by Dr. Robert L. Reece, PhD I have to admit I tire of the phone calls. The text messages. The social media direct messages from people who I’ve only ever seen through a screen on my phone. And the one Californian attorney who kept saying I live in “occupied territory.”   The message is often the same, and it has advanced past care into cliché. They ask if I’m going to leave the South or leave Texas; effectively asking me if I plan to leave my comfortable tenured, pensioned jo

by Dr. Robert L. Reece. No one would accuse Georgia Congressional Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of being progressive. Many people...

by Rynn Myles In the first blog of this series, I looked at how stigma and morality shape our conversations about HIV. That discussion...

by Ashley Heidebrecht, LMSW On July 21st, stating the intention of prioritizing disaster preparedness and flood relief, Texas Governor...

by Rynn Myles When I think about the beginning of the HIV epidemic, I don't think first about the virus. I think about the people. The...

This July 4 weekend, Central Texas was devastated by sudden flash floods that rapidly transformed peaceful rivers into deadly torrents....

by Dr. Robert L. Reece, PhD “None but the yellow shall see God.”   That’s the hymn that the Colored Methodist Episcopal (CME) church (now...

by Ashley Heidebrecht, LMSW, Director Every Pride Month, we see rainbows and celebration, but behind the colors is a deeper truth: LGBTQ+...

by Ashley Heidebrecht, LMSW, Director When we are taught about slavery in the United States, it is often through one of two lenses, or...

written by Dr. Robert L. Reece, PhD Chloe was an enslaved woman and the mother of a child who would grow up to be Rev. London Ferebee....

Written by Jennifer Dahlgren The term Deaf* will be used as an inclusive term to include Deaf, deaf, Hard of Hearing, latened deaf,...

Friday was a hard day for our Texas trans family and so we at the Borderland Rainbow Center and the Diversity and Resiliency Institute of...

Written by Ashley Heidebrecht, LMSW, DRIEP Director Wow, 2022 has been a whirlwind of a year. As we move into planning for 2023, I'd like...

Official Statement of the Borderland Rainbow Center Written by Ashley Heidebrecht, LMSW, DRIEP Director Synthesized from Borderland...

By Diana Martinez The use of authority is a cornerstone to how white supremacy was able to declare other people they did not identify...

by Diana Martinez, DRIEP Education and Content Manager It is already difficult enough navigating two cultures being from a Mexican...

written by Denise Nunez, Deaf Cultural Competency Coordinator The Diversity and Resiliency Institute of El Paso, a program of the...

by Katie Little, MS, CNP, Institute Fellow Having a sense of control about how one manages their diabetes is a theme I have come across...

by Katie Little, MS CNP, Institute Fellow Living with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, or any chronic condition for that matter, comes along...

by Katie Little, MS CNP- Institute Fellow As we end November-National Diabetes Awareness Month, we will talk about the onset of Type 1...