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The Sunday Salon is a reflective weekly essay series by Loni Webb, created for readers who still believe words can call us back to our humanity.


I Am Not the Same
Today I give thanks.
One of my favorite quotes is, "I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.
Yolanda Webb
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Pride Goes Before...
Now that I have your attention with that title...you know the rest of that saying.
Yolanda Webb
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Bear Witness
I had a conversation with someone today about the unfortunate killing of a homeless person on a New York City subway. The death was ruled a
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Equanimity
When you child calls you on Mother's Day to tell you that you have been his inspiration for "grace under pressure" it hits hard.
Yolanda Webb
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Ageism...Until it Happens to You
Let's face it... we all get old. There is no ticket out of aging. There's no influencing that can keep us young. Youthfulness has been cele
Sascha Butler
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Fast Forward
The iconic James Baldwin once said, "Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced." I have...
Yolanda Webb
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Letting go of my Ego
In an instant, on that call, I realized that my ego was doing exactly what it always does…
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Peace Be With You...
As a non-traditional educator, I colored outside the lines. I also taught in inner city, urban schools.
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Self-Care: The Road to Healing
But there are times when we need to take the road less traveled. The road that can help us recharge and think about those things that matter
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“We Cannot Walk Alone”
This New Year is significant considering the year we are leaving behind us. As the clock moved from 11:59 to midnight to mark the New Year,
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Culture Shift
A culture shift? A culture shift that we are enduring in the middle of a culture shock.
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Sharing All of Our Tomorrow’s
For all that is going wrong, it took a group of nine-year old kids, to remind me that no amount of fear, anger, hate, injustice, or racism,
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On A Wing and a Prayer
I had gotten to the place where Fannie Lou Hammer once described as being sick and tired of being sick and tired.
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The Impossbility of Good Trouble
I cranked up the music in my car with Teena Marie belting out Square Biz and found myself loudly singing the chorus.
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Finding Our Why
Perhaps on the other side…we can find our why.
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Rising Above the Noise
It seems as if this past week has been the longest one in an awfully long time. In a year filled with long weeks for one reason or another,
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Be Brave
"what I hear everyone saying is that in order for us to change the world...we must be brave."
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In Service to a Nation
Culture crisis. I overheard that term the other day, standing in a check out line.
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Tell Them God Is A Black Woman
So, what does ‘resilience’ really mean? Have we so watered down the word that it no longer has any value?
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Honoring Heroes
“Even the smallest act of service, the simplest act of kindness, is a way to honor those we lost, a way to reclaim that spirit of unity that
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