Creating Beloved Community
My definition of Beloved Community involves both individual and social transformation. It is an inclusive, interrelated consciousness based on love, justice, responsibility, shared power, and a deep respect for all people, places and things that radically transforms individuals and restructures institutions. After doing social justice work for a number of years, I realized the importance […]
Beginning College with Confidence: Strategies for Survival and Success in Higher Education for BIPOC Students
© Shirley Strong, M.A., M. Ed. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION What We Internalize Recognizing the racist messages we’ve internalized In this workbook we’re going to look at some of the specific ways in which many of us have been harmed by educators and an educational system that is riddled with unexamined or unacknowledged racism. Our […]
Toward a Vision of Beloved Community
I understand the term “Beloved Community” to mean an inclusive, interrelated society based on love, justice, compassion, responsibility, shared power and a respect for all people, places, and things—a society that radically transforms individuals and restructures institutions. The term “Beloved Community” can be traced to Josiah Royce (1855-1916), the 19th century American religious philosopher. It […]