I grew up in a kind of Christianity that believed in purity culture. My parents weren’t raised with this, weren’t a part of the children’s ministry, and didn’t know what to look for. I assumed it was the norm and didn’t know to ask about it. I was taught if I had sex outside of…
Category: Advocacy
What, to an American, is the Fourth of July?
I haven’t been able to post a blog since Daunte Wright was killed. That was overwhelming due to the location of the incident, the response by the officers, and the community it impacted. Just after that, Derek Chauvin was convicted. We honored a year since George Floyd was murdered. Then, the city moved the barricades…
Mic Check
Thank you to everybody who has reached out to check in. I’m okay, I am safe, and I am also exhausted, spooked, and expecting more. For those who don’t know, I started my community organizing in Brooklyn Center in 2018. Our organization has moved our physical office to Brooklyn Park but continue to serve and…
Black History Month Ends; Black History Continues
February is set aside as Black History Month in the United States and it can be a great time for us to remember the importance of going back and checking what we learned and expand on that knowledge. Black history is American history, but it’s often left out or reframed when talked about on a…
Martin Luther King Jr. – A Reminder for us White People
“Whites, it must frankly be said, are not putting in a similar mass effort to reeducate themselves out of their racial ignorance. It is an aspect of their sense of superiority that the white people of America believe they have so little to learn.” Martin Luther King Jr., Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or…
Dressember 2020: Snow Excuses
“The greatest mistake of the movement has been trying to organize a sleeping people around specific goals. You have to wake the people up first, then you’ll get action.” Malcolm X Starting Point: Dressember I “woke up” when I found out human trafficking was happening in Madison, Wisconsin and not just in third world countries….