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Category: Activism
In Case You Didn’t Already Know…
These capable Congresswomen--Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley, and Ilhan Omar--are pissing off the privileged, the GOP, and the Racist Pig-in Chief. How DARE they??? How dare they have minds of their own? How dare they vote against funding for a useless, ineffective border wall? How dare they advocate for the disenfranchised, the poor, the … Continue reading In Case You Didn’t Already Know…
America’s Birthday
I'm writing this because a family friend just pissed me off on Facebook, and rather than commenting directly (which always feels like hitting myself in the forehead with a hammer), I'm just going to let it out here and hope that it reaches someone else who needs to hear it today. First, her Facebook post … Continue reading America’s Birthday
Happy (?) Memorial Day
Home from the obligatory cookout. I actually hate cookouts, but one of our former youth Dance Ministers just graduated college, and we had to lift up the brother. I had a good time, but it's good to be back home. I would like to remember those men (and women) who gave their lives in service … Continue reading Happy (?) Memorial Day
MLK Day 2019
The day that 45 got elected, my heart dropped into my stomach like a stone, because I knew that the Black community was about to get zapped back to the 1960's, when leaders like Dr. King rallied us together as a people to change how the nation saw us. I knew that we were going … Continue reading MLK Day 2019
