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Happy Father’s Day, Mom!
My friend, my support system, my number one fan, my mother and my father, I love you for all that you have done.________For this Father’s day, I would like to pay tribute to the single fathers that...
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First Gen College Student Transforming Fear Into His Future
Kevin Wright has already blazed an academic trail within his family. Now he aspires to become a university president and fight for fair educational access so others may do the same.__________“As the...
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Developing Male Emotional Competence Through Community Hardship
Racist comments and threats to the Black student community could easily have sparked stereotypical male responses, but many at Lewis & Clark College thought outside the ‘man box.’_________November...
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Why We Run #36: Because It Matters (A Spoken Word Poem, with Audio)
Kevin Wright’s poignant spoken word poem on race.— The Good Men Project Sports asked why we run?In this feature series, we share your answers.This is from Kevin Wright:As a kid, my friends and I would...
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My Mom is Also My Dad
Embed from Getty ImagesMy mom is the one who is always there for me, who taught me the things a dad might. And for that reason, I celebrate her on Father’s Day. —Anne Geddes once said that “any man...
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Why #BlackLivesMatter Doesn’t Address the Real Issue of Racism
Embed from Getty ImagesIt’s very interesting that some people love what the black community produces, but despise the community itself. —If you haven’t already seen or read the speech delivered by...
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Unapologetically Complicated: The Path to Earning Trust
Embed from Getty Images—For me, the concept of trust has gone through many ebbs and flows. Earlier in my life, I was the most defensive person. My lack of trust would sometimes reach the extent of not...
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Focus on the ‘Ness’ When Explaining Whiteness
Embed from Getty ImagesFirst things first, let’s breakdown some basic concepts:“White” is a term describing people, refers to light skinned people of European descent (Portland Community College,...
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Working Through a Breakup When Your Ex is a Co-Worker
Embed from Getty ImagesRegardless of how the intimate relationship came into fruition, it becomes complicated the moment you and the other person agree to date. The moment the breakup happens,...
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Dudes, Speaking Respectfully About Women Totally Matters
Embed from Getty ImagesMen need to take more accountability of what they say in regard to women. For any derogatory comment men say in regard to a female, we are degrading and devaluing another human...
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Define Your Success, Don’t Let it Define You
Embed from Getty Images—Success isn’t the same for anyone, and that’s the beauty of it. As a person that had every other statistic thrown at him, it was important to overcome the odds and prove to...
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Dating Someone Who Doesn’t Know How to be in a Relationship
Embed from Getty Images—Pursuing someone is the easy part, but maintaining the relationship requires conscious effort and some hard work. To the folks who have been in a few relationships here and...
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Creating Comfort in Conversations Around Intersectionality
Embed from Getty Images—RSVP to join weekly calls on Conscious Intersectionality—Let’s be honest, families are difficult. They’re dysfunctional, sometimes unpredictable, full of love and at the same...
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