daily wildfire alerts and emergency evacuation orders as fires burn in parts of Canada and the United States as well as Macedonia, Turkey and Italy. My community is also among the growing number of places contending... 
