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“That was a hot mess inside a dumpster fire inside a train wreck” (Jake Tapper).
2020 was all the things. And while it is tempting to “move on” and aspire to a time that is less challenging and more comfortable, I find myself needing more time to process and heal and learn and grow.
But then I am reminded that time is not linear. There is no closure to this year at the strike of midnight, no cleaning of the slate or fresh start. There is simply a continuation of the journey. We are always inside this transition between where we are coming from and where we are going. Resolutions or intentions are not enough to bridge the divide. Transformation only happens when we choose to show up for each other and the whole of humanity every single day.
We haven’t come this far to only come this far. Let us continue to do the work of love and justice and fight for the future that we all deserve.
See you on the other side.
Kerri (she/her)
Here’s the WELLREAD round-up of the things that got us through in 2020 (in no particular order):
1. The wisdom that saved us:
The Pandemic is a Portal [[link removed]] by Arundhati Roy
2. The community survival guide:
Mutual Aid Is Essential to Our Survival Regardless of Who Is in the White House [[link removed]] by Dean spade
3. The rhetorical question of the year:
Are We All In This Together? [[link removed]] by Michael J. Sandel
4. A vision for the future:
The Serviceberry: An Economy of Abundance [[link removed]] by Robin Wall Kimmerer
5. The call to action:
America, This Is Your Chance [[link removed]-] by Michelle Alexander
6. The book that made us better:
How We Show Up [[link removed]] by Mia Birdsong
7. The messy and complex conversation of the moment:
We Will Not Cancel Us [[link removed]] by adrienne maree brown
8. The wake (the fuck) up call:
When Good People Don’t Act [[link removed]] by Charles Blow
9. The podcast that made us feel:
Finding Our Way [[link removed]] Podcast by Prentis Hemphill
10. The “real” history lesson:
Caste [[link removed]] by Isabel Wilkerson
11. Favorite insta series:
What’s Up Y’all [[link removed]]by Sonya Renee Taylor
12. Best headline (and prediction):
Prepare for the Ultimate Gaslighting [[link removed]] byJulio Vincent Gambuto
13. The reality check about politics:
The Real Divide in America Is Between Political Junkies and Everyone Else [[link removed]] by Yanna Krupnikov and John Barry Ryan
14. The must-have tool:
Mapping Our Social Change Roles in a Time of Crisis [[link removed]] by Deepa Iyer
15. The “this is really happening” book:
Parable of the Sower/Parable of the Talents [[link removed]] by Octavia Butler
16. The NTK about abolition:
Ruth Wilson Gillmore Makes the Case for Abolition [[link removed]] by Chenjerai Kumanyika
17. The feel-good read:
Yes, We Can Have Hope [[link removed]] by Joan Halifax
19. The podcast for the future we all deserve:
Fortification [[link removed]] Podcast by Caitlin Breedlove
20. The aha moment:
That Discomfort You are Feeling is Grief [[link removed]]by Scott Berinato
How we’re spending the transition:
NYE Sit with Rev angel Kyodo williams [[link removed]]: 7p PST 12/31/20
NYD Ritual Dance Party [[link removed]] with The Get Down’s Tasha Blank, Reggie Hubbard, Elena Brower Sah D’Simone, Kerri Kelly and House of Yes, 9am PST 1/1/21
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