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. …

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…

Hi Friends, Happy Spring! I hope you’re all enjoying the re-emergence of life and nature into our surroundings and finding new ways to recognize and be in solidarity with our planet and each other. I touched on the role of fear in my Scarcity and Hoarding post in January and…

Hi Friends, I want to take this opportunity to highlight an article by Courtney Napier called “The Fetishization of Antiracism Work” on her Know Better Do Better blog. The whole article is worth a read, but I want to call attention to the sections below in particular. …

Hi Friends, Happy March! I hope you’re all well. I have been finding music to be particularly compelling lately and I wanted to share some inspiration with you. First, I want to highlight two Black female artists who have used their musical talents to draw direct attention to racism and…

Hi Friends, Happy 2022! We’re still here, still holding on. Thank you for continuing this work into the new year. Last time, I talked about our actions as a society from a scarcity mentality, which reinforces a hierarchy of human value and prevents a focus on universal human rights. I’d…

Hi Friends, Happy Holidays! I’m using this post to expand more on solidarity, as informed by Jesse A. Myerson’s “White Anti-Racism Must Be Based in Solidarity, Not Altruism.” …

Hi Friends, Last time I wrote about the role of capitalism and class in systems of oppression. I’d like to connect our conversation to a more complex understanding of White privilege. I had an awakening experience of what I have lost to white supremacy during a racially diverse discussion group…

Hi Friends, I have been exploring some new topics in my anti-racism self-work and one of them is how “White people” became White. My creative writing piece in my last update touched on this somewhat. The reframe, after understanding the origins of whiteness, is to see the connection with economics…