PinnedMember-onlyBrian Flores NFL Lawsuit is a ReminderEvery Team Isn’t Trying to Win — Part of being a football fan is discussing why National Football League (NFL) teams make the decisions they make when building their roster of talent: players, general managers, and coaches. Some teams seem to consistently field winners. Other teams regularly field teams with losing records. Then there’s a cohort of…Diversity And Inclusion3 min readDiversity And Inclusion3 min read
Jan 18, 2021Member-onlyMLK Day in 100 MinutesA brief curriculum for 2021 There’s so much to process on this MLK Holiday…so much many of has have been processing for years and so much many of us are just beginning to process. No matter where you are in that journey, I hope what I outline below will provide…Mlk Day3 min readMlk Day3 min read
Jan 7, 2021Member-onlyA Call to White American ChristiansIf that’s you, then you got it backwards. — As I begin writing this around 3:40pm ET, January 6, 2021…Today a terrorist treasonous mob has come to the capital. They have come to disrupt and destroy. And many, perhaps most, have come, some with signs, proclaiming the name of Jesus. For the last four years I have repeatedly said…Racism4 min readRacism4 min read
Jul 11, 2020Member-onlyAn Open Letter to the President, Trustees, and Faculty of Trinity College, Hartford, CTIn solidarity with the Umoja Coalition. — This blog is also available in audio form here. #accessibility The emails kept coming. Like so many of us I was inundated by emails asking for financial support for various causes during this season of COVID-19. I read the articles about how the abrupt closing…Trinity College14 min readTrinity College14 min read
Jun 20, 2020Member-onlyResist The Temptation to Criminalize and Dehumanize Black PeopleAn open letter to my white neighbors in Anne Arundel County, Maryland Recently, I conducted a Google search for George Floyd. In the top 2 or 3 of what Google calls its “auto-complete predictions” was a prediction that I might search for “George Floyd criminal record”. …Police2 min readPolice2 min read
Aug 28, 2019New BeginningsFresh Revelation, Perspective, and Opportunity Brings Me Full Circle — 20 Years ago, I helped lead a protest as a sophomore student at Trinity College in Hartford, CT. The picture above is the moment I approached the College President who came out to address us and our demands which we had published days earlier in the Trinity Tripod student newspaper…Business1 min readBusiness1 min read
Nov 29, 2018Entrepreneurship And The Path Of Least Resistance.Set Goals. Build a team of Mentors, Partners, and Proteges. Get Going! Entrepreneurs take pride in the road less traveled. We often challenge the status quo and pride ourselves in seeing opportunity where others do not. Last summer I took in a baseball game at Camden Yards (Go O’s!) with…Entrepreneurship4 min readEntrepreneurship4 min read
Nov 15, 2018Social Media, Reputation, and The Currency of CharacterWho do we think we are? A long while back, I had a great conversation with one of my advisors Fields Jackson (@fleejack) who is an expert on Social Media and Corporate Diversity. He stated that “the currency of character has increasing importance in today’s world and economy.” The phrase “currency of character” stuck with me…Social Media2 min readSocial Media2 min read
Nov 1, 2018Adjusting My AmbitionReflections of a Christ Centered Entrepreneur — For the 11 years I have pursued entrepreneurship, my primary ambition has been to do a deal- acquire an existing business or form a team and finance a new one with a clear path to profitability. In doing a deal, I would do my uncle’s legacy proud and be set…Christianity2 min readChristianity2 min read
Aug 24, 2017Please and Thank You.The Art of the Ask and the Humility to Receive. — Recently, I got this text from a family member who was watching my daughter: My wife and I drill our daughter on her manners constantly. …Gratitude2 min readGratitude2 min read
