Tag: Antiracism
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books for women’s history month
Happy Women’s History Month!🎉 These are some amazing books by/for/about women. We #ReadWomen all year long, but we celebrate extra in March🙌🏻 1. Pushout by Monique W. Morris 2. All About Love by bell hooks 3. Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer 4. Fat Talk by Virginia Sole-Smith 5. The Body is Not an Apology…
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favorite books by Black authors
On this first day of Black History Month, I wanted to share some of my favorite books by Black authors. You can search #loconnor_blackauthors on Instagram to see reviews of these as well and others. Here is a post with picture books for Black History Month. Of course, we read books by Black authors and…
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children’s books for Indigenous Peoples’ Day
These are some our favorite picture books for Indigenous Peoples’ Day! These are beautiful books to read all year round. Slide 1: Slide 1: Slide 3:
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5 Star Reads So Far in 2022
Can you believe we are just over halfway through 2022?! I’m on vacation with my family and was reflecting on what an amazing year in books it has been already. These are my top reads since the beginning of the year, including some I’ve read with my 11 year old. The complete list: 5 Star…
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Say Their Names
Breath Prayer: Inhale: Remove my heart of stone. Exhale: Give me a heart of flesh. “Say Their Names” Memorial from Lake Highlands Area Moms Against Racism, displayed at Arapaho United Methodist Church Every morning this week when I walk my two children into church for VBS, we will walk by the Say Their Names Memorial…
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communal grief & communal joy
**Please note: This IS a political post, because politics affect people. This post is for my friends in the margins and the privileged folks who are standing with them. To anyone else, I’m open to civil discussions offline.** When I began listening to people in the margins, one of the most important refrains I heard…
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Antiracism Resources
If you are new to the conversation about systemic racism and how to become antiracist, welcome! I’m so glad you’re here. When we are new, we may have a tendency to do a lot of talking, but we really need to spend some time un-educating and re-educating ourselves before we (white folks) assert ourselves into…
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on Botham Jean and forgiveness: justice and mercy are not mutually exclusive
The unjust, unprovoked murder of Botham Jean is a symptom of the communal sin of white supremacy. The idea that whiteness is superior is so baked into our society, none of us can be unaffected. If we do not actively work to dismantle it, we are upholding it. Though Amber Guyger was convicted, she is…
Lindsay L. O'Connor 