Monica's Blog
Stay up to date with our most recent news and updatesThe Message Sent by the Attacks against Dr. Claudine Gay
When Dr. Claudine Gay resigned from the presidency of Harvard University, my phone lit up with phone call and texts. The...
I’m Black Everyday or Why I don’t Celebrate Juneteenth
I have a friend who asks me every year about what I’m doing for Black History Month. And I always reply: “Nothing, I’m...
Our Souls Desire more
How does it feel to be a problem? W. E. B. DuBois posed this question in the essay “Our Spiritual Strivings” in The Souls...
BLM + Mental Health + Memoir
July is BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month. In 2008, mental health communities began recognizing July as Bebe Moore...
5 Favorite Religion Books I Teach
Choosing favorite books in one’s field is like asking who your favorite friends are. Good books change my perspective and –...
Saving Ourselves: Shaping Change Workshop
No one is coming to save us! We have to save ourselves. Tananarive Due and I are talking about strategies for surviving...
Octavia Tried to Tell Us: Parable for Today’s Pandemic
In national quarantine and sheltering-in-place or is it "safer-at-home," all I could think about was that we were living in...
I’ve Been Quiet
I didn’t know I had a lisp. Not until I was 15 and a boy I liked teased me about it. Once he pointed it out, I stopped...
Cup of Tea Spiritual Practice
Spiritual Practices don't have to be as "holy" as we sometimes think. Here I talk about a great spiritual practice for...