Blog Posts
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Conversation with Claire: Two Highways
In the last week or so I’ve read the posts and comments on Lace on Race with a stomach ache of nerves and a tangle of irritation in my reader’s mind. Comments to Lace about how Facebook works shoot acid into my stomach. Explanations of what offends “me” or what I will or won’t accept…
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April Showers and the Early May Ask
I wanted to be sure I was telling the truth, so I waited for Marlise to confirm my math: again, for the second month in a row, we hit Goal in Partnering with our Community Organizations. The final numbers will be in the Weekly Newsletter, so you can see how much each org received, but…
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Practice Prevents Paralysis
This is what integrity and congruence looks like. Preemptive: Yes, I know that there are some built-in advantages and privileges that the author has that a lot of us as working-class and middle-class people do not. At the salary he’s alluding to he probably has a sizeable nest egg, and he also probably has Amazon…
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Moving Past the White Paper: Final April Ask/Thank You
I’ve been busy! I have been doing a lot of outside engaging on other people’s Pages and also with others offline. It’s been instructive and illuminating. I have heard people talk about their struggles and their fears; heard people talk about ‘new paradigms’ about how we can glean best practice and learn new ways of…
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The Value of Vulnerability
When I was a single adult in my 20’s, I was heavily involved in my church. I sought out opportunities to be in leadership roles in the adult single’s group there. I had some very close friendships, but mostly among the rest of the small leadership group. My relationship with much of that community ~…
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Notes From The Crucible Part 3–The Cure is Connection
Earlier today, the Lace on Race staff and I immersed ourselves in sharing about our lives and ethical journeys. We come from different places, and enjoy diversity in how we ‘do’ our ethical and relational walks, but I am gratified to say that we share a common core. I listened to (or, more accurately, read)…
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Lace On The Race: Black Agency vs. White Demands
Lace on RaceLace on the Race When white people have, as they have since the whole Dem race shook out, agonized over what they should do, or more often, wanted to know about black voter behavior, what I say first and foremost is: the first thing to do is ask us. This is not just…
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8 Days to The Pivot
So, is anybody in here a chiropractor? My neck is sore. I think I got whiplash from the breakneck speed at which we got to Basic Budget. We actually got there on Wednesday. Last night, we began The Pivot. We are going to do this every month there is still a crisis, every month there…
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We Did It! Let’s Keep Going! The Early April Ask
March was a blur. I don’t almost even remember January and February. I did not see March coming. Here at Admin HQ, otherwise known as the Tikka Rose Abode, I had so many plans for articles. Finish up the Tenets and the Crucible Series. Get back with Relational Ethics. Start mentorship groups. Recruit for new…
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Notes From The Coronavirus Couch: Rags And Respectability; Purses and Profiling and Persecution
Tikka Rose is low on kibble and chicken treats. I am out of fixins for fruit salad. I have to go out today. I am getting ready for battle. Not with the virus so much as with public perception. My battle armor: perfectly pressed skirt; twinset; good black medium heels. Anne Klein watch. Tasteful jewelry…