Find your voice, as others continually fight to have theirs acknowledged.

“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.” -Desmond Tutu

I was hardly one for politics, controversy, stirring the pot. I was raised to be a good kid who followed the rules, did good for the world, and made her family proud.

But what happens when those rules are broken by the people who supposedly set the rules for our own well being and yet a huge population gets the complete opposite? What good does it do the world to remain silent and turn a blind eye? How does it make your family proud to remain ignorant and not take the steps to learn to be aware and make more informed, conscious choices and action?

Heaviness, shock, confusion, anger, sadness…what a lot of us have been feeling are a mere fraction of what the Black community has been enduring. I’ve felt like a fool and I think that’s a good thing. Because it’s better than seeing the news, getting desensitized, and moving on. It’s like when you make a mistake and you realize you need to do better. That’s now. 

Wake up and stay awake. Stay conscious and intentional to what’s happening around you in this marathon of anti-racism.  

👉🏽 Listen. Learn/Unlearn. Reflect. Act. Refuel. Repeat. 🔁

Whatever your form of protest may be, keep loving forward for the cause. We’re all works in progress.