Hello, My Name is Karen

Hello, My Name is Karen

Hello! My name is Karen. If you had asked me 10 years ago if I would be apologizing for my name, I would have said,“…What?”   When my parents, mostly my mother, named me Karen, it was after my grandmother Karoline. It was a very popular name at the time, and in...
Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

“I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.” —...