As American society nears a demographic tipping point whereby whites are no longer the majority, a culture built upon a straight white patriarchy is facing increased challenges. In 2011, California’s Governor Jerry Brown signed the Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful Education Act into law, a “first in the nation” bill that requires public schools to: […]

Author Anne Scott spent her 20s working as an international journalist and traveling around the world to places like the People’s Republic of China, Burma, Sri Lanka and Panama.  After retiring from that career path, Scott said she was unsure what direction to take next. The answer came to her in a dream one night while […]

How much do you organize your life so as to avoid failure? What is your relationship with those face down moments? Do you put your head in your hands thinking, “I’m obviously a failure, I’ll know not to do that again”? Or do you think “Oh that didn’t work out this time and I know […]