We’re fresh off the first of a two-part training on Responsible Whiteness. The goal of “Responsible Whiteness” is to enlarge your perspective on whatever racial dynamics you’re involved in or worried about so that you can access and practice new ways of moving so that the same old problems don’t just keep happening. The way to … Continue reading “Whiteness and White Fragility: Can We Be Real?”
Read MoreRID Denies Members Opportunity to Vote on Motion
by Steph • July 6th, 2019
If you have an immediate negative reaction to the idea of unionizing sign language interpreters, then I would like to ask you—politely, please—to pause for a moment and recognize bias. https://vimeo.com/346498324 Most of us have no idea what it could mean to become a Union. In fact, I am still learning. I’m eager to find … Continue reading “RID Denies Members Opportunity to Vote on Motion”
Read MorePodcast Episode 004: Transforming: Design and Engineering Part 3
by mjd • June 29th, 2019
Transcript: Violence serves the interests of people in power. If we can reduce and minimize the kinds of motivations that channel people towards violent activities and violent actions, and if we stop sanctioning violence in our international and domestic relations, things will get better. It’s inevitable. That’s how it works. It’s not impossible or somehow … Continue reading “Podcast Episode 004: Transforming: Design and Engineering Part 3”
Read MoreSeeds: The Gardener’s “Hour of Power”
by Steph • May 22nd, 2019
It was the end of the day in the gloaming, afternoon fading into the earliest stage of evening. Steph was reluctant. There was, however, no point in arguing against Soirée-Leone’s enthusiasm: learning how to garden for food was the whole, entire point! Tromping out to the newly-cleared and fenced-in garden, Soirée-Leone explained the purpose of the hour … Continue reading “Seeds: The Gardener’s “Hour of Power””
Read More“Do What’s Right for All of Us”
by Steph • April 23rd, 2019
gardening to grow food….understand the food economy where you live, because then you can identify what staples to produce for yourself and strategize whether and how to fill a specific niche for your community.
Read MoreDesign “A” is a Success
by Steph • April 22nd, 2019
I thought I’d have a minute to myself at the gate. Instead this blur of color materialized into a screaming Negro. Let me put quotes around the relevant words: “Negro” (as in her most common label of identity); “screaming” is the adjective chosen by me to describe what was happening. We waited for Triple awhile … Continue reading “Design “A” is a Success”
Read MoreDismantling White Feminism with Layla F. Saad
by Steph • March 10th, 2019
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We Are Water: Walking the Howsatunnuck for the 7th Generation
by Steph • May 30th, 2018
Just another crazy old lady, Carole Bubar-Blodgett talks a lot. Her stories are personal, about the lessons, teachings, and experiences she’s had walking the Good Red Road. Emotion runs through her, especially gratitude. Grandmother Carole was at Standing Rock, where she gifted an Eagle Staff to the youth of the Seventh Generation. “It was always […]
Read MoreMy First Risky Nonviolent Action
by Steph • September 29th, 2017
Going to Boston to counterprotest white supremacy following the violence in Charlottesville did not turn out to be dangerous, but there was no way to know this in advance. Walking the Talk or keeping my plans? When I first learned of the antiracist rally in Boston, it did not cross my mind that I should […]
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