"Pride Month this year is different. It is now up to white people, specifically white queer people who watch Black folks sitting at the intersections die at the hands of layered oppression, to stand up. It is on those who love drinking at the Stonewall I… ift.tt/36V7s7I

Why We Must Despair, & Not Hope, to Survive [essay after Thomas Merton] intothepark.wordpress.com/2020/06/03/why…

June Newsletter - mailchi.mp/7d71d1c7a923/h…

Got a few seconds to do me a favor? Do you live outside of central Virginia? I'm doing some website testing for a friend. It doesn't take long - just give your opinion! THANK YOU SO MUCH! ift.tt/3hRbQJg

Hey folks! Can you take a few minutes to go through this prototype? Your feedback will greatly help improve this design! t.maze.design/15290348

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This is beautiful. A sumptuous meditation on transformative grief. ift.tt/32CQA23

This is an amazing look at how redlining still impacts our cities - a very concrete (literally) picture of institutional racism at work. And, close to my heart, because they used Richmond as an example - both as the problem and the plan to address it. Ro… ift.tt/3gpLnB9

Senator Bernie Sanders addresses the inauguration memes

Run or walk or do it virtually... this May 7 5k supports the Charlottesville High School marching band. Amazing prizes. Help us make sure every kid has an instrument! CBS19 News: Charlottesville News First runsignup.com/Race/VA/Charlo…

Maybe someday, women in America will have as many rights as guns do.

If this was about babies, there would be universal healthcare. Free education. Free daycare. Southern states would be doing all they can to drop the Black maternal mortality rate. This is about power and control

we can't afford homes to raise families in. we can't afford doctors to have safe pregnancies & births. we can't afford to take time off work to recover from the physical trauma of pregnancy & labor. we can't afford childcare. we can't afford to continue like this.

Julie Millican Of course the one decision he didn’t mention was Loving giving the right to interracial marriage that is also 100% derived from the same precedents and rational Hypocrisy much

Julie Millican IANAL, but it's curious how Thomas skipped over Loving, which was decided on what appear to be very similar grounds. For those not familiar, that's the case that legalized interracial marriage in the US. Also for those not familiar, Thomas is Black, and his wife is white.

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#poetrycommunity Excited to have my book come out soon! George Mason University @carolynforche

I just donated to Blue Ridge Abortion Fund! Thanks to CoJW for the reminder about regular support for existing, local networks; we can't go back to 1972 b/c of amazing efforts already in place. sandbox.blueridgeabortionfund.org/donate