by Tom DeWolf | Feb 12, 2019 | Books, Reviews, Race, Oppression, Privilege, Trauma and Healing
(Note: this post first appeared at Beacon Broadside) I looked forward to Dr. Robin DiAngelo coming to the town where I live, Bend, Oregon, since her appearance was announced a few months ago by The Nancy R. Chandler Visiting Scholar Program of Central Oregon Community...
by Tom DeWolf | May 31, 2018 | Other Musings, Race, Oppression, Privilege, Trauma and Healing
Driving across town to take my 9-year old granddaughter to her piano lesson, we listened to a story on NPR about children being taken from their parents by American officials at the Mexican/U.S. border. Two young boys were taken from their mother in March and are...
by Tom DeWolf | May 28, 2017 | Trauma and Healing
On Friday afternoon, May 26, 2017, on a MAX commuter train in Northeast Portland, Oregon, a man began verbally abusing two women, one of whom was wearing a hijab, with racist, anti-Muslim insults. When other passengers intervened, the man pulled a knife and attacked....
by Tom DeWolf | Nov 9, 2016 | Politics, Race, Oppression, Privilege, Trauma and Healing
I awoke this morning to the realization that a man who has loudly and regularly proclaimed racism, sexism, xenophobia, white/male supremacy, and general intolerance has been elected President of the United States. I, along with so many others, feel various levels of...
by Tom DeWolf | Jul 18, 2016 | Coming to the Table, Peacebuilding, Race, Oppression, Privilege, Trauma and Healing
More people dying. More funerals. More tears. More rage. More division. More frustration. Many of us feel numb and helpless in the wake of the recent killings of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota by the police,...
by Tom DeWolf | Jun 23, 2015 | Coming to the Table, Gather at the Table, Infinite Possibilities, Movies, Reviews, Trauma and Healing
My oldest granddaughter (age 8) and I went to see Inside Out, the new Disney/Pixar flick, during its opening weekend. In connection with my writing, my study of Trauma Healing and Infinite Possibilities, and my work with Coming to the Table, this is one powerful...
