Correlated Facts, Science, and
Observations of Life
Under Construction
"The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what separates [people] rather than for what unites them." John Buchan
About This and Us
"They Don't Understand!" ....
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This is what my wife said when I told a neighbor that my interactions with them made me uncomfortable, and I would no longer be social with them.
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They said I was calling them racist, got defensive, ... then became hateful beyond reason. I was being "self-righteous" (their washed-out term for "uppity").
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Their anger (raw hate and vitriol, fabrications, second and third hand, total lack of context) and reaction proved me correct ...
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But it made me think ... what is a constructive way to communicate without having an unenlightened person taking it as such a radical offense?
Life Experience and Research ...
This "Living" web resource is a compilation that is very intentional in its purpose ... to help bring people together.
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As of today (Juneteenth 2024), it is in "Preview" ... not full launch, with its awareness limited. Any and all comments welcomed (tedd@ResEPA.com).
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I'm Tedd Davis, a former businessman and IT/business executive. When I retired from 15 years at Microsoft as a business and strategy consultant focused on organizational transformation (A Director of Digital Solutions Architecture), I wanted to live a more meaningful life as a social entrepreneur.
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I stopped traveling 48 weeks a year and got heavily involved in the community ... really almost two involved!
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I keep putting my business plans on the back burner ... there are so many needs.
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But, more about that later.
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My observation was that Diversity and DEI had become so overloaded and politicized that the subject had become almost uncontrollably confrontational ... especially true in today's dangerous political environment, thanks to a certain political candidate playing with lies and fear.
The evolution of my thinking was supported by research and discussion.
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As a management consultant (and business owner, and IT executive, etc.) who worked with stakeholders at all levels in transformation of business and organizations, I am familiar with researching people and enterprises and understanding their cultures, needs, and solutions.
Integration Front Lines
My Father and Mother moved us to a very conservative white community in 1965, and our family was never welcomed to communities with open arms. We became multi-cultural without mentorship during very social and political turbulent times.
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My youngest brother Fred has a master's degree in Cultural Studies and has worked in conflict resolution, counseling (high school and college), and has most recently been a Diversity, Recruiting, and Human Resources Leader.
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Together, we've developed and co-edited this sites content.
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My middle brother Tony (I'm the oldest) is a successful high school coach, educator, athletic director, assistant principle (all at the same time!). He is currently a school district's diversity director as becomes and evolving, multi-cultural suburban community.
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Our vision has been to defuse the language and bring people together.
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Whenever my dad heard me complain about our environment and the people around it, he simply said:
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"What are you going to do about it?"
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Our work here represents such a step.
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There is much, much more content to come ...
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We will blog, provide cross cultural tools and insights, links to data and research, and provide forums and tools that our readers will find thought provoking and useful.
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We welcome you to our adventure.
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A society that cannot work and play together won't survive.