We Will Not Go Quietly: In Defense of DEI and the Power of Community-Led Liberation
Each April, Celebrate Diversity Month is meant to be a time for honoring the rich cultural tapestry that shapes our collective humanity. This year, however, the celebration feels like an act of defiance. Across the country, we are facing an orchestrated assault on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) spearheaded by the Trump administration and its […]
CEO Blog Series: Protecting the Humanity of Youth of Color During a Second Trump Presidency
The same president who led our nation through a haphazard and treacherous response to COVID-19, while fueling the conditions of racial unrest and police brutality that led to the murder of countless people of color, will likely drag us into four more years of being racialized, criminalized, and colonized. In the third blog of the […]
CEO Blog Series: Community and Connection Are Key to Healing for People of Color
For the second blog in the “Healing Our Healers” series, Dr. Rhonda Tsoi-A-Fatt — our Founder and CEO — explains how culturally responsive healing practices rooted within the ecosystem of a community can offer a pathway to restoration for people of color. We invite you to join the conversation and share ideas about the ways […]
CEO Blog Series: 4 Ways That We Can Care for Our Leaders — And Ourselves
In a “Healing Our Healers” blog series, Dr. Rhonda Tsoi-A-Fatt — our Founder and CEO — will outline the small and big steps that we can all take to heal youth of color, our communities, and ourselves. We invite you to join the conversation and share ideas about the ways that you have renewed and […]
Celebrating Liberation: A Personal Reflection on Juneteenth
Then, it hit me like a ton of bricks: my grandfather was actually a sharecropper, and this was over 100 years after those 250,000 enslaved people were deemed free!
Celebrating Mother’s Day: Lessons on Tenacity, Family, Faith, and Community
If you ask my mom to describe my leadership style, she would say that I’m a protector; it’s ingrained in my personality. Looking back at my nine-year career as a business owner, I would agree with her. My major accomplishments have always involved championing others and wanting to be a protector of people. An old […]
An Open Letter of Support to The Justins and Boys and Young Men of Color
In this Open Letter, Rooted Change—the newest initiative created by The Moriah Group—is expressing its solidarity with Tennessee State Representatives Justin J. Pearson and Justin Jones who were expelled from the House of Representatives over their protest against gun violence. They have since been reinstated, but we affirm their unequivocal right to fight for racial […]
Ericka Plater Seeks Equity for Young People and Healing for Communities in New Leadership Role
As Senior Director of Executives’ Alliance (EA), now housed within The Moriah Group, Ericka facilitates a network of philanthropic and field leaders to collectively dismantle the systems and narratives that traumatize young people of color. Her expertise spans education, philanthropy, health, community development, and direct service in nonprofit leadership. She is also deeply passionate about […]
Evolution: Three Organizations Reclaiming Our Humanity #ROH
We are excited to introduce a new look for Forward Promise and The Moriah Group!
Leading with Love, A Women’s History Month Reflection
Women’s History Month is always an introspective time for me. I think about all the ways that women have been, and continue to be, visionary shapers of their communities.
