When Elders Become Invisible
— Thought Piece — The Return Series On cultural memory, healing, and what comes after recognition When Elders Become Invisible World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, The Dragon of Severed Roots, and the People Who Once Carried Us Thankfully, nothing dramatic has happened to my parents, but lately, I have found myself thinking more about their […]
The Decade of Reparations Must Be a Decade of Healing Science
— A FOUR-PART SERIES — The Return Series On cultural memory, healing, and what comes after recognition Part Four The Decade of Reparations Must Be a Decade of Healing Science What Comes After Recognition Recognition has arrived. Now comes the harder work. I want to talk to you about what comes after recognition — please […]
Two Wounds. One Crime
— A FOUR-PART SERIES — The Return Series On cultural memory, healing, and what comes after recognition Part Three Two Wounds. One Crime. The Bifurcated Wound — the thesis my novel wouldn’t let me abandon There is a conversation that does not yet have the language it needs. It is the conversation between the African […]
The Missing Determinant
— A FOUR-PART SERIES — The Return Series On cultural memory, healing, and what comes after recognition Part Two The Missing Determinant. Why Cultural Memory Is Health We have spent decades building sophisticated models of what makes people sick and what makes them well. We have mapped the social determinants of health. We have catalogued […]
The World Just Caught Up. Here’s What Comes Next
— A FOUR-PART SERIES — The Return Series On cultural memory, healing, and what comes after recognition Part One The World Just Caught Up. Here’s What Comes Next. What the UN Resolution Really Means On March 25, 2026, 123 nations stood before the United Nations and voted to declare the transatlantic slave trade the gravest […]
The Leader You Perform Is Not the Leader You Are
A THOUGHT PIECE The UGWU Leader The Leader You Perform Is Not the Leader You Are On the exhausting distance between the self we present and the one we were meant to inhabit. There is a version of you that shows up to lead. They are capable. Often impressive. They know the right language, the […]