We belong to each other
Tuesday’s result was a gut punch. For many reasons, but mainly because so many of us desperately want something better, something beautiful and just. Because so many of us and our ancestors have worked tirelessly to dream it, to build it. We know our opponent, we know...
Resources for the 2024 Election & What Comes Next
Hello friends, Last week my colleague Jessica and I hosted a session on election preparedness —it was an excellent conversation and felt nourishing to be in community with so many of you. Folks have shared how useful the resource guide has been so we decided share its...
Rebuilding after Hurricane Helene
We are capable of great love. As many of you know, for over a decade, Asheville, North Carolina —tucked in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina was my home. It was there that I lived liberation alongside so many incredible humans, growing in my...
Summer 2024 Reading List
It's August 2024, what is time? We have just a few weeks of summer left and as is my yearly plan— I head to the beach! I savor this time: I stare at the ocean, I eat ALL the seafood in sight, I nap, and I read, read, read, and read. Did I mention that I read?! What...
Black Women Stayed Ready
Decades of work by Black women led us to this moment. For hundreds of years Black women have held this country down while lifting us all up. Black women have inspired us and repeatedly challenged the status quo. Black women have built culture, cultivated hope, and...
Reveling in Possibility
Friends, My body, my heart, and my spirit has felt different these last 48 hours. Has yours? Lighter. Buoyant. Expansive. My heart has been fortified. Strengthened. I’ve been reflecting on why –and there are so many things to point to, many, but I keep coming back to...
Slow, Deep, Irreversible Work
Hey y'all! My friend, April Baskin, was on a panel in San Francisco recently and was talking about white supremacy, anti-semitism, and anti-Black racism. April mentioned a quote from an artist and organizer, Ricardo Levins Morales: “The work we do should be slow,...
Soft with each other hard on systems
Hello friends! Last week, I had the privilege and honor of speaking on two different panels about how the systems we find ourselves in are hard on every one of us. They are hard on us emotionally, physically, socially, and spiritually. Yet, we continue to fight to...
Is it ok to celebrate an inch? Takeaways from 2023
Hi y’all, A theme we've seen throughout the year with our clients is folks feeling disheartened because their DEI and racial equity work didn’t make as much progress as they’d hoped. We’ve watched staff managing the fallout from layoffs, funding gaps, resource...