Kecia M Thomas

In unhealthy relationships, people walk on eggshells to avoid conflict. They tell you what you want to hear.

In healthy relationships, people have the courage to address conflict. They tell you what you need to hear.

Silence protects fragile ties. Candor strengthens real bonds.

Friendliness isn't always a sign of trustworthiness. Warmth is easy to fake.

The foundations of trust are reliability and integrity. What counts isn't courtesy in the moment—it's keeping commitments over time.

The best way to inspire confidence is to consistently walk our talk.

“…children’s books are the books that make us readers.”

The stressed version of you isn’t the best version of you. Focus on removing stressors rather than adding new ones

Celebrating Black Stories: 300+ Diverse Books For and About Black Youth (Video Series) | Books for Black Kids From autobiographies to science fiction and Black mental wellness, learn more about the diversity of the Black literature world.

Looking to diversify your reading? Here's a list of 300+ Black stories in 28 categories, including horror, graphic novels, Black mental health, & cultural competence for educators.

booksforblackkids.com/celebrating-...

#booksky #blacksky #blackbooksky #edusky #parentsky #teachersky #blackauthors

A photo of a little boy swimming

Outdoor Afro is offering scholarships to cover the costs of anyone, at any age, interested in learning how to swim: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Teal-colored promotional banner for the SEA Change Institute course titled Opportunity by Design. Main text reads: “Institute Course – Opportunity by Design. Advance goals with legally sound, mission-aligned institutional strategies.” A blue button says “Now available in the SEA Change Institute.” Logos at the bottom include AAAS SEA Change, a gold justice scale icon, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation logo with the tagline “Driven by the promise of great ideas.”

🎓 Opportunity by Design is a new, free course for #HigherEd leaders navigating excellence in a shifting legal landscape.
For leaders w/out a legal background, tracks (1) Student Enrollment & Benefits and (2) Faculty & Staff Hiring, support lasting, mission-driven change.
🧪👉 Enroll: bit.ly/3SRG7MC

Sounds about right to me!

Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺

‘They say, We leave you our deaths. Give them their meaning.’ —Archibald MacLeish

Remembering the fallen this Memorial Day, we can consider our own duty to strive so that our lives and our country are worthy of the price they paid.

Pete Buttigieg breaks down DEI for everyday folks…

“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social

Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
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YouTube video by KTVB Students stand in solidarity with teacher told to remove "Everyone is Welcome Here" poster

Great update for that story I shared the other day.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsn3...

A French University is funding a Safe Place For Science program meant to recruit scientists who cannot continue their work in the US. www.univ-amu.fr/fr/public/a...

❤️🤍💗💚

This Is Not a Drill: How Universities Can Save DEI A roadmap for university faculty, staff, and administrators to support DEI through legal challenges, collective resistance, and institutional protections for faculty.

This Is Not a Drill: How Universities Can Save DEI. “This is not just about education. It is about who gets to participate in shaping the future of this country.” [greencarelab.ucdavis.edu]

I began my leadership position in Aug. 2020 at a new organization and in a new state. I’m afraid that chaos might feel normal given my onboarding.

Unraveling the happiness paradox: The mental exhaustion of chasing joy Chasing happiness may ironically deplete the willpower needed to maintain it. New research reveals that actively pursuing joy weakens self-control.

Chasing happiness may ironically deplete the willpower needed to maintain it. New research reveals that actively pursuing joy weakens self-control.

I have been wondering how my 82 year old parents are processing the world today having escaped the South in their youth.

@marthasjones.bsky.social delivered a wonderful talk tonight on her new book, The Trouble of Color, as part of the Kimmerling Endowed Public History Lecture in the College of Arts & Sciences at UAB. What a gift!

Incredibly important…

“White parents who see themselves as egalitarian must recognize that the stakes are now higher than ever. If you want to raise children who reject racism rather than passively absorbing it, right now, today, talk with your child about race and racism.”

ICPSR at University of Michigan has been one of the longest-running secure data archives in the world and is stepping up to the challenges being presented in the current U.S. environment to keep government data as a resource for researchers and policymakers. isr.umich.edu/giving/suppo...

Remembering John Lewis on his birthday (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) #GoodTrouble 💙🕊

1: #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky #LatinX/einSTEM #QueerSTEM #Science

Please share!

I'm running a survey on how *U.S.* academics (grad students, faculty, admin., etc) think and feel about recent executive orders affecting academia (e.g., diversity, funding). Here
iu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

FANTASTIC

ICPSR at U Mich is coordinating the archiving of at-risk federal data (all of it?)

You can upload data you have & search for data you don’t have

www.datalumos.org/datalumos/

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Mastering Psychology Research: From Peer Review to Publication. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Join us for an engaging webinar tailored specifically for psychologists and psychology researchers, where you’ll learn essential skills for writing and structuring compelling academic manuscripts and ...

#psychology friends, this looks interesting. Sage webinar on psychology research skills, the publication process, and peer review
 
Mastering Psychology Research: From Peer Review to Publication

April 29, 2025, 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US & Canada) / 4:00pm (UK)

sagepub.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

SUMMER INTERNSHIP UM Diabetes & Mental Health Initiative Contribute to impactful health research while gaining practical skills in data interpretation and public health communication. Apply now: https://myumi.ch/dAjnR

🚨 Apply for this summer student internship opportunity with the #Umich Diabetes and Mental Health Initiative -- a chance to gain skills in data interpretation and public health communication while contributing to impactful health research. Please share this opportunity! ➡️ Apply here: myumi.ch/dAjnR

SUMMER INTERNSHIP The National Survey of Americal Life The NSAL is the only nationally-representative survey of mental health of Black Americans (n~6,000). Apply now: https://myumi.ch/dAjnR

🚨 Please share this student internship opportunity -- and apply to gain hands-on research and community engagement experience at #UMich with #NSAL, the only nationally-representative survey of mental health of Black Americans. #PRBA Apply now: myumi.ch/dAjnR

ICPSR SUMMER WORKSHOP Using Simulated Environments to Amplify Human-Centered Research Protocols (July 28-30 at the ISR HomeLab) Use the HomeLab simulated environment and learn how to use Human-Centered Design to solve your research protocol design challenges.

Register now for an incredible @icpsrsummer.bsky.social in-person summer training opportunity where you can learn to use the @rcgd-isr.bsky.social UM HomeLab, a simulated environment, for human subjects research. Please share & apply for scholarships by 2/28!
www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/pages/su...

If you can, dump some cash into the Internet Archive. It is the most important piece of internet we have right now.

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Happy Black History Month ✊🏾