Are you willing to be uncomfortable for social justice?

by Kayce Stevens Hughlett

I'm willing to be uncomfortable if it means lives will be saved. Are you? 

It's been quite a weekend—beginning with Juneteenth on Friday, Solstice, New Moon, & news re: Trump showing up in my former town of Tulsa on Saturday, plus Father's Day Sunday.

Through all of it, I continue to shore up my gaps in learning by reading books, listening to podcasts, watching videos, and having conversation with as wide a range of individuals as someone can who's still very Covid-aware. 

I've subscribed to a couple of new education tools and broadend the people I follow on my Instagram feed. 

Through it all a quote has stayed with me that I found via Mockingbird History Lessons:

"Ally-ship isn't about abandoning yourself by denouncing your racial identity and reinventing yourself—it's about leveraging who you already are with courage, sensitivity, awareness and practicality in equal measure." 

I believe in love, the healing power of art, and social justice for all people. My role at this time in history is to continue to explore and find the places where those things intersect, because this is where I can be most effective. I'm trying to do better. I hope you'll find your place to grow and share for social justice! Please let me know if these posts are helpful. Sometimes I feel like I'm talking only to myself ... which is not unusual. :) 

Noteworthy resources I've explored ...

Juneteenth: The Next Wave of Emancipation 

 Mockingbird History Lessons for Adults

The Next Question - video series - The TNQ Show engages leading voices on critical topics of racial justice in America. Created by best-selling author Austin Channing Brown, Season 1 is now available featuring Nikole Hannah Jones, Andre Henry, Brené Brown, and more.

Podcast ~ Brené Brown with Laverne Cox on Transgender Representation, Advocacy + the Power of Love

I really enjoyed this conversation about Moon Cycles, the constructs of time, and how lunar cycles can help dismantle forces of oppression. Honoring the Cycles of the Moon with April McMurtry and Liz Kelly 

I'm watching POSE on Netflix and loving it! It's a drama television series about New York City's African-American and Latino LGBTQ and gender-nonconforming ballroom culture scene in the 1980s.

Previous Posts with Resources: 

My Commitment to Anti-Racism Growth & Action 

Social Justice: I'm listening, reading, supporting ...

Keep Loving the World 

On hope, art, dismantling, and rebuilding 

Living in a Both/And World