As a pseudo social worker, I have the privilege of assisting families who don’t speak English as their first language connect to necessary services. However, after years of this work I learned that I am able to lend them more than language. Sometimes, I am also...
Every January, the Friday before Martin Luther King Jr. Day rolls around, I realize that we all have a day off and I’ve planned absolutely nothing meaningful to do with it. You too? No worries, here is a big list of MLK Day activities for families that you can...
Over the past few months, during conversations about race and racism, I’ve heard many friends say, and have even said myself, why wasn’t I taught this information in school? We are mourning the reality that the nice, neat history in our text books...
In light of all we are seeing on the news, in our cities and all around us, many of us are waking up the the reality that we need to do more than honor our differences and seek to find our similarities. We need to become anti-racist. Here is the ultimate list of...
If you are raising a biracial or mixed-race child, you definitely don’t want to miss this awesome interview with Fariba, or Mixed.Up,Mama who blogs at mixedracefamilies.com. She shares some amazing tips for raising biracial kids. You can check it out here on...
