The story of one daughter’s long-term, messy, imperfect, and altogether inadequate attempts to connect with her father and nudge him closer and closer to an anti-racist practice. My hope is that it provides lessons for those who are similarly striving....
Imagine the surprise when a white nationalist group holds an event in your community. Shelly offers the connections and observations she made when a far-right group came to her community....
I write today for two reasons. First, this post is something of a diary entry, a way to track where I’ve been in 2018. Secondly, some have expressed interest in hearing how I work through my life choices around anti-racism and activism....
Last month I received two very intriguing and connected requests. The first was to publish a guest blogger’s article on White Guilt and Spiritual Health. The second was an invitation to co-facilitate a webinar....
In a time when newspapers, again, are publishing KKK registration forms, if white anti-racists don’t take this seriously, who do we expect to do the work?...
Using the analogy of “on-ramps” to racial justice and suggesting racial justice pathways are akin to a freeway, Shelly Tochluk illustrates that everyone has a role to play in the fight for racial justice....
I’d like to share four lessons I’ve learned through my experiences in the past couple of months about white supremacists and responses to their actions....
What follows is an excerpt from Living in the Tension, Chapter 1, that addresses the spiritual conception of transcendence in balance with the need for racial identity work....
In a TEDx Talk, Shelly Tochluk highlights four strategies that have helped her stay grounded when navigating race....
On February 25th, 2018 a panel discussion, “The First 30 Days of Trump,” will take place in Los Angeles as part of a Courage Against Racism program....