The term Happy Mother’s Day has been changing for decades and, Post-Pride, we are seeing a rapid shift from traditional definitions of motherhood and toward a broader, more inclusive understanding of what it means to be a parent.
Elijah Anderson writes, “Since the end of the Civil Rights Movement, large numbers of black people have made their way into settings previously occupied only by whites, though their reception has been mixed. Overwhelmingly white neighborhoods, schools, workplaces, restaurants, and other public spaces remain. Black people perceive such settings as “the white space,” which they … Continue reading White Space and Invisible Ghettos
Donella Meadows said, “No one can define or measure justice, democracy, security, freedom, truth, or love. No one can define or measure any value. But if no one speaks up for them, if systems aren’t designed to produce them, if we don’t speak about them and point toward their presence or absence, they will cease … Continue reading An Infinitely Ordinary Day
Love has broader implications than just determining how we behave in our individual relationships; love is a belief that all people deserve freedom from oppression.
The most fundamental meaning of advent is that of voluntary action that brings about justice in our world.
There is nothing more generous than a person who chooses kindness in response to unkindness. Using kindness to grow justice.
