Black Lives Matter

Last night Lynette introduced me the following excerpt from a conversation between Dr. Bettina Love, author of We Want to do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom and Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, award winning Associate Professor

Walking Sacred Ground… Montgomery, Selma, & Birmingham

During our first trip to visit my sister and her family since they made the seismic move from Calgary, Alberta to Birmingham, Alabama – which happened to be our first flight anywhere since the beginning of the pandemic – they

Happy Juneteenth! The 2020 observation of Juneteenth may well be the most significant since 1865. From the abundance of media coverage this year more white Americans (myself included) are learning that Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the US.

Tomorrow will be my first time intentionally observing Juneteenth. So I am writing this post as a part of my own ongoing education and discovery. I’m still learning. Juneteenth is a grassroots, national celebration of the ending of legally sanctioned

For those in King County, this is helpful information on demands in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. King County Equity Now. March on June 19, 2020.

dwight j. friesen

From Ally to Co-Conspiratorship

Walking Sacred Ground… Montgomery, Selma, & Birmingham

Juneteenth – Celebrate Freedom

My first Juneteenth

King County Equity Now