Outcry: a strong expression of public anger and disapproval This week I dreamed about being detained when traveling, taken aside in an airport and made to wait and wait and wait … It became clear that I was being monitored and considered dangerous and essentially arrested. What started in the airport turned into a full detention / internment / concentration camp experience. The dream’s details are sketchy, but I remember feeling powerless. I couldn’t call for help. I ... Read more ...
Toward Public Outcry: Why I’ll Keep Repeating #AbolishICE and #CloseTheCamps
![I often see spiders and walk into webs when out on trails, and increasingly, these webs remind me of what (personal and collective) stories need to be unraveled, reconsidered, and woven into new versions of truth-telling that more truly represent the histories of enslavement, genocide, colonization, and forced/blocked immigration in the United States. This includes the work of naming racism as racism and oppression as oppression.
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One way to get at such truth-telling is to sit with questions like this one from “40 Questions for 40 Walks: Toward Everyday Living for Justice”:
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“What threads of family stories might you pull—toward unraveling the stories that brought you here, to where/when you are now? What stories need to unraveled and spun anew? And what stories might you re-tell or weave together to bring new meaning, taking into consideration contexts of oppression?”
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For more questions that promote unraveling and re-weaving webs, check out the self-paced e-course: https://heart-head-hands.com/product/40-questions-for-40-walks-toward-everyday-living-for-justice/ …
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I’m also happy to tailor this work for your group or to offer group discounts. Thanks! <3
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[Image shows a green-and-yellow spider in a faint white web against a dark background.]
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#OngoingEducation #ProfessionalDevelopment #CommunityEducation #Storytelling #Stories #Webs #Spiders #LearningFromNature #LearningInNature #Outdoors #Walking #Hiking #Trails #AntiOppression #SocialJustice #RacialJustice #EnvironmentalJustice #Ecofeminism #Historiography #Histories #RevistingHistories #Remembering #ReTelling #ChangingTheStory #StopTellingLies #CallRacismWhatItIs #Naming #TruthTelling #EpistemicJustice](http://scontent-lga3-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/3003921a736313e663398a98ed73a4e2/5DB58C40/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/c12.0.1221.1221a/s640x640/62214672_332025201017374_4774889654769653899_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-1.cdninstagram.com "I often see spiders and walk into webs when out on trails, and increasingly, these webs remind me of what (personal and collective) stories need to be unraveled, reconsidered, and woven into new versions of truth-telling that more truly represent the histories of enslavement, genocide, colonization, and forced/blocked immigration in the United States. This includes the work of naming racism as racism and oppression as oppression.
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One way to get at such truth-telling is to sit with questions like this one from “40 Questions for 40 Walks: Toward Everyday Living for Justice”:
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“What threads of family stories might you pull—toward unraveling the stories that brought you here, to where/when you are now? What stories need to unraveled and spun anew? And what stories might you re-tell or weave together to bring new meaning, taking into consideration contexts of oppression?”
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For more questions that promote unraveling and re-weaving webs, check out the self-paced e-course: https://heart-head-hands.com/product/40-questions-for-40-walks-toward-everyday-living-for-justice/ …
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I’m also happy to tailor this work for your group or to offer group discounts. Thanks! <3
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[Image shows a green-and-yellow spider in a faint white web against a dark background.]
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#OngoingEducation #ProfessionalDevelopment #CommunityEducation #Storytelling #Stories #Webs #Spiders #LearningFromNature #LearningInNature #Outdoors #Walking #Hiking #Trails #AntiOppression #SocialJustice #RacialJustice #EnvironmentalJustice #Ecofeminism #Historiography #Histories #RevistingHistories #Remembering #ReTelling #ChangingTheStory #StopTellingLies #CallRacismWhatItIs #Naming #TruthTelling #EpistemicJustice")
!["If we in the United States want an annual celebration of freedom, then I’d ask that we wrestle with hard questions about whose freedom matters and why. How freedom can be achieved for all. What response-abilities are needed for collective, shared freedom."
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From this post about the 4th of July: https://heart-head-hands.com/reframing-independence-day-as-a-day-for-truth-telling-and-committing-to-justice/ ...
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[Image reads: "Liberation involves knowledge of the past, reckoning with the good and bad, and willingness to make right. It involves seeing one’s 'freedom' in relation with others. How can one person be free when others still aren’t?" in navy against a background that fades yellow to orange.] .
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#AbolishICE
#CloseTheCamps
#AbolishCBP
#AbolishPrisons
#EndPrivatePrisons
#EndMassIncarceration
#July4th #IndependenceDay #Interdependence #TruthTelling #Committing #CommittedToJustice #SocialJustice #RacialJustice #EverydayJustice #Justice #Liberation #Freedom #Speak #Write #Shout #Act #Resist #Recommit #Everyday #Now](http://scontent-lga3-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/97dfb8a9396dfeb986c175c66b51ac0d/5DE2EBA1/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/s640x640/65567762_328611581396428_5433365827703404774_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-1.cdninstagram.com "\"If we in the United States want an annual celebration of freedom, then I’d ask that we wrestle with hard questions about whose freedom matters and why. How freedom can be achieved for all. What response-abilities are needed for collective, shared freedom.\"
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From this post about the 4th of July: https://heart-head-hands.com/reframing-independence-day-as-a-day-for-truth-telling-and-committing-to-justice/ ...
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[Image reads: \"Liberation involves knowledge of the past, reckoning with the good and bad, and willingness to make right. It involves seeing one’s 'freedom' in relation with others. How can one person be free when others still aren’t?\" in navy against a background that fades yellow to orange.] .
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#AbolishICE
#CloseTheCamps
#AbolishCBP
#AbolishPrisons
#EndPrivatePrisons
#EndMassIncarceration
#July4th #IndependenceDay #Interdependence #TruthTelling #Committing #CommittedToJustice #SocialJustice #RacialJustice #EverydayJustice #Justice #Liberation #Freedom #Speak #Write #Shout #Act #Resist #Recommit #Everyday #Now")
