Corey Ponder – Medium

Pinned

Corey Ponder

How To Challenge Ourselves to Grow As Allies

Last month, during a conversation with someone about growing as an ally, they asked about specific actions that would help reinforce the…

5 min readJun 30, 2018

--

How To Challenge Ourselves to Grow As Allies

--

Corey Ponder

failure of belief is why america fails

The most destructive response after an act of bigotry or hate is believing that’s not who we are. We can only grow if we confront the…

8 min readJan 7, 2021

--

a man sitting on the beach, with the quote about disbelief in bigotry and hate being as destructive as the act itself

--

Corey Ponder

Learning the ABCs of Allyship

There are ABCs in the allyship journey. If we are serious about showing up for others we have to be focused on them. Learn the song with me

6 min readDec 27, 2020

--

Learning the ABCs of Allyship

--

Corey Ponder

Allies: Don’t Go Chasing Red Herrings

Building inclusive communities and spaces take consistency and work. If you want to build inclusion, you can’t go chasing red herrings.

10 min readSep 18, 2020

--

Allies: Don’t Go Chasing Red Herrings

--

Corey Ponder
in
Equality Includes You

I’m tired of the loop, america.

I am proud to be black. And also…america makes it exhausting.

8 min readJun 5, 2020

--

1

I’m tired of the loop, america.

--

1

Corey Ponder

Dismantling Toxic Meritocracy

It is time to dismantle the meritocracy.

7 min readMar 28, 2020

--

The words ‘toxic meritocracy’ appear over a sign saying ‘radioactive’

--

Corey Ponder

When It Comes to Inclusion, Be The Tortoise

Building inclusion should not be about over-indexing on speed, but about clear vision and commitment to the race to create real solutions.

4 min readJan 11, 2020

--

When It Comes to Inclusion, Be The Tortoise

--

Corey Ponder
in
Collected Young Minds

Please Don’t Shoot

August 9, 2014: Michael Brown, an unarmed young Black Male, was killed by police offer Darren Wilson, in Ferguson, Mo. Michael’s body was l

2 min readJan 4, 2020

--

--

Corey Ponder
in
Collected Young Minds

Police Interrupted

I put him on speaker phone so he could spit poetry to me while I painted my nails. His voice was deep and serene. The words he spit caught

2 min readJan 3, 2020

--

Police Interrupted

--

Corey Ponder
in
Collected Young Minds

What Black Culture IS… A Love Letter

Despite never having studied anything related to the African Diaspora, I am a proud member of the Africana Studies listserv at my alma mater

5 min readJan 3, 2020

--

--

Corey Ponder

Corey Ponder

Tech policy professional by day, wannabe superhero by night. Passionate about building communities, spaces, and platforms focused on inclusion and empathy.

Following

Help
Status
About
Careers
Blog
Privacy
Terms
Text to speech
Teams