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The Journey To Lasting Change

The Journey To Lasting Change

As I write this on International Women’s Day and look back on the many moments and memories from our Black History Month celebrations in February, I’ve been reflecting on the role of these micro-moments of remembering. On the one hand, I appreciate the focused attention, the reminders to stop and pay tribute, and the visibility they give to causes that still matter a great deal.

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Dreaming Big 2022

Dreaming Big 2022

This month we celebrated the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and I spent some time reflecting on what happens to a movement when its message goes “mainstream.”

While many Americans now remember King’s legacy fondly and the key messages from his I have a dream speech are recited by schoolchildren across the country, it’s important to remember that his legacy is also one of struggle, of speaking truth to power, and of pointing to the places where we still fall short of the dream outlined by our Founders in the Declaration of Independence to “form a more perfect union.” The work carries on.

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The end in the beginning

The end in the beginning

December 21st marks the solstice—the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the longest in the South—that point where days cross over from shortening to lengthening, or vice versa, depending on where you stand in relationship to the sun and its shadows.

So much of life is like that—one person’s ending is another’s beginning, what occurs as a loss to one might feel like victory to someone else. This day of changing shadows reminds us, though, that our perspective is not the Truth. What we can see from where we stand is only one part of the story.

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The Gifts of Gratitude

The Gifts of Gratitude

The premise of this time of Thanksgiving is about celebrating the bounty in one’s life and giving gratitude for the things we have been blessed with. While the origins of the holiday itself and some of the ways it continues to be celebrated are fraught, there are also new traditions being imagined and other emphases for our gratitude. Seth Godin’s Thanksgiving Reader is one example and Oprah has compiled this list of 30 traditions to try with your family, while this article from Cultural Survival highlights strategies for decolonizing and honoring native peoples on Thanksgiving and throughout indigenous peoples’ month.

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Change of Season

Change of Season

As I write this today, the leaves are beautiful shades of red, gold, yellow, and green outside of my window and the sky has the crisp blue of a clear, fall day. I like to pause at this time of year to reflect on all the change the year has held and begin intention setting for the year ahead.

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Tending The Relationship

Tending The Relationship

There is something that always catches me a little off guard about this time of year. The chill that creeps into the air, the shorter days, the changing leaves that remind us that there is a season for all things.

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Building The Thing We DO Want

Building The Thing We DO Want

Tomorrow is Women’s Equality Day in remembrance of the passage of the 19th amendment 101 years ago. In a year that has both underscored the tremendous progress we have made on so many fronts and the very real and enduring challenges that remain on the road to liberty and justice for all, I’ve been reflecting on what one does upon “arrival” at that destination.

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Justice & Independence

Justice & Independence

In July, we celebrate both Independence Day and National Friendship Month. As we know, achieving independence from British rule did not translate to equal justice and freedoms for all people, however.

Indigenous peoples, women and people of color, GLBTQ-identified individuals and many other populations have continued the long struggle to live into the promise of “liberty and justice for all.”

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