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With more Democratic primaries right around the corner, we're circling up online next Thursday, 2/13 at 6:30ET to debrief on what we learned after Iowa, how primaries work, and how all of us can get involved and make a difference.
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Y'all...this has been a "shit motherfucker shit week". From the Iowa caucus debacle to the racist State of the Union to a landmark cover up plot to protect a tyrant and dismantle our democracy - things are real right now and I, quite frankly, am already burned out, frustrated and scared.
All day, I've been reflecting on what more I can do? Doing something, doing anything feels better. But I'm wondering if this moment demands more discernment - a contemplation of where our energy is best served for long game.
"Ripping up a speech is cool but refusing to fund the border camps, the wall and the militarization of outer space would go further" says Bree Newsome Bass. Perhaps this moment is challenging us not to do more, but to do better.
Imagine if we went from torn up speeches to massive civil disobedience against lies, racism, corruption and tyranny. Imagine what's possible when we get organized in resistance AND create of the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible. Imagine if we came together in ritual and practice so that we can remember who we are and what we are capable of. Imagine a future beyond fascism, where everyone has what they need to thrive.
I'm asking myself what I'm willing to do to resist fascism and dream bigger. Maybe you should ask yourself too.
Kerri
she/her
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IT'S A COVER UP
Let’s call it what it is...a cover up, not an acquittal and most definitely not "not guilty". We all know what happened here. But, in a near party line vote (the only GOP member to honor his oath was Mitt Romney), the Senate effectively covered up Trump's crimes. Here's how #MoscowMitch orchestrated the sham. But not unlike Trump's State of the Union address, the Republican defense in the impeachment trial was rooted in disinformation and cowardice. Trump's credo all along has been "the law is for suckers" and the GOP just proved him right. But what Adam Schiff and Nancy Pelosi tried to do was prove that the law could be used, not just in criminalizing the vulnerable, but in holding accountable the most powerful. And that mattered. What now? "The collapse of the White Republic is giving rise to the birth of a True Democracy. For people and planet." Thank you, Taj James, for always keeping it in perspective.
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DECOLONIZING SELF CARE
In a moment when everything is out of control (more like the Twilight Zone), self care can be a reclamation. But when we do self care without acknowledging its origins, we end up replicating the same systems that harmed us in the first place. The concept of self care originated in black activist circles in the 1980s, and was later put through the grinder of late-stage capitalism and appropriated by white, corporate feminism and the industrial wellness complex. Self care when practiced out of context goes from what was once a radical feminist idea to one that is stripped of its politics. Self care, as it was intended, is not an escape from reality (as dominant culture would have you believe), but rather an integration of the inner world and the outer world. We need to reclaim a spirit of self care that honors its ancestors and roots in how it embraces all of reality, not denies it.
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Black history is American history. But because our education system has erased much of Black history, we need a month dedicated to remembering and reclaiming. According to a report by the Southern Poverty Law Center, nine out of 10 high school seniors either incorrectly identified or openly admitted they weren’t sure of what caused the Civil War. Two-thirds (68 percent) of high school seniors don’t know that it took a constitutional amendment to formally end slavery. And many just learned about Black Wall Street because of the popular HBO show "Watchman". But Black History Month isn't just about getting educated. It is an ongoing practice of anti-blackness and anti-racism. It is centering Black voices, perspectives and leadership. It is reparations. And it is 365 days a year.
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