PRESENCE

​Queenly statement - connects to concept of presence
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How white folks are NOT present
White body supremacy at play - disconnected, disembodied
Market research calls language - how folks describe process
What I am noticing around George Floyd
You are probably feeling like this - this might be what keeps you from showing up
Unlike a dandelion - we have been uprooted on stolen land
unpresenced and uprooted

Queenly statement - connects to concept of presence

​Lets be a dandelion head together - becoming rooted - be in community in authenticity, humility, accountability
And sphere of influence - seed new
​The call for caucus/affinity
Its ok!
tony morrison - white people have a very serious problem take me out of it
Malcom X - each among their own kind
Anne braden quote
​Been the vision for awhile - so get on board

The Process

LOVE - Communication (now)
​Queenly statement - connects to concept of presence and describe importance of this pillar
learned to accept conflict is human and I was conditioned and modeled passive aggression - to keep me quiet and unable to receive feedback, but also speak up for myself and my feelings - and now around injustice. The power of not saying anything - and how that shaped how I viewed and myself in it.
Anne braden - the first role of white people is to become vocal and visable

Bubbles - Knowledge (been)
​Queenly statement - connects to concept of presence and describe importance of this pillar
Anne (racism is our problem)
Greater systems at work - 4 I's of oppression
Peoples history to root into
You don't know what you don't know
We've been carefully taught/hidden the truth so we stay complicit
Story of North View - Bubbles in the hallway - bubbles are threatening?
Bubbles = ah ha moments, there and then pop and opportunities to see play out
An opportunity to see that I live in a police state
OOOh - am I going to stay engaged or let the bubbles fade/pop/fly away
How to describe while having coffee - super simple - synthesized in order to not loose folks in the theory of it all

Heal - SELF (going)
​Queenly statement - connects to concept of presence and describe importance of this pillar
Practice of and sythesize/integration
Knowledge and communication
constant opportunities for new growth and understanding
Racial development = self development and opportunity to look at intersectionality and other identities we hold - cis, able, hetero. How I am a part of other systems of oppression
Peeling the onion layers - to continue to come back to our full authentic selves - the truth of our humanity
going to make mistakes - can always come back
Feelings a path to empathy and connection
somatics/energy work can work parallel towards deeper/faster healing
Resmaa quote - think ourselves free, racism lives in our bodies
building tolerance/capacity
​Got to get your reps in