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Danny Burke, MBA

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Jan 24

I Wrote the Book I Needed as a Kid — and It’s Available Now

I wrote a book on transracial adoption. It’s called Passing Notes Through a Glass Wall.

I Wrote the Book I Needed as a Kid — and It’s Available Now

Danny Burke, MBA

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Dec 17, 2025

All I Wanted for Christmas Was Repair

A transracial adoptee’s letter to White adoptive parents about love that disappears when it gets hard

All I Wanted for Christmas Was Repair

Danny Burke, MBA

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Dec 4, 2025

When Empathy Goes Quiet: How Social Media Turned Our Opinion into Punishment

We didn’t notice the shift but somewhere between MySpace glitter and Facebook arguments, the internet rewired how we speak, feel, and...

When Empathy Goes Quiet: How Social Media Turned Our Opinion into Punishment

Danny Burke, MBA

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Oct 28, 2025

The Operational Definition of Love

On the edge of falling, learning that relationships don’t run on feelings — they run on shared understanding, effort, and alignment.

The Operational Definition of Love

Danny Burke, MBA

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Oct 7, 2025

Rose Zone, No War Zone: A Veteran’s Call for Unity Through Movement

I hope this community run becomes a movement for truth, healing, and the radical act of moving forward together.

Rose Zone, No War Zone: A Veteran’s Call for Unity Through Movement

Danny Burke, MBA

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Sep 14, 2025

The Day My Family Chose Politics Over Me And What It Says About America

When families fracture, so does the nation. And when empathy dies, we all grieve.

The Day My Family Chose Politics Over Me And What It Says About America

Danny Burke, MBA

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Sep 8, 2025

Swipe Culture and the Death of Effort

Dating apps promised connection, but did they train us to treat people as disposable instead?

Swipe Culture and the Death of Effort

Danny Burke, MBA

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Aug 27, 2025

No Contact Was Our Boundary — Now the Work Is Yours, Parents

This isn’t an essay about burning bridges. It’s about why sometimes the only way to save a bridge is to close it until the foundation is…

No Contact Was Our Boundary — Now the Work Is Yours, Parents

Danny Burke, MBA

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Aug 5, 2025

The Quite Gentrification of Queer Clubs

Why queer spaces matter and an invitation to look at what allyship can look like beyond our dance-floors and vodka sodas.

The Quite Gentrification of Queer Clubs

Danny Burke, MBA

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Jul 29, 2025

This Solo Trip to Spain Wasn’t Just a Vacation — It was Everything I Promised Myself I’d One Day Be

How a solo trip became a reckoning with my past, a reclamation of my future, and a story I finally got to live in.

This Solo Trip to Spain Wasn’t Just a Vacation — It was Everything I Promised Myself I’d One Day Be

Danny Burke, MBA

Danny Burke, MBA

he/him

Storyteller & advocate using lived experience to challenge systems, spark conversation, and build community.

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