Melissa StekinAn Injustice!Senate Democrats: Be Antiracists and Pass Citizenship for ImmigrantsSince the summer of 2020, following the devastating murders of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Ahmaud Arbery, countless numbers of people…3 min read·Dec 20, 2021----
Melissa StekWhen a Paint-By-Number Becomes Your SurvivalIn times of great duress in my life, making art has been the key to my survival. When things were challenging at home as a kid, I’d hole up…3 min read·Oct 10, 2021----
Melissa StekinAn Injustice!While You Were Sleeping, the Senate Made a Historic Move on ImmigrationMy email inbox is strangely quiet this morning, other than one email that arrived in the earliest hours of the morning from colleagues in…3 min read·Aug 12, 2021--1--1
Melissa StekNo More Misogyny Math, It’s Time to Throw Some PunchesI did a lot of misogyny math today, forgetting that it’s not my responsibility to not be sexually harassed.4 min read·Aug 1, 2021--2--2
Melissa StekinAn Injustice!If the Government Can Pull a Vaccine, It Can Pull Police BrutalityThere are grassroots efforts in local communities across the country advocating for alternatives to policing3 min read·Apr 14, 2021--2--2
Melissa StekOn Healing and HeliotropismI pulled my kitchen chair over to the window this morning to inch closer to the rising sun, the early chatter of the birds, the soft yet…2 min read·Apr 12, 2021----
Melissa StekWhy Our Trauma Waits for SafetyI remember learning early in my social work career that trauma can’t be fully processed and integrated into the interconnected web of our…4 min read·Mar 18, 2021----
Melissa StekThe World Needs My Big EmotionsAs a woman growing up in a culture that told me that my interpretations of reality and my big emotions were not to be trusted, I’ve always…6 min read·Dec 31, 2020----
Melissa StekThe Little I Have is the Little I Can GivePastor Samuel sighs with a weariness in his voice, messaging me from his home in Ciudad Juarez after a long day out in his truck bringing…3 min read·Dec 11, 2020----
Melissa StekinInvisible IllnessHonoring Our Beautiful and Excruciating HumannessI have so many feelings these days.3 min read·Oct 25, 2020----