Drick Boyd

Author, Popular Educator, Activist and Scholar
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What is Meant by Mysticism?

Introduction Over the next several weeks, I will be offering excerpts from my book Mystic Activism to provide the reader with an understanding  of the concepts and practices discussed in this book...

Mystic Activism: Spiritual Practices for Racial Justice

Dear Friends –  I am glad to announce that my most recent book, Mystic Activism: Spiritual Practices for Racial Justice, has been published by Cascade Books, a subsidiary of Wipf and Stock...

Turning 73

I am writing this in August 2026. Just about a month ago I turned 73. From an early age through the whole of my life, all I knew was that when I entered my 70s, by all measures  I would be...

Our Trump-Pathetic President

Pathetic (adj.) “causing or capable of arousing feelings of pity, sympathetic sadness, or sorrow. It can also mean miserably or contemptibly inadequate, weak, or ineffective. Some hard words to the...

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I’m a popular educator, restorative justice practitioner activist and scholar. I want to share my experience, expertise and services to individuals and groups seeking to create healthy and vibrant communities

Latest Book: Disrupting Whiteness

In recent years, many white people have become awakened to the reality of racism at all levels of American society and the need for significant social change. Yet, the majority of white people in the U.S. still consider racism a topic to avoid rather than engage. Drawing on the author’s personal experience as a professor and antiracism trainer, Disrupting Whiteness offers an approach to talking about racism that is conversational rather than combative, and invites people to a deeper exploration of why they think and feel as they do.

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