Be a GoodGuide!
One type of relationship that brings me a signficiant amount of joy is a mentoring relationship. I think of mentoring relationships as mutual mentorships- a term I learned from my […]
All it takes is raising your voice
It always feels pretty fabulous to teach, to work with young people, to learn from them. Today, I am especially proud to learn from the bright-eyed students that I see each […]
of shoes and basketball
Today’s Inspired story spans two continents– North America and Africa. It is the story of an African basketball player going to college in the United States while remembering his homeland and […]
Best of Inspired
Today’s list of posts celebrate social justice, inspiration, global outreach, and altruism. Calling the Circle talks about a movement that Hijas Americanas inspired. I am an activist because… shows what […]
An activist's autobiography, part 1
For a project that I have been developing, I wrote a list of questions to serve as an activist’s autobiography. Here I answer the first five […]
Project Hope in Uganda
My very first year of teaching, I had the wonderful good fortune of meeting one of my dearest friends. Julie McCue taught in the classroom next door to me, and […]
What's on special today?
So, I am thinking about creating a regular blogging schedule for the site. Basically, I would have themes for each day’s post. I’ve come up with some themes and would […]
15 and a sex educator
I just came across this article in the LA Times about a 15 year old girl who feels her mission in life is to educate her peers about making wise […]
The elephant in the room
The CDC just released national statistics on health-related behavior among high school students in 2007. I talked about these statistics for the Charlotte area earlier this year. Today, I am […]
Calling the Circle
So I have been waiting to actually say these words for a while because I wasn’t sure if it would be possible to make all the details, odds and ends, […]
