White Folks: Listen, Talk About Race & Follow-Through
White friends who want to do something to support Black lives, I need you to LISTEN to Jessica Norwood, please. There's a lot for us to hear in this offering. And 2 things stand out for my specific network of friends. Talk to the White people in your life. Your...
New Times – But Will We Take Different Actions?
I'm oscillating between intense heartache and slithers of hope. We have a rare opportunity to do things differently and yet I see so many leaders (and neighbors) making decisions that lead to the same harmful outcomes. White supremacy culture is tricky. It changes...
New Times – But Will We Take Different Actions?
I'm oscillating between intense heartache and slithers of hope. We have a rare opportunity to do things differently and yet I see so many leaders (and neighbors) making decisions that lead to the same harmful outcomes. White supremacy culture is tricky. It changes...
We are each having our own pandemic experience
Today the state of North Carolina enters into its first phase of what folks call opening back up. I'm getting hung up on the phrase opening back up. Who is opening? What is being opened? Who/what had a chance to close? Who stopped? Who had to keep going? What types of...
Hold on… just a little while longer…
I will find the words... for now my whole body is humming - a cross between numb and overflowing with feeling...I’m listening. Learning. Feeling. Reckoning. Loving. May we stay on the side of love. We are in such holy company.April 26, 2018 I wrote those words in a...
A Bit on Grief (inside and outside of a pandemic)
This is a time of grief. I am feeling my own grief, the grief of people close to me, and the collective grief. Some folks are aware that they are feeling grief, others are having grief responses but don't know how to identify what is going on. I don't think there is...
Economy of Care
A few facebook posts over the years about supporting and valuing an economy of care. April 8, 2020 Thank you to those who have always invested in the economy of caring for the well-being and development of one another. Profound gratitude to those who are now investing...
Social Media (and other media) Distancing
How are you practicing social media (and regular media) distancing? I continue to hear the principle from Racial Equity Institute — Maintain hope in the face of the brutal facts. It’s important for me to be informed about and facing the brutal facts. And then to...
Seeing Our Healthy White Blood Cells
What are you imagining? When your mind wanders off into possibilities of a now other then the one happening in the moment, what’s the quality of your imaginations? I’m being diligent about watching my mind and conversations. Seeding and feeding healthy images,...
Emotional Health during a Pandemic (March 13-21)
Below are posts I made on Facebook that aimed at supporting my own and others care for our emotional well-being. (I went into social distancing mode on March 11th) March 13, 2020 I’ve been practicing and thinking a lot about managing anxiety, social distancing and not...
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