LaTosch Consulting

10/06/2022

How do we honor the past and our painful histories? Here’s an example of how Wayne State University in Detroit is doing it.

08/15/2022

Do you live, work or play in Washtenaw County? This is an amazing leadership and relationship development program for nonprofit and public sector people who want to push the needle on racial justice. All leadership levels welcome. The window is short - apply this week by 8/18! Washtenaw-area people, please share with your networks!

You have one (1) week left to apply for Washtenaw's flagship racial justice fellowship!

Learn more and apply today:
www.new.org/champions-for-change/

07/27/2022

07/16/2022

Hymn For The Hurting by Amanda Gorman

Everything hurts,
Our hearts shadowed and strange,
Minds made muddied and mute.
We carry tragedy, terrifying and true.
And yet none of it is new;
We knew it as home,
As horror,
As heritage.
Even our children
Cannot be children,
Cannot be.

Everything hurts.
It’s a hard time to be alive,
And even harder to stay that way.
We’re burdened to live out these days,
While at the same time, blessed to outlive them.

This alarm is how we know
We must be altered —
That we must differ or die,
That we must triumph or try.
Thus while hate cannot be terminated,
It can be transformed
Into a love that lets us live.

May we not just grieve, but give:
May we not just ache, but act;
May our signed right to bear arms
Never blind our sight from shared harm;
May we choose our children over chaos.
May another innocent never be lost.

Maybe everything hurts,
Our hearts shadowed & strange.
But only when everything hurts
May everything change.

07/12/2022

Episode 5 of Antiracism for Lunch - Listen to hree people from different racial and ethnic backgrounds - Sandra T-Natie Dukhie, Prasad Venugopal and Kathleen LaTosch - talk about what tone policing is, how they experience it and what people can do about it.

Listen to this episode from Antiracism for Lunch on Spotify. What is tone-policing and how does it show up in our lives?

06/20/2022

In addition to Juneteenth, June 19 also marks the anniversary of the 40th remembrance of the killing of Vincent Chin, a 27-year old Chinese American man in Detroit, Michigan. Tonight, public TV stations across the U.S. will air "Who Killed Vincent Chin" - 10am ET, 7pm PT. At a time when hate crimes against people of Asian descent are on the rise, this documentary is an important reminder for allies. For more information: about his story: https://www.vincentchin.org/

06/20/2022

I don't post about a lot of holidays, however several people have been asking me about Juneteenth - officially designated yesterday and observed by many today. June 19, 1865 was the date that Union Soldiers, many of who were black, marched into Texas to formally enforce the the Emancipation Proclamation two and a half YEARS after it was signed, because Texas slave owners had refused to yield and there was no enforcement. It was not that enslaved people were unaware, nor was the effort led by a General who was particularly abolitionist. Read more about some of the myths surrounding this date here. https://www.npr.org/2022/06/20/1105945119/four-enduring-myths-about-juneteenth-are-not-based-on-facts