Laura Merriman

looking for glimmers of light everywhere... ✨

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

Being hateful will NEVER stop hate. Don't soil your soul and dim your light. Let love fuel your work for justice. Love isn't passive. It is a courageous change agent and a galvanizing energy for true peace.

[Laura Merriman @laura_m_9]

My feathered bangs were spot on. 😂

I ❤️ my siblings!!!

[kelly krout @kellykrout]

I’m sure it will shock many of you that I’m a middle child. My siblings & I have all had our 2nd Covid 💉& I CANNOT WAIT to laugh TOGETHER until we snort & cry #NationalSiblingDay

[Laura Merriman @laura_m_9]

This thread. Also, I highly recommend giving @stewartdantec a follow — powerful and timely words lately!

[Danté Stewart (Stew) @stewartdantec]

Christian faith would be so much more healthy and healing if we saw our faith less about fighting and winning and more about loving and freeing.

[Laura Merriman @laura_m_9]

📚❤️💪 https://t.co/0qceShq3EC

[Laura Merriman @laura_m_9]

I can’t find the original source, but I love this: “The nation picked the stutterer over the bully.” Yes. 💙

[Lisa Vischer @LisaVischer]

1,429 Americans died of Covid while Trump was hospitalized. They, too, fought. They didn't lack bravery or the will to live.

Bravado offends the memory of the dead. Dying of Covid is not a moral failure. And surviving Covid is not a moral badge.

[Laura Merriman @laura_m_9]

Being vocal about your opinions is not a bad thing. I hate conflict, so finding my voice has been major growth. But I try really hard to stay kind... which is hard (and extra important!) when I think other people’s opinions are wrong and/or stupid. 😂 #bekind

[K.J. Ramsey @kjramseywrites]

Sadness
is the soul’s way of saying

“this mattered.”

[Laura Merriman @laura_m_9]

❤️

[Ebenezer ATL @ebenezer_atl]

Today we say good-bye to a hero and truly-prolific figure. #RestInPower #JohnLewis

[Laura Merriman @laura_m_9]

#shareeachothersburdens #Galatians 💛

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

Social justice is LOVE applied to systems, policies and cultures.

[edutopia @edutopia]

“Making black students feel valued goes beyond general ‘good teaching.’ It requires educators to view the success of black students as central to the success of their own teaching.”

—Pirette McKamey, 1st black principal of Mission High—via @TheAtlantic
https://t.co/PodsTic8It

[Laura Merriman @laura_m_9]

I will never use the term “white blessing” to talk about my white privilege. Saying “white blessing” implies that God blessed/blesses white people over others, and that is just an evil idea. Period. #imagodei

[Laura Merriman @laura_m_9]

This is a good thread. Let’s be humble and admit when we screw up.

[thucksgiving @TylerHuckabee]

As white people start getting more involved in spaces of racial justice, we are going to blow it. I’ve done it lots of times. If you’re white, you have too. You intended one thing, your impact was something else. It’s not excuseable, but it does happen.

[Laura Merriman @laura_m_9]

Yes, Church. 👏 Let’s follow the example of Zacchaeus.

[Timothy Dalrymple @TimDalrymple_]

Justice Too Long Delayed https://t.co/zaFminJgGE via @CTMagazine

[Smithsonian Magazine @SmithsonianMag]

These resources are designed to foster an equal society, encourage commitment to unbiased choices and promote antiracism in all aspects of life. https://t.co/KnCljInAFO

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

If you’re unbothered or mildly bothered by the 1st knee, but outraged by the 2nd, then, in my father’s words, you’re “more devoted to order than to justice.” And more passionate about an anthem that supposedly symbolizes freedom than you are about a Black man’s freedom to live.

[edutopia @edutopia]

Honoring Black History Month requires "acknowledging the good, the bad, and the ugly in our history."
https://t.co/MjWac8yzcK

[Laura Merriman @laura_m_9]

“The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be. Will we be extremists for hate or for love?” #MLK ❤️

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Every so often, I re-read Dr. King’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail. While some of the injustices may have changed, his poetic brilliance, moral clarity, and tests of conscience still reverberate today. Take a moment to reflect on his righteous call: https://t.co/oBdqFqdWA6