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Mar 16

White Folks Facing Race: Interconnectedness and Public Schools

Hi Friends, I have been thinking a lot lately about isolation, fear based parenting, and the disconnectedness we experience from each other. This trend started before the pandemic and then was made much worse as we separated ourselves from each other out of necessity. …

Education

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Education

6 min read


Jan 22

White Folks Facing Race: Standing Up For Inclusion and Hope

Hi Friends, It has taken me over a month to decide how to write about a recent event I witnessed. I have felt rage and anger and disbelief. I have felt grief and sadness and resignation. …

Education

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Education

5 min read


Dec 6, 2022

White Folks Facing Race: It’s Not Antiracism Without Action

Hi Friends, I hope you are finding joy this holiday season. I have been thinking about a couple of things that I want to digest with you. …

Anti Racism

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Anti Racism

6 min read


Nov 8, 2022

White Folks Facing Race: Perfectionism is Silencing Me

Hi Friends, I apologize for my long absence. The first few months of the school year have been more demanding than in the past (something about having kids in two different schools in two different districts…). …

Racism

4 min read

Racism

4 min read


Aug 30, 2022

White Folks Facing Race: New (School) Beginnings

Hi Friends, Welcome to the new school year! We moved two of our kiddos to a more integrated school this year (my eldest will wait another year before we move her to a more integrated middle school), so there were a lot of changes yet again for our family and…

Community Organizing

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Community Organizing

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Jul 25, 2022

White Folks Facing Race: Isolation Undermines Survival

Hi Friends, I have been thinking a lot about what it means to live in a community, but not to be in community with our neighbors. What I have observed and experienced about affluent White parenting is how isolating it is, how competitive and closed-off it can be as families…

Community Organizing

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Community Organizing

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Jul 18, 2022

White Folks Facing Race: Reproductive Justice is Part of Liberation

Hi Friends, Little did I know when I wrote about grief last time, that it would only be compounded further only a few weeks later. I hope you are taking time to process what you’re feeling and that you are kind and patient with yourself. I need to take my…

Racism

3 min read

Racism

3 min read


Jun 8, 2022

White Folks Facing Race: The Power of Names and Grief

Hi Friends, My heart has been so heavy, like something is pressing on my chest. Emotional grief, compounded with the onset of covid in our household, has had me focusing on everyday activities and very little else for the last couple of weeks. Even so, there are moments of clarity…

Community Organizing

3 min read

Community Organizing

3 min read


May 18, 2022

We Are Not Powerless

Hi Friends, This is not about Buffalo and it is about Buffalo. That’s because Buffalo (and so many more) is about each and every one of us. And I’m not sure I even know what to say. …

Racism

3 min read

Racism

3 min read


Apr 30, 2022

White Folks Facing Race: Solidarity with Honesty and Compassion

Hi Friends, I hope you’re all well and finding your way clear-eyed and hopeful. One month until summer! I have been circling around a few themes this month that I wanted to share with you. The first is how important memory and history are to our current understanding of the…

Community Organizing

3 min read

Community Organizing

3 min read

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Emily Vincent

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Mom, Activist, Community Organizer

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