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Hey, Sis,
I confess that when I’m talking about you to my friends I call you my inner mean girl. But, to be honest, I know you’re not really mean.
I know that hurt people hurt people. And you, I, we have been hurt.
We’ve been disappointed, embarrassed, picked on and taken advantage of. And you don’t want any of that to happen again.
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court, spoke on Friday, September 15 at 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham for the 60th anniversary memorial service in honor of the four girls killed in the 1963 bombing at the church.
Though she stressed that she was raised by parents who made sure she knew Alabama’s rich history, Jackson shared that this week marked her first visit to the state.
“I felt in my spirit that I had to come,” she said to us, explaining why she’d decided to make the trip. “I’ve come to Alabama to commemorate and mourn, celebrate and warn,” she said.
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“Freedom is not something that anybody can be given; freedom is something people take and people are as free as they want to be.” James Baldwin radically made this declaration in 1960 at the third annual Esquire Magazine symposium, later to be included in his essay collection, Nobody Knows My Name. Little did I know how this quote would resonate with me so succinctly on the day I unexpectedly walked away from a 21-year career.
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The cool air that kisses my face during my morning walks lets me know that fall is just around the corner. While some folks are stocking up on all things pumpkin spice, I’m preparing for autumn in a different way, the writer’s way.
Here’s how I’m preparing for fall and some journaling prompts to help you do the same.
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