I wasn’t going to watch. Days after we endured the loss of Daunte Wright; one that happened just miles away from this very trial, we finally were told a verdict had been in. I saw the notifications that the jury reached a verdict, I was not going to watch it. Maybe it was better to…
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Breonna, We Will Still Say Your Name
Breonna, we have been speaking your name for 194 days. We have not stopped; and unfortunately, it’s clear that saying your name was not enough. Fighting and protesting in your memory for justice has not been enough. Breonna Taylor has been dead for 194 days. The world watched and waited for decisions to be made…
When is Enough, Enough?
*This was written on 6/5/20, shortly after hearing about the death of George Floyd. I found this in my Notes app in my phone and I felt like it shouldn’t live there. These words were written at a time when emotions were high and all over the place. And in some respects, these feelings still…
My Experience at #BlackoutNC
Let me start by saying this post will probably be one of the most important posts I’ve written. Ive done my best to sit with my emotions and opinions and reflect on what i wanted to say and how i wanted to feel about it. So, here goes 🙂 In the last month or so,…
A Loss for Words…
So…*sigh* If you haven’t been noticing the recent antics of our current “leader” (please be advised I use that term loosely), you must be either just choosing to disengage (which how could I blame you), choosing to see his behavior as acceptable or living under a rock. I’m not making this post to be specifically…
Another Day, Another Face, Another Hashtag
So I wake up this morning, and have the unfortunate task of having to stomach yet another video posted on social media of a man being shot and killed. This morning, I saw another name as a hashtag. #AltonSterling
Will Things Get Better?
An unarmed Black man gets gunned down by police, because they posed “some type of threat.” Man or woman ends up dead in police custody in a jail cell. Everyday I look at social media or the news and another person has been shot and killed. Everyday, I see a new #JusticeFor… hashtag. Everyday, a…
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