Today marks the 27th year I have been coming to services like this one, and it doesn’t get any easier. In many ways, it gets harder the more years we come together, the more names we read.
Read moreAnnouncing the Launch of Jeff Olivet Consulting Group
Jeff Olivet Consulting Group, or the Olivet Group, launched in January 2025 to support communities and organizations in addressing complex challenges, including homelessness, structural racism, political division, and public health crises.
Read moreRacial Equity Partners Launch: October 2020
This blog announces the launch of Racial Equity Partners, a consultancy group dedicated to organizational and community change.
Read moreOk white leaders, now what?
Racial justice requires individual, organizational, and systemic change. Start with your own personal transformation. That will ripple out to your organization and to the world.
Read more6 Actions You Can Take to Help End Systemic Racism
Does achieving an end to systemic racism seem like too big a job? Do you have moments of feeling helpless or hopeless? Remember that every step matters. Every word matters. Every antiracist thought or action adds a thread to the tapestry of justice we must weave together.
Read moreDear White People: Use Your Words. Use Your Actions. Use Your Power.
Structural racism in the U.S. was not built overnight and it will not be solved overnight. This is our life’s work. This is the work that is required to protect and preserve the future of our people, the future of our country.
Read moreNever Stop Asking Why
A banner in front of the U.S. Holocaust Museum reads “Never Stop Asking Why.” This question should drive all of our thinking.
Read moreWe Are Better Than This: Border Separations, Homelessness, and the World Cup
This blog describes the destructive impact of an “us v. them” world view.
Read moreA New Chapter
a new chapter in my work life, still focused on justice, kindness, and equity.
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