I always create space for intentional reflection in January and July. I love pausing to think about the ways I have shown up and the ways I’ve missed the mark. How have I built community? In what ways have I been of true service? Where do I need to grow and explore my learning edges? Where do I need to slow down?

It keeps me focused on learning, on moving, on imagining and helps me to identify and release places where I may be stuck –whether due to judgement, fear, grief, overwhelm, or exhaustion.

To transform this country we need everyone –everyone who is ready to build, stand in the gaps, and believe in something greater than themselves. We can only do this together.

We only and always get free together.

Part of getting free requires us to engage in deep introspection, unlearn what no longer serves us, and embrace new ways of knowing and being.

Today, I’m sharing prompts and questions below focused on solidarity, truth, and interconnection so we can dig in together and move closer to our own and our collective freedom.

Solidarity is necessary for our evolution and survival. Let’s love each other beyond boundaries and binaries.

Questions for writing and reflections:

1. What does solidarity mean to me –not just as a value, but as a set of daily behaviors?
2. What social constructs, norms, and binaries make it hard for me to practice solidarity and radical love?
3. Are there times and ways you can consensually cross social boundaries in the name of love and community?

There can be no truth where there is no trust. Wherever we possess aversion to the truth, where we turn away from truth determines how we are in, or not in relationship with each other.

Questions for writing and reflections:

1. In what ways have you been taught/socialized to be afraid of the truth? To be afraid of accountability?
2. What tools or supports do you need to develop to speak more truth in your life?
3. Look at all the myths/untruths associated with your identities. In what ways have you benefited from these narratives? How have you internalized or allowed them to shape how you see yourself and others?

Our worlds and subcultures are interconnected. The specter of the current administration colors and undergirds our relationships, social spaces, workplaces, and conversations. To build a more just and equitable world, we must tend to each other and practice deep solidarity with all those impacted by the systemic and ongoing forces of imperialism and domination.

1. What does it mean to de-center Western approaches and weave in other ways of knowing, being, and relating?
2. How can I acknowledge and recognize the visible and invisible ways in which American imperialism informs my understandings of justice and equity?
3. How might I create deeper solidarity with those most impacted by Western imperialism?

I hope these prompts spark some ideas and moments of insight!

Let’s go get free!