Author, Keynote Speaker & Creator of The Unsilenced™ Method
In August, Sharon’s Anti-Racism Newsletter will have its fifth birthday, and I’ve already started reflecting: What does almost 5 years of a newsletter LOOK like? Here are some numbers: Content: 280+ personal essays and 68 podcast episodes sharing experiences of racism and hot takes on the news. Platforming others: 600+ personally curated articles by other … Read more
Considering I used to blog for a living, I was pretty shocked when I realised I hadn’t updated this blog since late January 2024. Of course, I’ve been publishing in my newsletter 10 times a month, including a regular behind the scenes update. I’m going to pull a few snippets from a couple of those … Read more
When I came back to this blog to publish the news about moving my newsletter to beehiiv, I realised it had been a full year since I’d published anything here. For someone who used to make her full-time living as a writer, that seems a long time. In fairness, though, I’ve been pretty busy. If … Read more
Towards the end of 2023, I decided to move my anti-racism newsletter to a new platform. It was because of the decision by Substack’s founders to use some of the money they earned from publishers like me to attract and promote neo-Nazis (yes, actual ones, with the insignia all over their publications and the eugenicist … Read more
Well, this has been a year of highs, lows and in-betweens. Here’s my 2022 recap. Lows and In-Betweens for 2022 The lows were discovering – not really a surprise – that being in charge of diversity, equity and belonging (and doing some pretty groundbreaking work in that role) doesn’t exempt you from experiencing racism at … Read more
I was delighted to be Dr. Rita S. Fierro’s guest on the Collective Power podcast. In this episode, I talk about the anti-racism work I’m doing through my newsletter and Diverse Leaders Group, and much more. Here’s the Collective Power podcast episode: And here are the show notes.