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Jun 25

A United State of Inequity

The most inequitable activity on the planet is the continued erasure of women’s agency to their full humanity. We see this in rape as a weapon and as a result of political conflict or as an expression of cultural class dominance. We see it in obstructing women from education. …

Abortion

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A United State of Inequity
A United State of Inequity

May 14

A Prayer for Motherhood

Pray for mothers and motherhood, That most sacred place between being and not being The gift of grace The promise of personhood The dawn and the dusk. …

Motherhood

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Apr 16

Birthday Wish

This picture is my 6th birthday in 1971. Monday April, 18, marks exactly 51 years later. When I was six, my biggest wishes were for model cars and G.I. Joes. The boy to my right was also named Adam the other boy was named Paul (?) and the girl Natalie…

Equity

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Birthday Wish
Birthday Wish

Mar 14

White Bricks

Congregational polity is destroying people of color in Unitarian Universalism. I am currently in the process of returning to work after a 5 month medical leave. In September, I realized that stress, internal organizational conflicts and pressures had simply gotten to be too much for me. I was not caring for my body, I could not “wind down” and sleep…

Unitarian Universalist

7 min read

White Bricks
White Bricks

Feb 9

The Anti-Equity Agenda

…The comfort of invisibility, the ease of ignorance As I continue to study the ethical foundations of equity, particularly as those foundations show up in public policy, I learn more about the various personal motivations that seem to sit at the heart of cultural belief. I’m struck by how, in…

Equity

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The Anti-Equity Agenda
The Anti-Equity Agenda

Dec 5, 2021

Sacred Choices

“You have to pick. That’s the fundamental problem. And one interest has to prevail over the other at any given point in time, and that’s why this is so challenging, I think.”[1] — Justice Brett Kavanaugh during opening arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, Dec. 1, 2021 Where is…

Abortion

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Sacred Choices
Sacred Choices

Oct 29, 2021

Being

Capitalism and the free-market economy are based on the exchange of value and the key freedom of participation. One is free to work; one is free to pursue economic ends; one is free to do and create things in exchange for compensation or other value. On its surface this is…

Metaverse

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Oct 21, 2021

Black Boy Joy

Black Boy Joy For all the black boys who won’t look in mirrors, for fear of what they might see… For every prince called “thug”, For every guy on the hustle who is only just trying to stay alive, For every Mandingo, BBC, Anaconda whose greatest gift was between his ears and behind his…

Black Men

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Black Boy Joy
Black Boy Joy

Oct 6, 2021

Can “Wild Goose” Be Reborn?

When Amy Hayes, from Baptist News Global asked to speak to me about the Wild Goose Festival, I was initially hesitant. I had just begun a leave from church work (which I am currently still on), in part to regroup from having had to do intense professional and personal race…

White Supremacy

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Can “Wild Goose” Be Reborn?
Can “Wild Goose” Be Reborn?

Sep 19, 2021

“Meta” Supremacy

The self-conscious approach to dismantling white supremacy reinforces white priorities thereby affirming white supremacy. Having a person of color on your board, on your staff, leading your organization, etc. will not solve your diversity problems. …

Diversity

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“Meta” Supremacy
“Meta” Supremacy
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