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Meantime in Missoula, MT, armed white group corner a black teenager at protest. Missoulian article
Category: writing
Efforts are working!
Efforts to fight injustice are working!
This from the Grassroots Law Project:
To everyone who helped get no-knock raids banned in Louisville last night: We can’t thank you enough. You made over 150k calls. We can’t thank the groups on the ground enough. They protested and organized in the face of police brutality. Together, we made #BreonnasLaw happen.
So let’s keep it up!
Sean Monterrosa was kneeling down with his hands up when Vallejo police shot and killed him at a local Walgreens during protests for George Floyd. He was unarmed and cooperative, but Vallejo police officer Jarrett Tonn shot Sean five times from behind the windshield of an unmarked police car.
He didn’t even get out of the car. Officer Jarrett Tonn shot Sean Monterrosa through his OWN windshield. Sean was kneeling on the ground with his hands up. We need your help NOW to get justice for Sean:
Call, 707-209-7176 to demand justice for Sean.
RT and tell your friends
Stand With Sean
standwithsean.com
Quick check-in
Made it to Montana. Wendy picked me up at the airport. She and I picked up where we left off and then some.
Montana is so green right now. Can’t wait to get out and enjoy it.
Now to give the dolphin some attention and love. Just made an appointment to have her looked over at the RV place next Wednesday. Guess the receptionist thinks I’m a sweetheart, since she called me that numerous times.
Saw this event for Tuesday, June 16th with Stacey Abrams. I know I’d love to hear what she has to say.
Our Time is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America
Stacey Abrams, author event
Personal injustices
This fight for justice and black lives matter has certainly brought up personal injustices. Due to my own irrational reactions to some of the injustices in my life, I have lost a great deal. I stayed in a marriage much too long, actually should have never married in the first place. But from where I come from it is important for a woman to be married, otherwise what will become of her and who will take care of her. Sound archaic? It is, but it isn’t.
I married a man who had proven he was capable of infidelity, had proven he lost money for his employer because wasn’t doing his job and was a sexual deviant. But he was such a nice guy. I take full responsibility for the choice I made. Unfortunately, I had a lot of buried anger. I drank to deal with it. After two infidelities in our marriage, he begged for my forgiveness. But the hurt always crept up. I asked for a separation. Once the divorce was under way, somehow he managed to convince some that I was breaking up our family. I made poor choices and ended up looking like the “crazy” person.
That was an injustice I wasn’t capable of fighting at the time. I was still drinking. Now I have a clearer mind from not drinking for several years now. I will put my clear mind to good use.
Thanks for listening, just had to get that out.
The Fight for Justice
Well the quiet and rest was nice for awhile. That’s how I have spent most of this quarantine time, resting. But everything is picking up for me. This time is such an opportunity to fight for justice and I don’t want to miss it. There is a lot to read, movies to watch in order to educate, talk with the black community, protest, research how to bring justice and break down a corrupt system.
Last night I watched an excellent documentary on the sovereignty commission based in Mississippi during the 50’s and 60’s. It was the largest spy operation in the US before 9/11 with a mission to keep blacks and whites segregated. I was just a babe and had no idea all this was happening. Highly recommend, Spies of Mississippi, streaming for free on Amazon, may be on PBS as well.
Looking for a place to make a donation with this fight for justice as their goal, consider,
Questions I wish I’d asked
My writing group is writing in the form of list. One of our prompts today is:
Questions I wish I’d asked my departed ones but didn’t
Elizabeth,
Where were you raised?
How many siblings do you have?
Is that white uniform uncomfortable?
Tell me about your parents, about your childhood.
Who takes care of your daughter while you are taking care of me?
Where did you learn to cook all the delicious food you cook for my family?
How much do my parents pay you?
How much is the bus fare to get to our house?
Which church do you go to?
What’s it like to witness all that goes on in our household?
Can I come over to your house sometime?
Elizabeth, do you know I love you very much?
For today
For White Friends desiring to be allies
Justice for Big Floyd
Wow, there is a lot to stand up to and for these days. Racism, police reform, gun control, electing a good leader and staying healthy are just a few.
My own laziness is coming to an end. Where do we begin, how can we help. I’m going to start small, with a goal to do at least on thing a day to bring reform. Make a call to officials, sign a petition, walk in a rally, write postcards to promote voter registration in suppressed areas, check in on my black friends, watch a movie, ( If Beale Street Could Talk ) to educate and put myself in other’s shoes or read a book, listen to a podcast for the same purpose.
Today, I have signed the petition, Justice for Big Floyd , care to join me?
They see me but I don’t see them
This morning, my friend K Lynn had a request. It was prefaced with how hard it was to ask. She asked if I could be on her list of people to call when she is scared for her life. She doesn’t feel safe out in the world. She is black. Her vulnerability and sharing brought me to a whole new level of understanding. The ramifications of yesterday’s events in NYC central park, Central Park incident , and Minneapolis George Floyd incident , bring up lifetimes of pain and injustice.
KL is beautiful, smart, funny and strong. Some of my better healing belly laughs have happened with her. Those characteristics are missed by some because of her color.
She explained, they see me, but I don’t see them. I don’t know which policeman is racist and which is not, which grocery store clerk is or isn’t, if the paramedic who is called if I am having an emergency is or isn’t. “They see me, but I don’t see them.”
So yes, I will be on her call list. I will stand up for injustice when I witness it and otherwise.
I share this conversation with her permission.
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