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The Color of Life: A Journey toward Love and Racial Justice

March 12, 2019 / Kiersti Giron / Black History Month, books, growing, racial reconciliation
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  This winter, I’ve had the privilege of being on the launch team of Cara Meredith’s debut memoir, The Color of Life. Cara and I belong to the same literary agency, and I’ve followed and admired her work since first hearing her as a guest on one of Barb Neal Roose’s podcasts (which are wonderful—check […]

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Cara Meredith, James Meredith, racial reconciliation, The Color of Life

3 Ways to Celebrate Black History Month—All Year Long

February 28, 2018 / Kiersti Giron / Black History Month, books, growing, history
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Well, it’s the last day of February—the month we take to especially honor and celebrate the heritage and history of African Americans. In the past I’ve written about why to celebrate Black History Month, and some ideas for how. My favorite article for this month remains one written a few years ago by my dear […]

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Black History Month, Hidden Figures, Sandra Barnes

5 Reasons to Celebrate Black History Month – Whatever Your Color!

February 8, 2016 / Kiersti Giron / Black History Month, growing, history, racial reconciliation
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Originally posted February 5, 2015.    It’s February—Black History Month! Sometimes people feel that separating out a select month for African-American history only emphasizes racial divisions rather than helping overcome them, but I love how my friend Sandra Barnes addresses this issue here.  It’s only in the last few years that I’ve really become aware […]

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Black History Month

A Conversation in Black and White: Two Friends Talk About Race

February 25, 2015 / Kiersti Giron / Black History Month, community, growing, racial reconciliation, Sandra Barnes, Uncategorized
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  When I started getting ideas for how to honor Black History Month on this blog, I sent them to my friend and critique partner Sandra Barnes for her feedback. She responded with her usually gracious insight, but then she said:   “Also, IF you really want to go deep, get the conversation started, demonstrate […]

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Five Ways to Celebrate Black History Month—Whether You Have Before Or Not!

February 11, 2015 / Kiersti Giron / black history, Black History Month, community, Freedom Riders, Uncategorized
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  Last week I wrote of some reasons why I think Black History Month is worth celebrating, whatever our color. But how can we celebrate it? Here are a few ideas I’ve come up with—please feel free add your own in the comments below! 1. Learn Read biographies, slave narratives, historical fiction, and original writings […]

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Five Reasons to Celebrate Black History Month–Whatever Your Color

February 5, 2015 / Kiersti Giron / black history, Black History Month, community, history, racial reconciliation, seasons, Uncategorized
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     It’s February—Black History Month!   Sometimes people feel that separating out a select month for African-American history only emphasizes racial divisions rather than helping overcome them, but I love how my friend Sandra Barnes addresses this issue here.  It’s only in the last few years that I’ve really become aware of Black History […]

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Black History, American History

February 26, 2014 / Kiersti Giron / black history, Black History Month, community, growing, history, racial reconciliation, seasons
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My last semester of college, one of my apartment-mates invited me and another of our roommates to a special meeting of our campus Black Student Association, of which she was a member. An African-American English professor was leading a special program, and since our other roommate and I were English majors, she thought we might […]

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