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Days 77-86: A Time to Reflect, and to Act

Rather than share the recipes we've cooked over these past 10 days, I'd like to share some food for thought.  Others have written far more eloquently than I can about what we've seen recent weeks. The inequalities of COVID-19 combined with outrageous acts of violence against Black people, caught on tape, present a powerful wake-up call about the state of racism in the United States.  

I hope that as you reflect on the world we live in and what a better one might look like, you find nourishment for the road ahead.  A couple of suggestions:
  • Historian Ibram X. Kendi offers powerful insights and concrete tools to help us have conversations about racism and antiracism in How to Be an Antiracist.  He did a real service in this week's discussion with 

    Brené

     Brown     on Unlocking Us, providing an accessible introduction.  If you want to talk about what you hear, I'm here.

  • The Mutual Aid movement offers a basis for community organizing and set of principles to guide community support. To learn more about what Mutual Aid is, check out Guiding Principles of Mutual Aid Disaster Relief.  If the framework moves you, look to your local network to plug into the organizing that is happening, learn about the Mutual Aid philosophy and your neighbors' needs, and contribute.

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