by Drick Boyd | Oct 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
This is the eighth in a series of postings where I share some thoughts on how to talk with the whites in our families, workplaces, organizations and social networks about the difficult topic of race. I don’t claim to be an “expert” on the topic, but rather am one...
by Drick Boyd | Jan 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
Just over five years ago on a very cold January afternoon I was arrested along with six others for blocking the entrance to Colisimo’s gun shop on Spring Garden Street in Philadelphia. We were there to call attention to the store’s complicity in the straw...
by Drick Boyd | Dec 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
The news these days is filled with all the predictions and warnings about the so-called “fiscal cliff” that will befall the U.S. economy if the Democrats and Republicans in Washington cannot agree on a debt reduction package. Depending on what pundit you listen...