What Price do Black People Pay for Hope in an Unequal Society?
BERRIEN SPRINGS, Mich. – Weathering is a word – and a process – that works in contradictory ways. Biologically speaking, weathering can be good – until the price paid for it becomes too high. And then it turns bad. Arline Geronimus, Sc.D., the University of Michigan...
Arline Geronimus on What We Can Do to Combat ‘Weathering’
Lynn Todman (left), executive director for population health at Spectrum Health Lakeland in St. Joseph, Mich., poses with University of Michigan public health professor Arline Geronimus. Todman is heading a project to help close the wide gap in health outcomes between...
Shining a Bright Light on Whiteness
‘Waking Up White’ Author Invites White Audience Members to Look Inside By TED HARTZELL BENTON HARBOR, Mich.—You don’t get much whiter than Debby Irving. Her husband Bruce attests to this on the jacket of her book, “Waking Up White: And Finding Myself in the Story of...
Tips for How White People Can ‘Wake Up’
BENTON HARBOR, Mich.—There’s something that happened to Debby Irving a lot when she was signing copies of her book, “Waking Up White: And Finding Myself in the Story of Race,” after its publication in 2014. Invariably a white person would say to her: “You know, I...Healing the Trauma of Racism
Waking up White Author Debby Irving shares best practices to “wake up”. https://lynntodman.org/tips-for-how-white-people-can-wake-up/
Spotlight on whiteness - a helpful perspective from author Debby Irving. https://lynntodman.org/shining-a-bright-light-on-whiteness/
Exploring what it is to be white at Community Grand Rounds. Author, Debby Irving discusses waking up to racial injusticeshttps://www.heraldpalladium.com/news/local/exploring-what-it-is-to-be-white/article_d599e988-fc44-5e67-9d2d-28a333ca87fd.html
‘Don’t Tell Me I’m Privileged!’ https://lynntodman.org/dont-tell-me-im-privileged/
