Kevin BrooksLiving the Big Dream: Refugee Students at Lakehead University Ride for RefugeOn the outskirts of the Kakuma Refugee Camp in northern Kenya, is the glamourously-named but simple-as-can-be Angelina Jolie School for…Sep 30, 2020Sep 30, 2020
Kevin BrooksCelebrating the Universal Declaration of Human’s 70th BirthdayDecember 10, 2018 is the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This aspirational document responded to the…Dec 10, 2018Dec 10, 2018
Kevin BrooksMaking Kin, not speculative fiction.I had a pretty successful first run at NaNoWriMo: 28 of 30 days, 32,000 words (just a little over 1000 per day if you don’t want to do the…Dec 3, 2018Dec 3, 2018
Kevin BrooksOf the earth, for the species.“Love it or leave” is said by Americans as a weapon, “a loaded gun,” explains Viet Thanh Nyguen in “I love America, that’s why I need to…Nov 19, 2018Nov 19, 2018
Kevin BrooksMaking Kin on #WorldAdoptionDayA couple of November events have converged for me: I decided to take up the NaNoWriMo Challenge (National Novel Writing Month) with a…Nov 12, 2018Nov 12, 2018
Kevin BrooksMissing My AmericaCanadians now say to me on a semi-regular basis, “Aren’t you glad you don’t live there any more?” At first I shrugged and said “sure,” but…Nov 5, 20181Nov 5, 20181
Kevin BrooksSitting Together with Virgil and FrancisWhy are all the black kids sitting together?Oct 5, 20181Oct 5, 20181
Kevin BrooksCelebrating “The Beloved Community” not nations.My family moved out of Fargo, North Dakota June 1, land ceded by the Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota to the United States government in 1851. We…Jul 2, 2018Jul 2, 2018
