Category: Love Notes Newsletter (page 2)

It is not enough to tell us that one was a brilliant poet, scientist, educator, or rebel. Whom did he love? It makes a difference. Essex Hemphil Blessed Pride Month Family! June is an especially joyful and sacred month for…

Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. Bondei proverb Blessings Beloved Community, The trunk of the Baobab tree, found in 32 African countries, can grow to be 29 feet in diameter and have a circumference of more than 82 feet. Wisdom…

Each world-build is a transformative journey, building upon the previous one. It’s a non-linear experience that challenges our perceptions of what’s possible. Ingrid LaFleur Blessings Beloved Community, We hope this finds you with a full heart and the warm spring…

Radical simply means grasping things at the root. Angela Davis Blessings and Blissful Spring Beloveds, Our hearts are overflowing with joy to see the vibrant purple crocuses and bright green garlic pushing their way up through the soil with the…

On this land, there’s what’s worth living for. Mahmoud Darwish Blessings Cherished Community, As we look out over rolling pastures of resting land, dusted with fresh, white snow, we smile at the thought of all the dancing, singing, and rejoicing…

No pride for some of us without liberation for all of us. Marsha P. Johnson Blessings beloved community, We took a season of rest from Dec. 18th to Jan. 21st and we’re returning to the mission now restored! We hope…

As warm tears rolled down our cheeks and reached our lips, salty as ocean water, we reached for the hand of our neighbor. Whispering collective prayers to the land in our mother tongues as the clouds began to part overhead.…

My mother was born under an olive tree on a soil they say is no longer mine but I will cross their barriers. Rafeef Ziadah Blessings beloveds, Today is Giving Tuesday and people all over the world will come together…

However long the night, the dawn will break. West African Proverb Dear beloveds, We find ourselves leaning deeply into community this month. In this time of heartbreaking horror in Gaza, we recommit to nonviolence, to keeping each other’s humanity alive,…

Perhaps I too might live free. Perhaps I too might wield the same old power that animated the ancestors that lived in Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman, Nanny, Cudjoe, Malcolm X, and speak—no, act—as though my body were my own. Ta-Nehisi…