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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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New administrations take office in January: The next President will be inauguration January 20 and in Texas the legislative session starts January 14. There will be a lot of harmful legislation to resist as well as some helpful legislation to advocate for. For more information about the Texas legislature, please check my earlier post about…
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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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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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September electoral work: registering voters, block walking when it cools off, phone banking, postcarding, and letter writing. I was reminded today that registering voters in Texas has become more dangerous this year, and voter rolls are being aggressively purged, making voter registration an important way to show up as an ally to targeted groups. Every…
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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
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There is a lot going on in August in Houston. In addition to Back-To-School, it’s time to start gearing up for the 2024 general election, and there are a lot of community events and cultural events. This list will be updated throughout August as I learn of other events, so please submit new events to…
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