Animal Rights

In peace class tonight, we focused on animal rights.  This topic was not my most highly anticipated one. I'm already a vegetarian and I try not to kill bugs.  However, at the end of the day, considering the spirituality and rationality of vegetarianism was meaningful.  It is a good reminder that we should be intentional about our choices, even when our routine is above board.  I also learned about Ag Gag bills and the importance of raising our voices to Congress.  As our teacher shared today, money and laws dictate our society.  If we don't have the money, we have all the more reason to dive into the laws!

Selma's Anniversary on Women's History Day

What a powerful reminder for black women that what doesn't kill us makes us stronger!

Also a great moment to think about intersectionality. This August as women celebrated 95 years of suffrage in the United States, Black women  did not get to join in the celebration. What a powerful reminder of why "Black Lives Matter" and "All Lives Matter" do not mean the same thing in the US.

Power of Youth

"This world demands the qualities of youth: not a time of life but a state of mind, a temper of the will, a quality of the imagination, a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease . . . It is young people who must take the lead." - Robert Kennedy (1966)

"That relatively young people are leading this movement should not be a surprise; each generation rolls up like a wave that has never faced the sand and transforms the shoreline." - Adrienne Maree Brown in "From Ferguson, Something Beautiful"