I’m reading... Octavia, Ursula. Kiese Laymon. Mary Oliver. James Baldwin. China Mieville. - Adrienne Maree Brown

If we were able to unshackle our imaginations in this moment, I think our compatibility with the Earth would become possible.

I remind myself I can't be good at something I'm doing for the first time, and that reminder helps me humble into learning mode.

One of my other teachers, Danielle Sered, said that no one experiences harm for the first time when they're doing harm. As a society, as a species, but specifically in our communities, we have to start asking ourselves those questions like, what caused this? Can we get to the root system?