This was hard to read. So I know it must have been almost unbearable to live. You are incredible and I admire your courage so very much.

She didn’t seek to solve. Two weeks ago, news hit that MacKenzie Scott (formerly Bezos) invested a breathtaking $1.7 Billion into 100+ organizations. Camelback Ventures — a Black-led fund investing in Black, Latinx, Asian, Indigenous people, and White women — was one of them. (Full disclosure: Camelback’s CEO, Aaron Walker, is my husband.) 1. The…

Surge CEO Carmita Semaan is hiring her first VP of New Site Development. To launch the role, she did something breathtaking — she told the truth. Turns out Carmita’s on to something. According to Wharton organizational psychologist Adam Grant, having a realistic picture of your job actually increased job satisfaction.* …

I am struggling because I do not feel I have any answers. But I do know this: until I talk to “the other side” I’ll never find them. I’m heartbroken that my home state of Wisconsin made the call it did on Tuesday — not because it went red, but…

“Mommy, look at me! Look at me. You’re not even watching my tricks.” My three-year-old daughter implores me to pay attention to her. I’m looking at her, but I’m not seeing her. I’m seeing 13-year-old #TyreKing. 4 ’11, 95 pounds. Shot to death while running…away. I’m seeing #TerrillThomas. …

Fannie told us to wave the banner high whenever there was a lynching. Audre told us to speak up about our pain or we’d be buried alive and told we liked it. Martin told us that what we’d remember were not the actions of our enemies, but the silence of…