on the importance of collaboration - I was with Bishop William Barber (Poor Peoples Campaign) and other faith leaders in Memphis on Monday - one take away is relevant here: He said, (paraphrasing) We keep acting like we need a vision, or rewrite it, or another group wants to be in charge of it - etc - when actually we have the vision. We have the plan - we just need to implement it.
great share today! I can so relate kids in the background while on video from home! LOL - all good! There is a great focus of the current Atlantic magazine "the Anti-Social Culture" - which talk about the explosion of how much time we spend doing life "alone" / breaking out of that and recreating community is key to our survival.
What if you have never had community or you don’t have community around you? What if you’ve been alone your whole life and the only community is a white community when you’re a POC?
Are they actually a community for you? Do they witness you, hold you, and make you feel safe? Do you all show up for each other and support each other? If so, that's your community. That does not remove their systemic responsibility to make you safe and dismantle these systems. You are not their way out of the work.
I guess I had friends like that, but it ended when I woke up to the supremacy culture and started to unpick my internalised racism. And many of them claimed reverse racism when I spoke about it or said they supported me yet weren’t acting anti racist. I had this network for decades and I cut it because they were retraumatising me. So now I have no one, and those I do are still white but educating them is slow and tedious. I’m tired and I wish I could feel safe and loved and have a community that does it all instead of just a little, or under conditions.
That is never easy, and I hate that you are the one doing the work in order to feel safe or loved. I am happy to offer support in educating them, I welcome you into the online community I have, and just know I see you sis.
Thank you so much. You are the first woman of colour I have connected with who is walking this path too and I am so grateful for what I’m learning through your experience and wisdom. ♥️
on the importance of collaboration - I was with Bishop William Barber (Poor Peoples Campaign) and other faith leaders in Memphis on Monday - one take away is relevant here: He said, (paraphrasing) We keep acting like we need a vision, or rewrite it, or another group wants to be in charge of it - etc - when actually we have the vision. We have the plan - we just need to implement it.
Now THATS a word!
Love the live parenting lessons! Calm, clear, they own the choice. 🌟
Thank you, there ae SO many so its impossible for them not to be involved. I appreciated the grace
Thank you for you post and hard work 💕
It’s truly my joy 🤩
Sounds good 💞
great share today! I can so relate kids in the background while on video from home! LOL - all good! There is a great focus of the current Atlantic magazine "the Anti-Social Culture" - which talk about the explosion of how much time we spend doing life "alone" / breaking out of that and recreating community is key to our survival.
Oooo I will look for that article. Yes community is truly what we need it’s not healthy to be so isolated
White women here, i vibe with u so much and I'm so excited to begin this journey 🩷🩷🩷
What if you have never had community or you don’t have community around you? What if you’ve been alone your whole life and the only community is a white community when you’re a POC?
Are they actually a community for you? Do they witness you, hold you, and make you feel safe? Do you all show up for each other and support each other? If so, that's your community. That does not remove their systemic responsibility to make you safe and dismantle these systems. You are not their way out of the work.
I guess I had friends like that, but it ended when I woke up to the supremacy culture and started to unpick my internalised racism. And many of them claimed reverse racism when I spoke about it or said they supported me yet weren’t acting anti racist. I had this network for decades and I cut it because they were retraumatising me. So now I have no one, and those I do are still white but educating them is slow and tedious. I’m tired and I wish I could feel safe and loved and have a community that does it all instead of just a little, or under conditions.
That is never easy, and I hate that you are the one doing the work in order to feel safe or loved. I am happy to offer support in educating them, I welcome you into the online community I have, and just know I see you sis.
Thank you so much. You are the first woman of colour I have connected with who is walking this path too and I am so grateful for what I’m learning through your experience and wisdom. ♥️