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nonprofit | washing dishes: a mulatto's blog

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Washing dishes: a mulatto's blog. 9 months later, and 10 years on. May 2015. Today is Mike Brown’s 19. Birthday. This I learned from the political education and relationships that I have benefitted from through the It Starts Today campaign. Posted in change the narrative. Malnourished in the midst of plenty. A Place at the Table. A few weeks ago. Yesterday, a friend mentioned the adage that if you are not at the table then you are likely on the menu. In this society of excess, imbalance and unroo...It oc...

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culture | washing dishes: a mulatto's blog

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Washing dishes: a mulatto's blog. 9 months later, and 10 years on. May 2015. Today is Mike Brown’s 19. Birthday. This I learned from the political education and relationships that I have benefitted from through the It Starts Today campaign. Posted in change the narrative. Yes, the vitriol, the hurt, the despondency that people are experiencing and spewing is intense. sometimes it feels like people are regurgitating the poison that’s been fed or forced into them. I have been cautious, quiet and calm about...

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telling stories | washing dishes: a mulatto's blog

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Washing dishes: a mulatto's blog. End is not in sight. We are undertaking a vast experiment in the days and years and decades that we are alive. Immersed in the lie of Control, I settle into Faith. Faith that there are many factors and divergent forces swimming amongst one another. Similar to the choppy, erratic movement of Brownian’s Motion that I learned if in Form 4 Physics. Fast moving but not in a single direction, so much force. Much uncontrolled force. Uncontrollable. Posted in change the narrative.

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basketball | washing dishes: a mulatto's blog

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Washing dishes: a mulatto's blog. The practice of meetings. I recall a clip of Allen Iversen, former all star guard of the Philadelphia 76ers saying, “We talkin’ about. Like a bad practice, a bad meeting feels terrible. The difference is that most of us, unlike professional sports athletes, don’t get skewered by the corporate media afterwards. There may be gossip about what does or doesn’t happen in a meeting, but rarely is it in front of video cameras and reporters. How does this serve you? Where four p...

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death | washing dishes: a mulatto's blog

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Washing dishes: a mulatto's blog. 9 months later, and 10 years on. May 2015. Today is Mike Brown’s 19. Birthday. This I learned from the political education and relationships that I have benefitted from through the It Starts Today campaign. Posted in change the narrative. Do we gravitate towards comfort food during times of duress, loss, doubt because it is an acknowledgement that any meal may well be our last meal? Posted in telling stories. Tending to unfinished business rather than bucket lists. On th...

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people | washing dishes: a mulatto's blog

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Washing dishes: a mulatto's blog. 9 months later, and 10 years on. May 2015. Today is Mike Brown’s 19. Birthday. This I learned from the political education and relationships that I have benefitted from through the It Starts Today campaign. Posted in change the narrative. The practice of meetings. I recall a clip of Allen Iversen, former all star guard of the Philadelphia 76ers saying, “We talkin’ about. Like a bad practice, a bad meeting feels terrible. The difference is that most of us, unlike prof...

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reflecting | washing dishes: a mulatto's blog

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Washing dishes: a mulatto's blog. BLM blog roll for 7/1. So much wisdom, so much prescience at this time of lynching, and this time of liberation:. James Cone, interviewed by Bill Moyers (11/23/2007). The Condition of Black Life is One of Mourning, Claudia Rankine in NYT (6/22/2015). Http:/ www.nytimes.com/2015/06/22/magazine/the-condition-of-black-life-is-one-of-mourning.html. Bryan Stevenson, interviewed by Corey Johnson on Marshall Project (6/24/2105). The practice of meetings. Like a bad practice, a ...

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definitions | washing dishes: a mulatto's blog

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Washing dishes: a mulatto's blog. 9 months later, and 10 years on. May 2015. Today is Mike Brown’s 19. Birthday. This I learned from the political education and relationships that I have benefitted from through the It Starts Today campaign. Posted in change the narrative. History’s definition of ghetto. What makes the Central District different (special? 8211; Quintard Taylor. Reading the words of Quintard Taylor this morning, I am reminded that what primarily defines a ghetto is exclusion. Multiple choi...

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The practice of meetings | washing dishes: a mulatto's blog

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Washing dishes: a mulatto's blog. The Internet, an adventure of books. 9 months later, and 10 years on →. The practice of meetings. I recall a clip of Allen Iversen, former all star guard of the Philadelphia 76ers saying, “We talkin’ about. A question that we ask in our house is:. How does this serve you? How do meetings serve you? More importantly, which meetings don’t serve you? Ul li two or more people /li. Li one or multiple topics to address /li. In my math mind, this feels like an equation:. Where ...

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lynching | washing dishes: a mulatto's blog

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Washing dishes: a mulatto's blog. 9 months later, and 10 years on. May 2015. Today is Mike Brown’s 19. Birthday. This I learned from the political education and relationships that I have benefitted from through the It Starts Today campaign. Posted in change the narrative. Deep Rules: Adopting Global Capital. April 6, 2016. Claudia Rankine’s Citizen in the Midst of Grexit. July 13, 2015. BLM blog roll for 7/1. July 1, 2015. End is not in sight. June 7, 2015. 9 months later, and 10 years on. May 20, 2015.