ANTIRACISM WORK IS WORK OF THE HEART.
This is work of the heart - we cannot heal the physiological collective trauma on our nervous systems through talking alone. this matters.
whether you are racialized or white, you either carry the intergenerational story of the terror of enslavement, of your land being stolen, of indentured work, of oppression - or you carry the intergenerational imprint of being in positions of power, of inflicting injustice on others. we cannot escape these stories. this is in our DNA.
If you have spent the last 4 months reading about the impacts of racism, but haven’t yet vocally taken a stance to help dismantle racist policies, now is the time. If you haven’t spoken up yet about your “all-white” workplace, now is the time.
If you haven’t yet sat in reflection to really “feel” the enormity of pain, grief, guilt and sadness, now is the time.