Call to Action
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February is Black History Month. This year’s theme is African Americans and Labor. What comes to mind for me is Pauli Murray and the I AM A MAN sanitation strike in Memphis, a demonstration the Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr went to Memphis for, where he was assasinated. Since I was not taught Black…
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I’m not sure if I’m going to keep up with the monthly calendar. If you have comments about that, you can leave them below or email me at dwlgallier@gmail.com. Instead I’m mostly focusing on a daily email called Daily Resistance with small ways we can resist bad policies and advocate for the world we want…
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Here is an incomplete list of Houston businesses owned by Black and other people of color, LGBTQIA+ folks, and people from ethnic and religious minorities. Please email me at dwlgallier@gmail.com with businesses to add to this list. List of Houston Black-led Community Organizations Restaurants: Green Seed Vegan Third Ward Black-owned Asia Market Thai Lao Heights…
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Y’all, we can prepare now to do something in the 2025 Texas legislative session which starts in January. Texas rhetoric normalizes and Texas law legalizes harm to Black and Brown folks, women, LGBTQIA+ folks, immigrants, the environment, public education, voting rights, right to protest, criminal justice, consumer protections and more; what happens here then spreads…
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We can do something. Now what? Doom scrolling, wringing our hands, worrying, blaming, and complaining supports the status quo. Despair and retreat are not strategies. We can convert that energy into empowerment when we take action. That action can start with taking care of our mindbodyspirit through exercise, meditation and mindfulness, recreation/beauty/outdoor time, creating art,…
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Houston Center for the Healing of Racism for facilitated dialogues about racism and other forms of oppression Ukombozi Fellowship (in Houston and virtual) Elsewhere in Texas SURJ Austin (Undoing White Supremacy Austin) Unlearning Circles SURJ Dallas/Ft Worth TX/NM Indivisible Antiracism Program (virtual) They have excellent programming but I don’t think they have a website. For…
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We may need to be pro-active to stay sane while the results of the 2024 election are decided. Maybe some of the following events will help us IMAGINE a better future, STRATEGIZE, and develop STAMINA, the three ingredients for a successful movement according to Rep. Ayanna Pressley. I got some feedback about attending these events…
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In October the weather is generally gorgeous in Houston and it’s time to Disrupt Whiteness outdoors. Please see the Sept post about volunteering to maintain African American cemeteries and blockwalking. On rainy days, evenings or when you can’t get outside, you can write GOTV letters and postcards (ask and I’ll get you going). It’s also…
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Polls show that “public safety” is a top concern of voters. Can we think critically about what keeps us safe? Does it have to be law enforcement, incarceration and institutionalization? Click on the hyperlinks to learn more about a robust definition of safety and what we can do about it.
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I hope you will take a half hour or so to give this a listen on Facebook or Instagram. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1173874793732380
Disrupting Whiteness 