As I completed RA training with my RD staff this week, I noticed how many reflections from the entire training sessions, concepts, and events that affect students at my institution[...]

This post was co-authored by Richard Okello and Louis B. Ward.  The recent racially charged incidents at the University of Missouri and Yale University, as well as the perceived la[...]

Amma Marfo @ammamarfo FT: does student activism also create space for faculty/staff activism? where do we get to stand up for what WE believe? #sachat “Well, who do you talk to?” I[...]

Trust-building outside of work was the first step towards having the possibility of a cross-race colleagueship that was truly effective. From Luz’s perspective: As I reflect on my [...]

Tragedy has yet again struck the Black community. This time in one of the most sacred of spaces for black folks: the church. On the evening of June 17th, 2015, during a regular Bib[...]

Thanks to everyone who participated in our #SAchat focused on Discussing the #AMEshooting. In this week’s chat 253 Student affairs professionals, graduate students and underg[...]

Monday afternoon, as I was leaving my office to come pick up my son, I came across an article about comments posted to a New York Times discussion board by a Duke political science[...]

I admittedly have to say that even attempting to write this blog post was exhausting; not because I was not interested in sharing my thoughts, but because of the frustrations I, li[...]

James Baldwin wrote: “We are capable of bearing a great burden, once we discover that the burden is reality and arrive where reality is.” His words are indicative and reinfor[...]

Without truly understanding it, I began my journey with advising student organizations in 1994, when I co-lead two groups at my Washington University in St. Louis campus. One was a[...]