“If your voice held no power, they wouldn’t try to silence you.” – unknown
Use your VOICE. Use your VOTE. – The Chicks
I heard this last week and have not stopped listening to it. The words are powerful, but the images are even more so.
I also read this article and these words from Katie Mitchell were an arrow to my heart: “We’re making a lot of money, and we’re happy that people are reading books. But it took the lynching of George Floyd to be played on a loop for people to be interested in things that we’ve been pushing for, you know, for a long time,” she says. “I’d much rather George Floyd be alive.”
In doing better…it means long term…not just now.
for the moment
because everyone else is doing it.
Because after everyone else is done doing it…
We need to continue to (or start?) shoulder the burden that, you know, some have been carrying alone for a long, long, long time. Thank you, Katie Mitchell, remind us so eloquently.
It’s a long term commitment! Thanks for sharing.
An acquaintance asked me about a social justice reading list and then said “It’s so nice they were ready with all these books.” I sent her the NPR article and reminded her that we need to keep reading and learning for the rest of our lives. This is not just a moment.
You are right…we must do better. People have waited and suffered too long… That video is powerful but it makes me sad that it has taken so long with so much hurt…
Thank you for sharing this video–I hadn’t heard the song. I’ve started my own journey of education and it’s not easy.
I loved the song and teared up at the end of the video. I think what hit me most about it is that we may be more aware of the injustice of our society at this particular moment, but it’s really nothing new. It’s even more important given that context that we make a commitment to understanding how we got here and commit to fixing it for the future.
Thank you for sharing…another great reason to love the Chicks!
This too has been on my mind lately. I think it is great that everyone is protesting and showing care but what then? Will they go back to their lives and move onto the next thing? This is just the start of change and it needs to carry on being in everyone’s mind for a long time.
Thanks so much for this post. I am so encouraged to see that the BLM protests have continued even here in NH. I’m hoping that this is the start of something big!