Rev. angel Kyodo williams says that our liberation is on the line [[link removed]]: 
“White supremacy is an illness. I don’t wish it on anyone—not on myself, and not on you. We have all been told a lie, and our work—particularly for those of us who say we identify with this path of liberation—is to free ourselves of that lie, to get in there and observe that construct and the ways in which it limits us from our full potential.”
And people are choosing to free themselves all over the country. According to the New York Times, protests over the death of George Floyd have been held in more than 2,000 US cities and towns in all 50 states over the last few weeks. They defied traditional demographic fault lines, not just in Democratic strongholds but in rural, conservative and majority-white communities.
Something is happening. But the only way to sustain it is to embody a revolutionary love that is so big it can hold the messiness, discomfort and accountability that is needed for transformation in this moment. 
angel adds, “I think we are finally at a place where we can accept the truth that no one escapes from oppression, not one of us.”
The question is: how far are we willing to go to get free?
Kerri (she/her)
“Let me be clear: I certainly know I matter. Racism is terrible. Blackness is not.” [[link removed]] Imani Perry on how Blackness is an immense and defiant joy. [Click to Tweet [[link removed]]]
On the performance of white bodies: “Epigenetic research focuses on how the body responds to generational trauma. We evolve to survive. But how does a body respond to generational expressions of racial power?” [[link removed]] [Click to Tweet [[link removed]]]
The future of our planet demands that we confront inequity and defend our communities against injustice. If you care about the planet you must dismantle white supremacy [[link removed]]. [Click to Tweet [[link removed]]]
It was decades of activism got us here. Rebecca Solnit on the slow road to sudden change [[link removed]]. [Click to Tweet [[link removed]]]
“Something got stolen from all of us. So you have to have compassion for the voice of the heart that has been lost or obscured, whether in others or in yourself.” Rev. angel Kyodo williams on why your liberation is on the line [[link removed]]. [Click to Tweet [[link removed]]]
Juneteenth is the holiday that commemorates the official end of slavery in the U.S., the day that federal troops arrived in Texas to ensure that all enslaved people were freed (two years after the Emancipation Proclamation).
Juneteenth is our true independence day - a reminder that “nobody is free unless everybody is free.” Here’s how to take action in honor of Juneteenth this Friday:
LEARN: Dig into the history of Juneteenth [[link removed]] and share with friends who aren’t familiar.
MARCH: Join the SIX NINETEEN actions [[link removed]] in cities around the country.
DONATE: Become a monthly donor - that’s right, a smaller recurring donation over time are more powerful than a one-time gift! - for National Bail Out [[link removed]] or other Black-led organizations working to fully realize abolition in this country (did you know that today’s prison labor system is legal slavery?).
Words by @valariekaur [[link removed]], art by @kimothy.joy [[link removed]]
Resistance alone will not deliver us. We need a love that will give birth to the nation that we all deserve. 
Valarie Kaur, our latest CTZN Podcast guest [[link removed]] and author of the new book See No Stranger [[link removed]], says the Revolutionary Love is the call of our time - a radical, joyful practice that extends in three directions: to others, to our opponents, and to ourselves. It enjoins us to see no stranger but instead look at others and say: You are a part of me I do not yet know.
And goodness, do we need her wisdom right now. Of this moment, Valarie says:
“The future is dark. But is this the darkness of the tomb – or the darkness of the womb?”
What future are we birthing together right now? How are we breathing together to get to the other side of this moment in a way that reorders the world for justice?
Thank you to trauma specialist Resmaa Menakem and On Being for this beautiful practice, Race and Healing: A Body Practice [[link removed]].
Be sure to check out his episode Notice the Rage, Notice the Silence [[link removed]], too.