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May Ask
We have been delving into Relational Ethics for a month now (if you have not engaged with this series yet, please do so after following through on action here), learning about engaging with each other, as well as engaging with this space. Financial engagement is an essential part of your praxis both here, and any space you walk in. Who are we going to be, individually and collectively, in the midst of all this? Reflect where you already engage with action. Consider where you do not, and commit to action moving forward.
If you are interested in becoming a sustainer to create stability in this space, please take a moment to fill out the following form:
https://forms.gle/cjckj73PN1WU2ouT8
We are committed to supporting other women of color in this space; each month we will feature, on a weekly basis, a person whose work is worth recognizing and supporting.
We will be doing in-depth feature posts for both the individual and organization this week, and will include links to those featured posts. I expect full engagement on the focused feature posts once they are shared.
For May, we are featuring DiDi Delgado as our person of focus. DiDi Delgado is a writer, activist, freelance journalist and poet.
https://www.facebook.com/THEDiDiDelgado/
#D4D Petty Cash: You can donate to the #DoneForDiDi petty cash fund that is used for smaller asks and immediate needs year-round: http://donorbox.org/petty-cash
We are also giving you the opportunity to contribute to orgs and causes that align with our mission; again, as with individuals, we will be highlighting them for a full month.
This month, we are featuring the Black and Brown Mama Bailout.
I am confident in your ability and willingness to hold them and contribute to their efforts as well.
You can engage and walk one or two or all three. But the important piece of your praxis is that you do indeed engage, and not ignore. It is also an important part of your praxis to examine your resistance, or stated inability, or whatever barrier you have to this aspect of the work. If you need an accountability partner, let me know. This is an important enough part of praxis, that it needs to be explored fully.
I expect everyone to engage in the extended features and contribute. Period. Here’s the kicker, though I hope you choose to engage with us with your dollars, as well as your eyeballs and your words: If you choose not to, we cannot compel you to. But if not me, then who?
‘Nobody’ is not an option, nor is it an acceptable response. If you, after having considered the above three options, still demur, then I am explicitly inviting you to tell us what person or org you are willing to support this month, and drop their name and link in the comments. This means support you have given in May or plan to give before the end of May. We may feature them in future months.
See, this is about *your* congruence, and living up to your stated values. Financial engagement, is an essential part of your internal commitment and your outward praxis. It is a non-negotiable part of walking in integrity. Whether you choose to partner with us, with the person and or org we have selected for the month, or for another person or org who is doing durable work, it is necessary that you do.
We hope you will consider and truly internalize this, not as something to make your eyes roll, but as something that enhances and makes your walk that much more integral.
Thank you for your consideration, your affirmation of this work, and your continued praxis.
When you have read this post, and taken whatever action you may take, including that of inaction, please post done.
And again, if you cannot or will not, please do that internal work on your own. No comments or PM’s. That is not to my or to the community’s benefit.
paypal.me/mennolacie
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