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Reflections from our July Trip to Alabama

on Tue, 2019-08-13 00:39

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again. 

                                                                                                                                    — Maya Angelou

A second group of six women arrived in Selma and Montgomery on July 23, and by the time we left on July 25, we were changed  -– forever. Here are brief excerpts from our reflections upon returning home. A longer version has been shared with the twenty incredible women we met during our time in Alabama.

‘An alarm clock ringing in the midst of [today’s] historic nightmare’

on Sun, 2018-08-19 12:13

The movie everyone’s talking about, but how long before we begin the conversation about race Spike Lee is urging? How about now? 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/13/movies/blackkklansman-what-to-read.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share