This weekend has been a whirlwind of amazing events for me here in Utah, including the exceptional performance by Taylor Mac kicking off MLK week and the inspirational, packed #writersresist event last night at Mandate Press. Today, I’m immersing myself in reading poems to honor Martin Luther King Jr. and listening to our local community radio […]
via Honor Martin Luther King Jr. day in poetry —— poems & national events — Trish Hopkinson
I hope everyone reading this joins their local Women’s March on 1/21 to show their solidarity for all the gains we’ve made in stopping racism, women’s reproductive rights, health care, equal wages, etc. over the past 6o years. We’re not going back!
Are you participating in the march?
So many powerful thoughts — and I can particularly relate to “Some relationships will be helped and some will be hi1r2ded.e2n; I feel that way about many aspects of life — and can definitely appreciate how others will project their stuff on you. Sometimes my not drinking — because I don’t always like it; because it’s not a big thing for me; because I would rather have a Diet Coke, thanks — seems to turn everyone else on the defensive. Why am I not drinking? Should they be drinking? Am I making a statement? Am I judging them for drinking? It’s such… a thing. I wish it wasn’t, but it is.
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