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In 1953, Mildred Norman set off from the Rose Bowl parade on New Year's Day with a goal of walking the entire country for peace. She left her given name behind and took up a new identity: Peace Pilgrim.
There are better ways of doing social justice work.
In her lifetime, Maya Angelou received more than 30 honorary degrees. President Barack Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2010.
Street artists could not be more different demographically than the über-rich who control who enters and exits their curations. If you are a street artist, there’s a higher chance of you being low-income, a person of color, female, or part of the LGBTQIA+ community.
A growing number of activists and commentators say that “people of color” no longer works. The central point of Black Lives Matter, after all, has been to condemn the mortal threat of anti-Black racism and name the particular experiences of the Black community.
The reality of being a disabled person on Medicaid is far more complex and nuanced. Many people do not even know the difference between Medicaid and Medicare and simply consider them “entitlement programs,” as if tax breaks and corporate subsidies aren’t entitlements by another name.
What would it take to be ourselves and speak our truth while also maintaining a climate of emotional safety in our important relationships?
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