Below is a slightly modified version of the guiding principles adapted from the recent Movement for Black Lives Convening. #2 was added in order to contextualize the principles for non-Black people working in solidarity for the movement. They help paint of picture of what the Movement for Black Lives is and should provide and excellent … Continue reading Movement For Black Lives Guiding Principles
Author: aarongoggans
#CallThemIn: Sample Agenda
#CallThemIn in the next collaborative social project from the Well Examined Life. We are hoping to encourage honest conversations about racial injustice and white supremacy across the country. To get involved in this project please go here: https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/callthemindc?source=direct_link&referrer=aaron-goggans The important thing about hosting a #CallThemIn event is to not let perfect be the enemy of … Continue reading #CallThemIn: Sample Agenda
#CallThemIn: Introduction to Movement For Black Lives, Racial Injustice and White Supremacy
This is the first document for the #CallThemIn social project. #CallThemIn in the next collaborative social project from the Well Examined Life. We are hoping to encourage honest conversations about racial injustice and white supremacy across the country. To get involved in this project please go here: https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/callthemindc?source=direct_link&referrer=aaron-goggans Below is an brief overview of the … Continue reading #CallThemIn: Introduction to Movement For Black Lives, Racial Injustice and White Supremacy
#CallThemIn: Pillars of White Supremacy
Below is the third document for the #CallThemIn project. This document is most useful for communities in and around DC. However, many of the pillars would work in any urban setting. Please e-mail wellexaminedlife@gmail.com if you would help editing this document to work for you community. After reading this document with your group, discuss the … Continue reading #CallThemIn: Pillars of White Supremacy
#CallThemIn : Guiding Principles of the Movement For Black Lives
#CallThemIn in the next collaborative social project from the Well Examined Life. We are hoping to encourage honest conversations about racial injustice and white supremacy across the country. To get involved in this project please go here: https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/callthemindc?source=direct_link&referrer=aaron-goggans Below is a slightly modified version of the guiding principles adapted from the recent Movement for Black … Continue reading #CallThemIn : Guiding Principles of the Movement For Black Lives
#IfIDieInPoliceCustody
#IfIDieInPoliceCustody don’t say I was an organizer. Don’t talk about how I knew what to say when everyone else was too shocked or too scared to say anything. Don’t say I was courageous. Don’t say I was smart. Don’t mention all the work I did for “the community.” Tell them I was too busy being Black to worry about bein' good. Describe for them how I danced down the street with my headphones blasting the soulful sounds of Nina Simone into my brain. Tell them that the feeling of her voice bouncing off the cavernous walls of my skull is the closest to feeling liberated I ever get.
Call Me in Until You Need to Call Me Out
Reflections On Being A Leader in a Leaderful Movement Rape Culture is real. It is omnipresent. It is destroying all of our movements. I don’t know how to start this essay. I don’t really know what to say or how to say it so I’m going to be real and raw and honest. I … Continue reading Call Me in Until You Need to Call Me Out
#ILoveBlackWomen Day Four: ACT!
It's no coincidence that #ILoveBlackWomen is happening during the same week as the National Day of Action for Black Women and Girls. When I conceived of this project it was important that I could at least point people towards a collective action aimed at supporting Black Girls, Black Trans* Women, and Black Women. I'm really … Continue reading #ILoveBlackWomen Day Four: ACT!
#ILoveBlackWomen Day Three: LISTEN!
[You can also listen to this podcast on itunes by searching "Well Examined Life" under podcasts] It's amazing what you can learn when you listen. I mean really listen and hear, another person. This site was founded on the believe that you can increase your own self awareness through dialogue. That means we can learn … Continue reading #ILoveBlackWomen Day Three: LISTEN!
#ILoveBlackWomen Day Two: DONATE
"The Revolution will not be funded!" INCITE! Women, Gender Non-Conforming, and Trans people of Color* Against Violence It turns out that empowering oneself in a capitalist system can get pretty expensive. Even for all-volunteer organizations the daily costs of food and office supplies adds up over the months and years it takes to make real change. … Continue reading #ILoveBlackWomen Day Two: DONATE
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