DEI for GNI

 I’ve had very White ideas of what it looks like to “successfully” organize for social change. This ideas still infiltrate my thinking. Please read this amazing article about an amazing group right here in my amazing town of Minneapolis. And check out the author’s podcast. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/25/magazine/black-visions-collective.html?referringSource=articleShare

 Right now I’m reading Meacham’s larger examination of “our better angels,” and the truths and untruths surrounding that idea, but....please try this more brief article from the NYTs. I’m finding I need to hear this historical correction over and over, and from many different mouths, to really have it sink in.  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/23/books/review/lost-cause-meacham.html?referringSource=articleShare

If you haven’t read this yet, please take a few minutes to hear Congressman/Activist/Earth Shaker John Lewis’ final written words.  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/opinion/john-lewis-civil-rights-america.amp.html