After two weeks of really trying to listen to the voices of persons who are black, indigenous and people of color, as I outlined in my first and second posts on this subject, I'm going to step out with some trepidation to share a few of my own thoughts and experiences. Not because it's time to stop listening; it most assuredly is not that. But because at some point we are called to use our voices, and enter a conversation we're nervous about having. I have to start somewhere. Please don't hesitate to call me on anything I say here that feels misplaced, inappropriate, or otherwise … [Read more...] about My (Tentative) Turn
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More Listening
Last week I tried to mute myself and I urged you to listen to some of the voices of black, indigenous and people of color. I was challenged to do this by a friend, because those voices have much more relevant things to say than I do about what's happening in this country right now. Part of the challenge I described last week included reflecting on what that experience was like, and I will do that, but it's late on Wednesday and I can't do justice to that question tonight. I want to encourage you to click back to last week's post and listen to some of those voices, or others that you are … [Read more...] about More Listening
#AmplifyMelanatedVoices Challenge
Yesterday a friend tagged me in a post that contained a call to action, amid the demonstrations that have erupted after George Floyd's murder. It's the #AmplifyMelanated Voices Challenge. And it's important. I'll admit, I had to look up "BIPOC." How about you? It means "black, indigenous, and people of color," as Mahreen Ansari explains in this post. I hadn't heard of this challenge, but I'm taking it. So I'm muting myself in this post, except to say I'm posting a few links in this post and will add to them through this week, and perhaps beyond. Next week, we'll talk some about all … [Read more...] about #AmplifyMelanatedVoices Challenge