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Joined: Aug 2016
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Pressing pause on social media posts this past week gave me a lot to think about. It can be so easy for all of us in the age of sharing every aspect of our lives to think we have to be the center of every conversation, but sometimes it’s just as, if not more, powerful to amplify and lift up the voices of those who already know how to lead the conversation. To follow their lead, stand up for what’s right, and most of all, to listen and learn. As a musician and songwriter, it is not lost on me how heavily our industry is built on and influenced by black culture. I have a lot of work to do to continue to learn how to be a better ally and to understand what being truly actively anti-racist looks like, but I’m committed to doing the work. While a lot of this work is about speaking out, a lot of it is also, as they say, “lonely work.” The work we do that we don’t advertise to other people and post about. The stuff that we do, not so we can get a gold star that says we did a good job (which is never the point), but just because it’s the right thing to do. I will probably mess it up a hundred times, but I’m doing it anyway.
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Today I’m sharing 10 black-owned businesses that I love over on my blog @wethedreamers, and also outlined some anti-racism reading and resources along with organizations to donate to in a post last week. Both of these posts represent only a very small sample of great causes and black makers to support, but i wanted to share for anyone looking for a place to start. Link is in @wethedreamers bio!
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https://wethedreamers.com/blog/2020/...ned-businesses
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