Nobody should be a human piñata. Ever. Ever. Ever. Posted @withregram • @causa_justa Tyre Nichols. His last words called for his mama. Tyre Nichols. Murdered by Memphis police. Father. Son. Fed Ex worker. Skateboarder. Photo from Shaun King (which Instagram is not allowing us to tag.) More info on his post. Tyre Nichols. #sayhisname✊🏾

“Teaching Black History connects the dots.” I’ll state the obvious: Not teaching it perpetuates White supremacy, ignorance, and stupidity in American politics. Posted @withregram • @ohhappydani From the OP: In a culture of erasure, dots don’t connect themselves. It’s been getting REAL out here, y’all! If we’re not actively making connections between then & now, we’re missing all the complex ways that racism and anti-Blackness persist (including many other examples not included here- I didn’t make every possible connection on these graphics either!) In today’s culture, from classrooms to living rooms, we must fight to connect the dots. The future depends on it. Currently watching the 1619 Project by @nikolehannahjones and she’s connecting 👏🏾 some 👏🏾DOTS 👏🏾 of her own, ok?? Required viewing! 🟢 🔵 🟠 🔴 🟡 ⚫️ 🟢 🔵 🟠 🔴 🟡 ⚫️ ** Also, don’t mistake her inclusion of racism at the bottom to mean that it’s a thing of the past - according to the graphic & the connecting of the dots, it informs all the issues of today that @ohhappydani included here.

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#LifeGoals Posted @withregram • @1000libraries 📚 What a magical place… I would never leave! 😍😍😍 Credit: unknown artist / DM for credit -⁠ -⁠ -⁠ -⁠ #bookstagram #bibliophilia #bibliophile #biblioteca #reading #rarebooks#antique# booklover#library#books#bibliophile#bookworm#bookshelf#oldbooks#antiques#history#antiquarian#art#beautiful#bookshop#igreads#book#oldlibrary#bookstore#bookish⁠#booksmell ⁠

Posted @withregram • @my_jigsawlife "Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do.” Brené Brown #myjigsawlife #brenebrown #brenebrownquotes #authenticity #bravingthewilderness

I’m glad to see this and obligated to share. Trying to silence truth tellers is white supremacy. And white supremacy is evil. Posted @withregram • @bethebridge 2023 is starting off with a lot of pushback and rejection of the very work Be the Bridge is here to do. We strongly believe and hold to uplifting the voice of the racially marginalized. The Colonizer has told the story in the history books, but let’s not forget, the colonized also have a story — and those stories should be told, for the betterment of all of us. One of our core values at Be the Bridge is Truth-Telling. We believe firmly that without facts, we do not have truth. Without truth, we do not have trust. Without facts, truth, and trust, we do not have a shared reality with which we can make decisions. We cease to be a society, a country, a community when we don’t stand on truth. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ elimination of African American Studies courses is a rejection of truth and Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ elimination of “Latinx” from political discourse within the state is a violation of trust from Black and brown communities. In the work of bridge-building, we lead with truth so we don’t have to rebuild from the wreckage of lies. #whitesupremacyisterrorism #colonization #bethebridge

Note to self 💛 “You are not behind. It’s not too late. You are exactly where you need to be right now. Every step you’ve taken has been necessary. Give yourself credit, rather than berating yourself for how long your journey is taking. We all need our own time to travel our own distance. Posted @withregram • @thecaringcounsellor

Word. Posted @withregram • @sandravanopstal It’s the silence and the silencing for me. My first year of ministry someone at my church “rebuked” me for posting something about love from #mlkjr stating that he was not a real Chrisitan. The year after I lost a couple of donors because I persisted in speaking up about racial diversity and global justice. I was called unpatriotic and not centering Jesus. This was the 90s y’all. Here I am 25 years later. If you feel a loss it mean you were attached. Take that time to not only lament but repent as well. I spend years uncovering all I needed to undo. And now I am thankful for those donors who 20 years ago made me choose what I felt was at the center of the gospel and the testimony of the church. From student ministry to urban activism to global missions to church planting to pastoring to theological education— each step I have been clear that worshipping God without living a life of justice is not “worship” after all. Let’s be honest even a decade ago it wasn’t as clear which white church leaders (pastors, worship artists, etc) were so steeply entrenched in #whiteness #exceptionalism #nationalism we couldn’t tell by thier songs or self help books. We knew they were not speaking up against #whitesupremacy we may it have known to actively supported it, now we know. Be informed. Be free. Reimagine a new way forward.

The post by @deidrariggs accompanying this graphic is a powerful wake up call for White people. Don’t hit the snooze button. Read this post. Posted @withregram • @deidrariggs This is why I am a JEDI coach as opposed to a DEI practitioner. None of it matters if justice is not pursued. And when I speak of justice in this context, I am referencing restorative justice over retributive justice. There is a time and a place for both, but — as I share often — as a JEDI Coach, my emphasis is on restoration over retribution. Every single culture and ethnicity in the US bears the scars of racism and is in need of restoration. But as long as there are wp afraid to repent, confess, and repair their own wounds, we will be at odds. It’s a weird relationship we have with one another. Don’t get me wrong: black and brown people do not need wp to be healed in order to be restored. In fact, I contend that black and brown people know — in our souls — our true value and worth. I watch this new generation of black and brown youth and I see their refusal to fall into the roles of comforters of wp. They know they deserve to be comforted and they are not waiting around for wp to *get it.* And so, dear white people, if you don’t quickly get your healing, you will soon be lost. You know this in your souls and that is why your resistance is so strong. (Always remember, I speak of whiteness as a mindset.) You fight for a world that is passing away and that will never be again. And all your fighting consumes your energy and leaves you with absolutely no idea of how you will survive in a world built by and for someone other than you. “Love that does not satisfy justice is no love at all.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.” — Amos, a shepherd.

Anything you can do to spread the word, do it. There’s plenty of money out there to help heal the world. Posted @withregram • @nonprofitaf Thank you @the_notorious_epm for this great shot of me calling out BS at #apapnyc2023. Yes, the common refrain that “there’s only so much money to go around” is total bullshit when there’s 1.4trillion dollars in endowments and donor-advised funds, and most funders only give out 5% (or 3.5% in Canada) of the money in their endowments each year. Unless a funder also raises its money to give out each year, this claim has no merit and we need to stop buying into it. Increase your payout rate and stop saving for a rainy day when it’s pouring right now. #nonprofitlife #philanthropy #decolonizingwealth #nonprofitfundraising