#FergusonTaughtMe

It is a year since Michael Brown died. It has been a painful and disappointing year in the United States as issues of race and justice have been put under a spotlight. We have often reassured ourselves that it is not more dangerous to be black now than in the past, we just hear more about the tragedies now because the media knows that people are interested. We have raised our collective voices and spoken up that Black Lives Matter. And the "we" is beautifully broad. The "we" at the National Rally for Justice in December included many of my friends and many of my students. The tangible changes are slow, but the conversations are important. History taught us if we continue to speak Truth to Power, these slow changes can build over time. When we refuse to accept things the way they are, we can be a part of forcing them to evolve. Evolution or revolution. I believe in that old protest chant - the people united can never be defeated!