“History works through people and we have availed ourselves to history to work through us.” These words of Bantu Stephen Biko, the founder of South Africa's Black Consciousness Movement (BCM), were top of mind last week. In large part because on June 16th, South Africa commemorated a significant day in the history of its anti-apartheid struggle and of youth activism. On June 16, 1976, thousands of youth marched out of their schools to protest inequality in education. While t

Greetings and salutations! As promised, I am back with Part II of my Thursday Thoughts on boundaries. If you haven’t read Part I, last week’s post, about Naomi Osaka and her powerful example of setting and maintaining boundaries, you can catch up here. To quickly recap, in case you missed the furor, in advance of the French Open, Osaka announced that she wouldn’t participate in post-match press interviews to help safeguard her mental health. She even pre-emptively agreed to

Source: Healing Space Please join me in saluting Naomi “try me and see what happens,” Osaka. As if her athletic prowess and advocacy of #BlackLivesMatter weren’t enough to make me stan, last week, our SiStar gave us a master class in defining, asserting, and maintaining boundaries. Long story short, in advance of the French Open, Osaka announced that she wouldn’t attend post-match press interviews as a measure to help safeguard her mental health. She even pre-emptively agre