I find hope in the folks who are sharing their stories, coming out to learn, and working behind the scenes to make it all happen. #LandBack#FreePalestine#IndigenousJoy is the future. Let it be soon.✊ (6/6)
I'm working at examining my biases and exposing structures and systems that perpetuate discrimination, because I want to live in a world where everychildmatters —but it's frustrating to see how far we have yet to go. (5/6)
They have to deal with decades/generations of being wrong (and often, hateful). But real harm happened and continues. IDK, this connection felt meaningful for me, to see how different two little girls' experiences were in the same place and generation.(4/6)
Most of my life, I grew up with some pretty terrible narratives around First Nations people. So I'm not surprised by residential school denialism and people who want to believe it "wasn't that bad" or "that's just the way things were back then." (3/6)
Her family lived in the bush at a subsistence level, isolated, she never went into town & had a horrible first experience in school. But unlike Phyllis's story, my grandmother's family just . . . pulled her out (of dayschool) & homeschooled for a few more years🤯 (2/6)
So a cool thing I realized this #nationaldayfortruthandreconciliation#OrangeShirtDay storywalk is, this year I learned my grandmother (not NDN, has dementia now) grew up near the author, Phyllis Webstad. (1/6)
Whoa, this just passed 75% funded in the first hour!!!🤯 #horrorsky#spookyseason#horroranthology#horrorfans
You can even switch media. I have been struggling to write b/c of various family stuff going on, and I took a pottery class and it’s gotten wheels turning for me (🥁). But you can just draw a picture or make some music or play with some clay or garden or…
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