When Ugly Racism Meets Quiet Dignity, the Responsibility to Shine a Light Belongs to All of Us Yesterday, I marched with thousands of others in the SF Women’s March, where we raised our voices for social justice and showed the world a wall of resistance against the oppressive authoritarianism that has gotten a foot-hold in…
Category: #resistance
Responding to Hate with a Dance Party: San Francisco Counter-Protest to the Alt-Right
The Bay Area wasn’t going to let San Francisco, our jewel of a city, become another Charlottesville and so counter-protesters organized events to drive out the hate with the only weapon ever known to be successful: LOVE. And Music. My husband, a few friends, and I traveled on BART up to City Hall for a…
Listening in on the Grown-Ups: an early lesson in taking a stand on what’s right and true
My brain sometimes works like a Facebook feed — memories flash across and I think “Whoa — I haven’t thought of that in a long time!” Just now, I watched Jimmy Fallon’s intro from right after the Charlottesville horror, and as he mentioned his own two young children, a memory of my parents flashed through…
No picture today because I cannot post an image of my broken heart.
I have been up to my nostrils in readying my classroom for the kids tomorrow — so I’ve been kind of busy and haven’t been able to wrap my brain around words that don’t have to do with curriculum. But today’s post has nothing to do with my classroom, or my family, or traveling, or…
The Moment the Healthcare Vote and One Teen’s Life Intersect is a Critical Moment for All
How ironic is it that on the day the Senate is set to vote on a disastrous healthcare bill that is aimed at taking health care away from millions, raising costs for everyone, and giving a whopping tax break to millionaires — on the day that they may cast their vote for that horrible, terrible,…
Oh, the Nit Wits! Don’t let the cute picture of the dog fool you. (Write Every Day #6)
This is why I get stuck on what to write: the dog peed everywhere, just before I had my first cup of coffee; my daughter discovered she has a mild case of lice (eww, ick — they are sneaky, insidious creatures so we have to go into full combat mode); and I feel like the…
Write every day: Day 2 of Summer
I’m only on my first cup of coffee so I’m not convinced that I have anything wise or interesting yet to put on the page. I had a rough night’s sleep — tossing and turning. Insomnia, that uninvited and unwelcomed guest, visited again. As I grab my first cup of caffeine, I can’t stop thinking…
Resistance is a Sign of Hope
The president signed a tragic executive order yesterday, barring all people from certain Muslim countries from entering the United States. It’s already having devastating effects for people arriving at our nation’s airports. Read about those who are being detained here. We, as a country and as a people, are better than this latest round of executive…
