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Shay Stewart-Bouley

Shay Stewart-Bouley

High normal blood pressure and racism

In my early 40s, not long after my now ex-husband and I split up — and a couple years into my tenure as executive director at Community…

Oct 3, 2023

Oct 3, 2023

Shay Stewart-Bouley

Is DEI work effective? Is the tide truly turning?

Lately I find myself wondering if much of the anti-racism work of the last several years has done more harm than good. Admittedly, as the…

May 31, 2023

May 31, 2023

Shay Stewart-Bouley

Claiming my own humanity

Over the years, as my writing has become almost entirely focused on whiteness and white people, I accidentally have moved further away from…

May 4, 2023

May 4, 2023

Shay Stewart-Bouley

My bad penny moment with weight and the Black relatives card

Despite living in this body as a Black woman for 49 years, writing about racism since the early 2000s, and serving as the executive…

Sep 30, 2022

Sep 30, 2022

Shay Stewart-Bouley

Either we destroy white supremacy or we stop lying to ourselves

“Beyond the ebb and flow of racial progress lies the still viable and widely accepted (though seldom expressed) belief that America is a…

Jun 20, 2017

Jun 20, 2017

Shay Stewart-Bouley

Collect your people, get out of the racial education zone and ACTIVATE

We are living in rather interesting times. More white people than ever are willing to acknowledge that white supremacy is a very real…

May 16, 2017

May 16, 2017

Shay Stewart-Bouley

What is the Role of White People in Racial Justice?

Community Change Inc. (CCI) is a Boston-based antiracism organization that since 1968 has been working to promote racial justice and equity…

Mar 26, 2017

Mar 26, 2017

Shay Stewart-Bouley

Shay Stewart-Bouley

Chicago native exiled in Maine. Non-profit extraordinaire, ED @CCIBoston. Creator of Black Girl in Maine. Wild woman, yogi and raconteur.

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