Earlier this month, while speaking about resistance at the Unitarian Universalist congregation at which I am a member, I read this poem, written by Assata Shakur. To me, it is a great example of inspiring resilience, and it is something […]
Black History Month is upon us, and with it comes the barrage of people, educational institutions, organizations, and corporations presenting massively oversimplified understandings of Black history to the masses. While it is comforting that people are talking about Black people […]
About a week before Christmas this year, I found myself, strangely enough, in a Catholic Church. Now, anyone who knows me even vaguely knows that this is quite the strange place to find me. A staunch atheist and empiricist, I am […]
Sometimes, people question why I do the work that I do. Indeed, as the media is flooded with images of the Prime Minister of Canada marching in every major pride parade in the country, the same Prime Minister who cries tears […]
This is a copy of my feature from the Streets of Canada project, to which the official link can be found here. If you are planning on sharing this story, I would ask that you share it from their site, linked […]