Windswept Isles Consulting

02/13/2024

02/13/2024

We are fortunate it is a leap year, this means we have one more day for Black History Month. I have no desire to be a white savior, rather I support my colleagues of color speaking up and sharing their truth. To them, I saw "Live in Power!" For the rest of us, please take 90 minutes to listen and learn from some amazing Black leaders on Netflix's Stamped from the Beginning. We must all work on being anti-racist, it starts by acknowledging some ugly truths and understanding why Black Lives must Matter more.

Oscar-winning director Roger Ross Williams brings Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s best-selling book Stamped From the Beginning to life, using vivid animations and leadi...

01/30/2024

According to the Associated Press, slavery has NOT ended in the United States. The food you eat is likely made by forced labor within the USA.

This is a human rights violation and NOT news to BIPOC and low income people because it is our lived experience. Many young men and fathers are part of the poverty to prison pipeline.

If you care then work with me and Equimundo Center for Masculinities and Social Justice. We must ensure equity and inclusion of fatherhood leaders and the guiding principles of men-care.org are embedded within health and human services work.

In a sweeping two-year investigation, The Associated Press found U.S. prison labor tied to hundreds of popular food brands.

01/26/2024

This describes my experience with Washington State’s Parents for Parents. I worked with several stakeholders to design the Dependency 101 handbook in early 2009.

In 2011 the Children’s Home Society of Washington took my work stripped the attributions out it to make trademarked it as their program. As a volunteer I was paid nothing. Instead CHSW gave money and credit to others for my work.

It’s called plagiarism but because they got government and philanthropic backing they have zero accountability.

CHSW did not value me as a fatherhood leader, but I’m building something better. If you’re curious what this might look like then check out this link:
http://men-care.org/about-mencare/guiding-principles/

01/09/2024

"I will die for you...but I will [also] live for you." By listening and learning from the othered and oppressed leaders, we can begin to make powerful changes that help all people thrive.

A New Zealand MP made a powerful speech in Maori language for her first appearance in parliament, resurfaced video shows.Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, 21, first...