A religious family member: “If you keep wearing all of that rainbow stuff this month, people will think you’re gay.”
Me: “I’m cool with that because I don’t think being gay is a bad thing.”
There are currently 9 biographies @c_black_mormons of people who were enslaved at the time of baptism into the CofJCofLDS. We have identified at least 16 more who will be added when their bios are complete. Enslavement was a part of the Latter-day Saint story. #JuneTeenth2021
Courts are closed tomorrow for Juneteenth. My incarcerated clients, all of whom are black men, will remain in jail to celebrate the emancipation of slaves. This is America.
The @Ch_JesusChrist is partnering with the NAACP to offer $1mil/year for three years to the United Negro College fund and $2mil/year for three years in humanitarian aid to underprivileged areas of the U.S. These are welcome steps forward. https://t.co/GVb2NTTNZo
A third school found the remains of Native children buried under their school.
Think about that. Hundreds of bodies of children are being found. That’d be massive news if it wasn’t Native kids. Where is the outrage? Where is the support? Why doesn’t anyone care?
Please **do not** wear one of these buttons that says "I'm vaccinated. I'm not Republican," or any variation on such themes. These actively harm the vaccination effort. They undermines culturally-competent efforts to reach vaccine-hesitant communities, and will cost lives.