Thursday, August 26, 2021

An Invitation to Brave Space

Together we will create brave space

because there is no such thing as a "safe space" --

We exist in the real world

We all carry scars

And we have all caused wounds.

In this space

We seek to turn down the volume of the outside world, 

We amplify voices that fight to be heard elsewhere,

We call each other to more truth and love

We have the right to start somewhere and continue to grow.

We have the responsibility to examine what we think we know.

We will not be perfect.

This space will not be perfect.

It will not always be what we wish it to be

But

It will be our brave space together 

and

We will work on it side by side.

            by Micky ScottBey Jones

James Baldwin on American History

 American history is 

longer, larger, more

various, more beautiful,

and more terrible than

anything anyone has

ever said about it.

James Baldwin