The last week of May, protests started erupting throughout our country in the wake of the death of George Floyd. That week was torture for so many reasons, but it sparked something within me that I wanted to commit to for the month of June.

I quit my job, set up a Ko-fi page, and post this video on facebook:

drumroll please
The news you all were waiting for is here:
I quit my job.
Some of you started sending me money for the work I’ve been doing. Some of you have a million questions and you don’t know who to ask. Some of you have been asking me if I can suggest resources, do more zoom calls and Facebook rooms. You asked me to please keep creating places for people of color to grieve, be angry, be sorrowful, and also connect and organize and dream.
Every minister I watched on Sunday was talking about stepping into your calling and doing what God is asking of you or the importance of just being the hands and feet of Jesus.
I asked God if this was what I was supposed to do right now…. I know not very many People of color have the capacity to do too much right now. So many are so tired and so angry. But I have a little energy, and I started getting messages from people I haven’t actually talked to or seen face to face since college- or ever, people I’ve only known online…. all in support or in alignment without even knowing what I was thinking of doing.
So I quit my job.
And I’m committing the month of June to this work that is participating in activism and ways to support social change. I have to fundraise a “salary” to pay my bills so I can spend all my time focused on this…. but I know if God called me to it, it’ll all work out. I have no idea what God is doing, but I’m going to keep doing what I’ve been doing until he tells me to stop. I got on here to talk even though I have food poisoning- so I’ll get on to talk more cohesively tomorrow 😂 but… this is important.
#BlackLivesMatter
Especially to Jesus.
So this is worth the risk.
Sweatshirt from @MilitantlyMixed

Now here we are on the evening of June 20th, the month is almost over, and I am still ramping up the “Amplify Our Voices” project, committed to this blog, and trying to see where my skill set is going to take me during this time. I’ve made calls to the Governor (and to other officials) to seek justice for #ManuelEllis. I’ve held lots of phone calls and zoom calls to hold space for friends needing to process. I’ve fielded a lot of questions and encouraged the pursuit of internal anti-racist work by my friends. I’ve engaged in interviews as the interviewer and interviewee. I’ve sought self education through books and conference calls. I’ve found hope in between these bouts of sorrow, rage, and righteous indignation.

From now through the end of July I am going to continue working on interviews for the project, and I plan on continuing to focus on these 5 points through the end of June:

A quick overview of what I’m doing this month if you hadn’t heard already.