Hello, y’all. I hope you are holding yourselves and your people close. I am holding you close! Here are a few things I’ve found beautiful or meaningful in the last bit.
some specifically connected to grief and rage and solidarity after Atlanta:
a fund (closes EOD 3/28) specifically for families of Soon Chung Park, Hyun Jung Grant, Suncha Kim, Yong Yue, Delaina Ashley Yaun, Paul Andre Michels, Xiaojie Tan, Daoyou Feng; correct pronunciation of the Chinese and Korean-language names; a statement you can sign on to advocating for solutions rooted in the community (i.e. not more policing); a vigil from Red Canary Song; Roxane Gay on a white man’s bad day
and others:
Short videos on “Building Accountable Communities”
An essay about bird murals in Harlem (+ mentions WHEELS, where I taught)
Digital Blackface concise analysis from Slow Factory (if you use gifs, read it)
Grief Deck: images and prompts offered for people in the midst of loss
Collection of zines from Dean Spade (scroll through to “examples”)
Petition to close Mt. Rushmore and Return All Public Lands in the Black Hills to the Oceti Sakowin
Drawings for my Grandchildren from Korean grandparents Chan & Marina
+updates: our sweet and powerful study+practice group for Reading, Writing, and Racism wraps up April 8 (y’all, we had the author come to a session!). Next group will be around Joyful Militancy: Building Thriving Resistance in Toxic Times. If that looks good and you want to read and practice with rad others, snag a copy and stay tuned <3.
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Thank you for sharing these beautiful and powerful resources!