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U is for Urgency #AtoZChallenge #BookReview — 6 Comments

  1. I really enjoyed Dr. Kira Banks video. I totally agree that we need to be ready to have our own libraries, Saturday Freedom schools etc. And that we all need to start with our own families – do the young people know they need to register to vote, are they registered, did they vote. etc. It’s not all about the big movements.

  2. I am a teacher and have seen how diversity, equity, and inclusion change hearts and minds. Showing kids how to treat each other and how to stand up for others bears fruit even though they may be seeing and hearing something completely different at home. It’s a battle we have to keep fighting. Right now my granddaughter is in kindergarten and we are already seeing how religious and political propoganda is creeping into school as a result of the current situation.

  3. I agree that Black Lives Matter! A few years after we moved where we live now, a family moved in next door. We knew someone had moved in but hadn’t seen them yet. The next morning my son and I were outside at the garage going through things to donate to our local church.

    A man came walking through our yard and when he got to us he said “Are you guys moving?” My son told him no, we were going through things to give to the church down the road because they have a thrift shop and food pantry. He thought we were moving because him and his wife had moved in. That hit me hard. I can’t imagine having to live my life thinking things like that. So sad!

  4. Urgency is such an essential topic. You are so right – so many things are urgent but take a long time to change. And too often, it becomes urgent because we have not addressed it sufficiently. Whatever the case, urgency is very much part of making change in the world.

  5. Thinking about urgency seems especially useful right now, as we’re being hit from so many different directions with needs that are so great. So it’s helpful to take a breath and remember to find ways to settle into more sustainable action modes. I enjoyed Dr. Banks video – thanks for sharing.

  6. I see the ideas espoused today in America espoused in the times I read about in the past, and I realize this is something that seems to recur. I find some sense of hope in knowing that this is a fight many have been working against for centuries.

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