If we let the youth speak, they will tell the truth. Our most radical storytellers are under our care. Our youth will tell us the unadulterated truth about our realities, especially if we create the container to hold it. The reach of the youth’s voice is directly related to our appetite for discomfort. If we give them truly protected spaces to play and tell their story, we could reshape this world - but that will require us to reshape ourselves first.

Here at Lion’s Story, we believe racial literacy skills will give you the tools to more accurately observe your most stressful or impactful identity-based encounters and make meaning from them. In honor of Women’s History Month, we asked two seasoned Racial Literacy Trainers who identify as cis-gendered women to reflect on their gender identities related to developing their racial stories.

Lion’s Story trainer Lisa Nelson-Haynes gives an update on her own efforts to focus on the present and become more mindful as a way to ditch the always-on hustle.

In this blog, we follow up with Erica Snowden about the practices she is using to incorporate rest and mindfulness into her routines.

Here are five questions to ask to assess the status of your organizations’s diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

Parents and guardians need to talk with their children about racial incidents. Here are a few helpful ways to navigate this difficult conversation.