To Honor Slave Trade Victims, a Memorial in the Depths of the Atlantic
Tributes to victims of the transatlantic slave trade can be found in museums and through statues, but a new proposal is calling for a memorial that can neither be visited nor even seen. A virtual memorial of ribbons on maps of the Atlantic deep seabed could honor the estimated 1.8 million Africans who died at […]
Widow of murdered LGBT+ Politician Vows to Combat Hate With Election Win
Two years after the murder of popular Brazilian councilwoman Marielle Franco, her partner Monica Benicio has also won a council seat and vowed to fight for justice and LGBT+ rights. Franco, a Black openly gay Rio de Janeiro politician, and her driver Anderson Gomes were gunned down in 2018 in what investigators said appeared to […]
“Something to be Proud of”: UK Graphic Novel Highlights Homeless
Passersby ignore a beggar, homophobic insults crowd a wall, a woman burns a note penned to a “victim” – not the usual stuff of comics but all vignettes from a new graphic novel by homeless people that aims to kill the stigma surrounding street life. The Book of Homelessness, launched this week by a youth […]
Aboriginal Names Get Pride of Place In Australian Addresses
Australia Post has backed a months-long campaign to add Aboriginal place names in addresses to recognise the country’s indigenous people and the traditional names of their lands. Rachael McPhail, an Aboriginal woman, began a social media campaign in August to ask Australia Post to add traditional place names to postal addresses. She also started an […]
From Vandalism to Cultural Expression: Boston’s Mural of Hope
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), has launched a community mural project co-led by artists-in-residence Rob “Problak” Gibbs and Rob Stull. In collaboration with the City of Boston, Gibbs has begun painting a new outdoor mural — which he calls the Breathe Life series — on the exterior of Madison Park Technical Vocational High […]
How Careful Listening and Diversity Can Build a Business With Impact
Here’s how fashion studio owner Abrima Erwiah built a fashion brand on sustainability, representation, and social change. Abrima Erwiah’s (above, right) journey from a corporate luxury fashion job in Milan to her current role as president of Studio One Eighty Nine, a collection of African-inspired clothing made in Africa, is an example of how breaking […]
Countering Otherness: How to Foster Integration With Your Team
Transformation Coach and Facilitator for Senior Leaders and Teams, Sabah Hydari has utilized her own research and personal experiences to design, test and facilitate a process that specifically counters ‘otherness’ and promotes inclusion in teams and organizations for individuals. 2020 has been a momentous year. George Floyd’s brutal murder caused protests and riots across the […]
Money Matters: How FinTech Can Drive Social Change
The American Dream. What happened to it? The greatest nation in the history of the world is losing the dream as the wealth gap widens every day and economic inequality soars. Are we still the land of the free and home of the brave for everyone, or only a select wealthy few? As the U.S. […]
3 Tips for Interrupting Unconscious Bias
“Why do you brush your teeth?” When I ask that question in my unconscious bias training, people always give me an extraordinary look. Because you want healthy teeth and fresh breath, obviously, except for millennia, humans were perfectly happy without either. So what changed? Advertising. Marketing. Pepsodent, especially. They made you want to brush your teeth. […]
9 Photographs That Celebrate Indigenous Culture
In an age of accelerated change, technology and consumerism, it’s easy to forget that ancient, indigenous cultures still have relevant wisdom to share. Remaining open to insights and rituals beyond our own culture, can give us valuable lessons on how to deal with difficult times, and how to live more in harmony with Earth’s natural […]
