Defensiveness: give yourself a break and apologize for real

Posted by Alex Kestrel | Sep 2, 2021 | 2021, Archives, Education, Health, Personal Growth, September 2021, Topics

Even good people need to work on healthy apologies and overcoming defensiveness. Alex Kestrel offers some tips In his new “Starting With You” column on self-investment.

Race, gender and religion? Or ego, pride and control? Real-life intersectionality in Grinnell

Posted by Christine Hawes | Apr 4, 2021 | Social Justice, 2021, April 2021, Archives, BIPOC, Central Iowa, Education, Iowa, Topics

GRINNELL, IA — The straight white male history teacher could not have been more repentant....

Front-lines teacher raised in Iowa remembers few childhood chances to meet, know People of Color

Posted by Christine Hawes | Apr 4, 2021 | Features, 2021, April 2021, Archives, BIPOC, Central Iowa, Education, Iowa, Men, Topics

At a time when straight white men are leading so many fights against diversity, some straight...

Burst of events provides intersectional end to Black History Month

Posted by Christine Hawes | Feb 25, 2021 | February 2021, 2021, Archives, BIPOC, Eastern Iowa, Education, Illinois, Iowa, LGBTQ+, News, Social Justice, Southern Illinois

St. Louis is filled with nationally significant Black History: it’s where Dred Scott and his...

Final drive in Iowa City for school supplies and masks Sunday

Posted by Christine Hawes | Sep 19, 2020 | September 2020, 2020, Archives, Eastern Iowa, Education, Iowa, News

IOWA CITY — Looking for a way to support Iowa’s school kids during these trying...

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Defensiveness: give yourself a break and apologize for real

Front-lines teacher raised in Iowa remembers few childhood chances to meet, know People of Color

Final drive in Iowa City for school supplies and masks Sunday

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