About Courtney
I am a…
Activist, Entrepreneur, Journalist, Writer/Editor
Bio
I’m the author of Learning in Public: Lessons for a Racially-Divided America From my Daughter's School, among other books. I also have a popular Substack newsletter, called Examined Family, and co-founded the Solutions Journalism Network, FRESH Speakers, and the Bay Area chapter of Integrated Schools. I'm the Storyteller-in-Residence at The Holding Co, a lab to redesign care for the 21st century. My literal happy place is our co-housing community in Oakland, Calif. My metaphorical happy place is asking people questions.
I'm passionate about
the simplicity on the other side of complexity (h/t Oliver Wendell Holmes).
An idea worth spreading
“Unless our children begin to learn together, there is little hope that our people will ever begin to live together.” -Justice Thurgood Marshall
Areas of expertise
Activism, diversity, education, feminism, Generation Y, integration, journalism, racial justice, solutions journalism, The American Dream
The TED story
I spoke at the first ever TEDWomen and my dad (my +1) might have started the standing ovation.
Things you might not know
cutting my husband's hair. (A COVID-era learning.)