It’s time to do better.

There is so much to learn - about each other and ourselves - and like no other time our willingness to listen and to learn is most critical. We are all wrestling with the reckoning of inequalities and injustices and, we too, have been reflecting on our own insights and actions on the topic of racism.

We have paused. We have been sitting with our thoughts and emotions from what has been surfacing in the recent new;: what we have been listening to, watching and reading. We know there is a long road ahead of many roars to come, but big change starts from small, meaningful and integral steps. It starts with changing our own beliefs and understandings and it starts with our very own actions.

This is a moment to stand for justice, and to open our eyes to the atrocious violence happening in front of us. Among many examples, racism is the eight minutes and forty-six seconds of an innocent black man, George Floyd, being murdered by someone who was supposed to protect him.

It's time to bring the past forward to heal and to give our attention to the teachings of black, brown and indigenous people of color. Now is the time to make a stand, donate, sign petitions, and educate. It's time to shift the conversation and to take action for real change.

We know we have more work to do. We are listening. We welcome your feedback.

We have found this link very helpful and if this resonates with you, please explore the various ways to learn, support and act below.

Organizations to Support

Black Lives Matter
NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund
Color of Change
The Bail Project
Reclaim the Block
The Minnesota Freedom Fund
The George Floyd Memorial Fund

Books to Read

Skill in Action by Michelle Johnson

The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein

Uprooting Racism by Paul Kivel

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo

Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper

Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon