Today marks one week since the war in Ukraine began.
Wars are horrible – they destroy homes, families, and entire nations.
But amidst the tragedy, there are always glimmers of hope that show the best of humanity.
Here are some of them.
A Thread.
My lifelong church is closing. sad, gonna miss it. Diverse community in many ways: theology, race, age, class, politics.
Did lots of learning, fighting and forgiving over the years.
Loved our neighbor best we knew how. We often failed.
It was imperfect, but authentic.
Medical Student- Malone Mukwende, creates a medical handbook for Black and Brown people.
The Second year student identified racial gaps during his studies. He explains that many resources refer to symptoms on white skin.
The handbook displays signs and symptoms on darker skin.
You're going to see a lot of charts like these. We saw a lot of charts like these in 2016.
IGNORE THEM.
They want you to assume he's lost and stay home.
DON'T.
They want a low enough turnout they can manipulate the results.
VOTE IN NUMBERS SO LARGE THEY CAN'T CHEAT.
The reason why America isn’t recovering from COVID-19 as quickly as other countries is because we are a country that values individualism over collectivism. Nobody here wants to do anything that is a minor inconvenience to them in order to protect their neighbors.
Black lives matter even if they do resist arrest. Black lives matter even if they did commit a crime. Black lives matter even if they disrespect the cop. Black lives do not matter conditionally. Black lives matter, period. All of them.