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Some thoughts on not being a parental pain in the ass during distance learning

Plenty has been written about the stress working parents — especially the White and privileged among us — are under to manage distance…

4 min readOct 13, 2020

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Some thoughts on not being a parental pain in the ass during distance learning

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Let’s Stop Romanticizing Post-Pandemic Life

Even on the other side, we will not have transcended the mess of who we are

4 min readAug 24, 2020

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Let’s Stop Romanticizing Post-Pandemic Life

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Don’t Pit Us Against Each Other

A Teacher & Parent Speak Out

4 min readAug 3, 2020

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Don’t Pit Us Against Each Other

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The Bold Italic

Answering White People’s Most Commonly Asked Questions about the Black Lives Matter Movement

A collective Q&A by and for people with privilege seeking to learn more about racial justice

13 min readJun 1, 2020

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The Walls in our Neighborhoods

As I was driving my 5-year-old to school this morning, NPR updated us both about our current president’s maniacal desire for a wall. “Do…

4 min readJan 8, 2019

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The Walls in our Neighborhoods

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6 WOC-Led Organizations Where Your Philanthropic Money Will Matter

Looking for an organization with a badass woman of color in leadership who is doing amazing things in fresh-thinking, dignity-restoring…

2 min readDec 30, 2018

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6 WOC-Led Organizations Where Your Philanthropic Money Will Matter

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The Whole Story

Solutions Journalism: One Way To Combat ‘Me Too’ Backlash Across Industries

By Chelsea Fuller and Courtney E. Martin

5 min readDec 19, 2018

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Solutions Journalism: One Way To Combat ‘Me Too’ Backlash Across Industries

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The Whole Story

7 Tips for Journalists Interested in Pursuing Solutions-Oriented Stories on #MeToo

The volume and variety of reporting on sexual harassment and assault in the last year has skyrocketed. According to the Women’s Media…

5 min readOct 29, 2018

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7 Tips for Journalists Interested in Pursuing Solutions-Oriented Stories on #MeToo

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BRIGHT Magazine

Philanthropy Needs To Take A Hard Look At Its Colonial Roots

Old boy networks, savior complexes, colonial thinking dominate philanthropy. Edgar Villanueva’s book “Decolonizing Wealth” offers a way…

8 min readOct 17, 2018

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What is a judge, if not a teacher?

Let’s say, for just a moment, that it doesn’t matter whether Judge Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. It does…

4 min readSep 28, 2018

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What is a judge, if not a teacher?

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Courtney Martin

Courtney Martin

author of Do It Anyway and The New Better Off, co-founder of @soljourno & @FRESHSpeakers, electric slider, momma, lover, fighter

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