we can

white people, 

we can read books.

we can educate ourselves.

we can give money to the good fight.

we can give our efforts to the good fight.

we can show up, march, protest, counter-protest.

we can talk to our kids.

we can talk to our parents.

we can have that one really difficult conversation with that friend, that family member.

we can have it again and again, until there's no question where we stand.

we can let them go, if we need to.

we can write letters, we can write one every day.

we can make phone calls, we can make one every day.

we can support local businesses owned by people of color.

we can make sure the folks we follow on social media come from all walks of life.

we can be quiet and listen, really listen. 

we can confront our ugly parts, the ones that are hard to look at.

we can acknowledge that we cannot change what we refuse to see.
we can change what we see.

we can take small steps.
we can take giant ones.

we can do something, every day.

we can show up, every day.

we can, we can, we can.

we can be better, we can do better. this is an understatement. 

you're overwhelmed, I know it, I am too. but white supremacy is a cancer, hundreds of years old, about to swallow this country whole. so, we can wallow in our overwhelm and outrage or we can get to work. 

I'll be here as much as I can with resources: ways to get involved, places to donate time and money, book lists, podcasts, documentaries, people to follow on twitter and instagram, personal stories. this is an action: I commit to show up. and I hope you will too.