Do You Enjoy Basic Human Rights?
December is Universal Human Rights Month, with several individual observances throughout. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was drafted by representatives from various legal and cultural backgrounds and proclaimed […]
What’s Up with the Supreme Court?
There have been several shocking decisions coming out of the Supreme Court. I can’t help but comment on and theorize what the underlying cause really is, and it may not […]
Inclusivity Means Nothing Without Safety
I’ve been reading Kim Scott’s book, Just Work: How to Root Out Bias, Prejudice, and Bullying to build a Kick-Ass Culture of Inclusivity, and think it should be required reading […]
LGBTQIA + Pride
Welcome to Pride month! I consider myself cisgender and heterosexual. My adjectives are she/her/hers. This is information I don’t typically need to share because I have heterosexual privilege. I’m not […]
Foster Care: Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
In honor of National Foster Care Month, I wanted to write an article about the truth of foster care: There is a beautiful side of foster care and there is […]
Black History Month: The Shortest Month of the Year
Black Lives Matter. It is clear that our society operates with the understanding “white lives matter.” As for blue lives, frankly, they don’t exist, as it is a uniform you […]
Bullying: How to Eliminate it from the Inside Out
October is touted as National Bullying Prevention Month, but what are your plans to stop bullying? As a counselor educator, I’m constantly telling new therapists that making plans to simply […]
Civility: a Win
Some links may be affiliate links. We may get paid if you buy something or take an action after clicking one of these Civility -Where is it? The month of […]
Black Lives Matter: Responsibility & Response-ability
I had a conversation with someone today about Black Lives Matter, not surprising since I write about it almost daily on my personal Facebook page (www.facebook.com/kimolver). We discussed why there […]
Children: What can you do to make a difference?
You know the clichés about children being the future; they will be running the world one day. The children of today will be making decisions for us that will affect […]