It is a delightful sight to sit in a large room surrounded by the ethnic, racial, gender fluidity, religious, generational, and sexual orientation diversity that represents America. In early December, I had the pleasure of attending the NASPA Multicultural Institute in New Orleans. At the conference were student affairs professionals, chief diversity officers, campus mental health providers, faculty, researchers, diversity experts, and graduate students hoping for a career in student affairs. Since its inception, I have attended all but one of the Multicultural Institutes. But this one, because we are in the age of Trump when the values and tenants of multiculturalism are under attack, this conference made me realize why social justice work is so exhausting. Continue reading “The Long Fight for Social Justice”
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