Word:
I am so disappointed in the legal system today. How could all seven people who took over a federal facility be found not guilty (Malheur National Wildlife Refuge)? We saw this play out on national television. We know they physically took over with threat of guns and what not.
Fast forward to the Standing Rock issue playing out between many Native Americans, police, and a corporation that wants to build a pipeline under sacred water. We know arrests are happening right and left. Including arresting and harassing people while they pray and arresting reporters. I do wish that we would stop framing this as a water issue, although it is that. It is a religious issue for Native Americans. These are sacred waters. People were arrested while praying.
What would happen if a white, man...
Word:
It happened. The biggest massacre since 9/11. The next tick in the historical series of attacks against the LGBTQIA community and their sanctuaries. And I still, really don't have words. Only tears.
I will share with you words culled from others during my relentless need to connect with people on Facebook. Also, I learned that it was Latinx night at Pulse. That means that the lives that were lost were likely predominantly people of color. While the person who did harm probably didn't know that, it is important to center Latinx LGBTQ voices in this conversation. That will come, I hope.
Today's practice is inspired by the voices speaking out regarding the massacre at Pulse, music from Mark A. Miller-a prayer song he wrote in response to the Orlando massacre at Pulse, the sonnet ...
sometimes pruning
shears that cut
scattering debris willy nilly
are so dull that they hack
away leaving scars
behind that never quite heal
bypassing new growth
leaving deadened limbs that
will not weather the next storm.
