People of Color: You DO Own Your Own Story
Editor's Note: We are reprinting this essay, which first ran in 2019, because we feel it is helpful in the current cultural conversation. By Nikki Toyama-Szeto Saying "No" is okay. This is the phrase I...
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Celebrating the Girl Who Did Something Unthinkable
By Nikki Toyama-Szeto My friend's family has a tradition that on someone's birthday, they celebrate their mother. That totally makes sense to me. As momentous as a birthday is, truly it was the mother...
Three to Flee: What Would You Take?
By Nikki Toyama-Szeto The bangles are gold, a deeply yellow gold. My preference would be for something a bit more subtle, less yellow…but these gold bangles are so yellow because they are pure, 24-karat...
ESA's Gift-Giving Guide!
By Nikki Toyama-Szeto My sister is always the best gift-giver in our family. Mention some random interest, and she'll remember, find it, and wrap it up for you to open on Christmas morning. My...
Speak Up, Lead On: A Discussion with Kathy Khang and Natasha Sistrunk Robinson
On Monday, October 22nd, ESA's Nikki Toyama-Szeto met with Kathy Khang and Natasha Sistrunk Robinson at Busboys & Poets in Washington, DC to discuss their recent books,Raise Your Voice: Why We Stay Silent and...
The Time Is Now: End the Separation of Families
By Nikki Toyama-Szeto Editor's Note: On Tuesday, June 19th, ESA's Executive Director Nikki Toyama-Szeto participated in an event outside Customs and Border Protection in support of #NotWithoutMyChild. Here are her thoughts immediately following that event....
Not Without My Child
By Nikki Toyama-Szeto My family's immigration journey included a significant period time when my mother was separated from her mother—my grandmother was an American citizen of Japanese descent, returning to work in the US....
Whatever You Did for One of the Least of These, You Did for Me
ESA's Nikki Toyama-Szeto joins twenty Christian leaders in a reading of Matthew 25, a powerful scripture that speaks to God's concern for the most vulnerable. Watch the two-minute video below, as we dig deeper into God's...
On the Ground in North Korea
By Nikki Toyama-Szeto As news from North Korea increasingly fuels both our news feeds and our public imagination, I often find myself wondering: are the stories true? Is life in North Korea really like...
Podcast: Silence Is Not Spiritual
ESA is delighted to announce the launch of Lisa Sharon Harper's new podcast on Freedom Road! On the inaugural episode, ESA's executive director Nikki Toyama-Szeto joins Lisa and other faith leaders to talk about...
