WYSIWYG

Greetings from the other side of 2018! A new Solar and Lunar year have arrived, and many of us may celebrate multiple traditions within our families. February also recognizes the ongoing struggles and crusades for equity fought for by the likes of Martin Luther King, Octavia Butler, Angela Davis, Grace Lee Boggs, Simone Biles, Misty Copeland, descendants of Henrietta Lacks and more. Part of my task as a helping professional is to provide families and children with education and a healthy awareness of our different identities. In appropriating the WYSIWYG acronym in the above photo (by Camilo Jose Vergara 1970), the disparity between the children and their dolls highlight the subtle ways that (in)visibility continues to be a challenge even today.