by Drick Boyd | Jul 18, 2019 | Featured
What I Heard When I Came Out of the Woods Last Sunday (July 14) I literally came out of the woods (four days of backpacking in northern PA preceded by 2 ½ weeks on vacation, most of it out of the country) to the news of #45’s Twitter tirade against four congresswomen...
by Drick Boyd | Sep 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
A New Conversation on RaceSeveral years ago, I joined a group called NewCORE, which stands for New Conversations on Race and Ethnicity. NewCORE came into being after then-Senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama delivered the now famous speech, “A More...
by Drick Boyd | Aug 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
This is the first 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...