Blog Posts
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Update from the Board and Lace Memorial Fund Follow Up
We know that you, our community who loved our Lace, will want to know more about our plans to honor her and celebrate her personally, as well as to uphold and continue this community as her legacy, in her honor, and according to her vision. In full transparency, we have to admit that there is…
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Words from the Board, In Love and In Grief
Dear Lace on Race Community, As the Board of Directors for the Lace on Race Center for Racial Equity, we have horribly sad news to share with you. With deepest sorrow, we must tell you that our beloved founder and Executive Director, Lace Watkins, passed away very suddenly and unexpectedly on Thursday, February 9, 2023.…
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Bobbye Jean and Turkey Rolls: A Thanksgiving Remembrance
This Thanksgiving was a pensive and contemplative time for me. After I had penned what I thought would be my only Thanksgiving greeting to you all at Lace on Race, I sat here on the couch, eyes closed, remembering Thanksgivings past with my mother, Bobbye Jean. I remember the ones around her dining room, then…
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Hot Topic: Who Holds the Onus When Discussions Get “Hot”
Relational Ethics with Lace on Race On my personal feed today, someone asked why it is that, so often, people seem to get ‘all up in their feels’ and then even perhaps get argumentative or hostile when an innocuous question is posed. I was dismayed by most of the answers, most of which seemed to…