Getting Proximate to the Grief | Laura Arroyo

Black Lives Matter Blog

Monday, 1 June 2020 - 9:53am
1 June 2020 Over my career, I have sat in spaces with many people in moments of grief. From counseling to housing, these professional experiences have often kept me proximate to pain felt from grief and loss. In these moments people are living through their hardest of moments, yearning for any release they could find from the pain resting within their bodies. It is guttural and the most human and...

In Solidarity & Action: A Message from Chris Moody

Black Lives Matter Blog

Sunday, 31 May 2020 - 10:06am
31 May 2020 I am angry, I am afraid, and I am frustrated. But my rage, my fear, and my weariness can in no way compare to the pain and suffering that Black people experience on a day-to-day basis in the United States and in many places across the world. The murders of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Tony McDade in Tallahassee, Ahmaud Arbery in Glynn County, Georgia, Breonna Taylor in Louisville, and...

Move Forward Together - Coalition of Multicultural Affairs

Black Lives Matter Blog

Tuesday, 26 July 2016 - 3:14pm
We have been silent. But the silence has been intentional. We are in mourning and we are simply trying to heal. From Orlando and Baton Rouge to Dallas and Minnesota, we are in shock at the lengthening chain of violence against people of color. Over the past three years, we have continued to observe increased awareness of police brutality against marginalized populations. Know this, the number of...

Reflection - Moses Davis

Black Lives Matter Blog

Friday, 8 July 2016 - 5:46pm
I’m sitting with this…this feeling of sadness and anger. Yet again, my blackness has given another individual enough fear to take an innocent life… Those who know me well know that I show up in love. Even when it gets hard, I try. But I need to address something. Black lives matter…they really do. I need to unpack this for some of you because there are many who just don’t understand what people...

Reflection - Crystal White

Black Lives Matter Blog

Thursday, 7 July 2016 - 6:47pm
I watched the footage maybe 4-6 times last night. I then drank a glass of wine and I went to bed at 9:30 p.m. I share those details because that isn't my typical pattern. I just shut down. I don't want to be silent yet I don't know what words will do. I have a daughter and a son. I try to tell my children that they can call the police when they need help while knowing that this call could be a...