Amanda KempBLACK WOMEN, WHITE WOMEN: THE RUBLet me first say that this topic has been brewing in me for a long time. My intention here is to air the hurt and engage in a dialogue that…Mar 19, 2018Mar 19, 2018
Amanda KempSpeaking BeautyI’m loving this women’s history month. Thanks to the dozens of you who emailed me and shared my last blog Black Women, White Women: The…Mar 16, 2018Mar 16, 2018
Amanda KempWHAT TO DO FOR RACIAL INJUSTICE HEART ACHE?“You take aspirin for a headache. What you do you take for a heartache?”*Oct 5, 2017Oct 5, 2017
Amanda KempBreaking ThroughYesterday, a woman friend sent me a link for a fellowship due last night. I immediately checked it out and saw that it looked right up my…Aug 23, 20171Aug 23, 20171
Amanda KempListening to Art … for ChangeAlmost thirty years ago I heard an administrator with Luis Valdez’s Teatro Campesino say “The art leads.” How true that’s been to me. When…Jun 20, 2017Jun 20, 2017
Amanda KempPut Down the Master’s Tools: Hold Space for TransformationAfrican American lesbian poet warrior mother, Audre Lorde, wrote “The master’s tools will not dismantle the master’s house.” One of the…Feb 7, 2017Feb 7, 2017
Amanda KempDenzel, Viola and Why We Need More FencesI don’t know about you, but I’m emerging slowly from a week of intense family time, Kwanzaa celebration and lots of eating and drinking.Jan 6, 2017Jan 6, 2017
Amanda KempYou Can’t Coerce Me into HatingYou can’t coerce me into hating… Ruby Sales, Civil Rights Icon and founder of Spirit HouseDec 22, 2016Dec 22, 2016
Amanda Kemp#docyourchange: 5 Black Professors who make Social Change through Social Media“To whom much has been given much is required.” As a survivor of New York City foster care, of long term environmental trauma in the South…Nov 11, 2016Nov 11, 2016
Amanda KempWhy I Love my Black Yoga Teacher… And You Should Too.If we want to change the outside, we’ve got to change the inside. That’s one of the reasons I practice yoga — to help me work with all the…Oct 28, 2016Oct 28, 2016
