Blog Posts
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Ride or (We) Die
LaSha Patterson-Verona, the founder and voice of Kinfolk Kollective, one of the strongest and most uncompromising voices for Black women, made an audacious move a few weeks ago, that left me breathless and speechless. LaSha initiated a GoFundMe, in which she invited her followers to pay off her mortgage. I don’t think I can explain…
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The Invisible Baton
by Radha Lath I’ve been reading Isabel Wilkerson’s book “Caste: The Origins of our Discontents.” As a Hindu, I thought her use of the caste framework to understand race in America was potentially disorienting, but truthfully, I ended up being fascinated. She argues that in the Hindu caste system, as well as in the racist…
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Mid-Month Ask
Monthly Operating Budget: $3,640/$11,000 We are just over 30% of goal at the middle of the month. As many of you have noticed, we have been making some significant changes, in faith that the Lace on Race community will hold us. Lace is retiring this month. Her salary will come from the funds Lace on…
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Early October Ask
Boy, there are a lot of moving parts to planning the Café for the Community! Sometimes I feel as though I am actually opening a real restaurant. Instead of building permits, structuring entities. Instead of inventory, series planning. Learning how the appliances work; ie, learning the new tools we have acquired for efficiency and productivity.…
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September Reflections
Seriously, I need to stop saying, “What a week!” These days, every single week merits that exclamation! But really and truly, that’s a good thing. It’s a poppin’ on the Page, and in other online spaces, as well as in our offline lives. Learning what we are made of. Learning what is by now marrow…
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Lace on Race Update September 24, 2020
This week has brought devastating news. The Black community is reeling. So much to process, to grieve, to incorporate. For most of us, however, there is no space for processing emotions and reactions. We have to work, and to hold it together in workplaces ignorant or even hostile to our pain and our needs. I,…
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Righteous Dissent
It is early in the morning in Southern California. As I sit here on the Coronavirus couch, I am still processing the death of a judicial great, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Current events notwithstanding this would be a blow. But we cannot strip current realities from the tapestry of the meaning of her passing. I…
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Lace on Race Cafe: The Ask is Only The Appetizer!
So, here we are in the middle of the month, and I have yet to do an official written Ask! I mean, to be fair, there’s been a lot to do in the last few weeks since this month began. I, along with staff and Leadership Team, have been doing major renovations to the space…
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Birthday Joy!
Did you know that Lace isn’t the only one with a birthday this week? Our very own Marlise celebrates her special day today! We all know this page would be lost without her, and we hope you’ll join us on the web page in telling Marlise, mother to our new sapling, LoR admin extraordinaire, and…
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It’s Lace’s Birthday!
We’ve found ourselves at Lace on Race because we know we need to do better. We stay because one woman believes we can, insists we do, points down our path, and walks with us along the way. Today is Lace’s 57th birthday! Please come to the website and post a love note. Let’s show her…