Looking for meaningful ways to celebrate and support Indigenous Peoples' Day here in the U.S.?

This article from Tribal Health shares a powerful message & includes a list of Indigenous-led orgs to learn from and support.

A solid resource for a day of reflection and action.

#IndigenousPeoplesDay

This isn't about blame. It's about truth. And I believe any truth, no matter how difficult, is more solid ground to stand on than a beautiful lie.

My new commitment is to one question, in any conflict, personal or professional: "Are we looking at a branch, or are we brave enough to find the root?"

So, I’m putting down the pruning shears. I'm done with surface-level fixes. My new work is subterranean. It’s the slow, messy work of tracing problems back to their source.

It means asking "Why?" until I'm uncomfortable and looking at my own part in the soil, and then doing what I can about that.

The cost was my clarity. I started to feel crazy.

My feelings seemed 'too big' because they weren't just about the last thing that happened, they were a response to the entire, unseen cascade. I was being asked to justify a flood by pointing to a single drop of rain.

In my own life, this looked like having the same fights with different words, on a loop. It was me trying to perfectly manage my reaction to the 50th falling domino, while the first one was tipped over years ago and never addressed.

I have been exhausted from treating symptoms.

I used to think my problem was that I couldn't keep the leaves green. I'd pour all my energy into the branches, and be confused when they'd wither again.

It took me too long to realize I was diagnosing and caring for the wrong end of the tree.

I was ignoring the roots. A thread on root causes. 🧵

WIC, which helps feed babies and new moms, is facing critical funding issues.

But ICE’s mass deportation operation—which has attacked faith leaders in Chicago—is raging on uninterrupted during the GOP shutdown. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us,” said Rev. Black.

Priorities.

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Good morning and happy Sunday. Hug your loved ones and do one thing today that’s just for you…not for work, not for someone else, and not because you “should.” Stay positive and say no to authoritarians.

If you’re in El Paso, home to Ft. Bliss and Biggs Field, and need food assistance, the Mustard Seed Cafe (where I volunteered) provides hot fresh food Wed-Friday. No questions asked. It’s main purpose was providing meals in a restaurant and dignified setting for unhoused, but is now for all… free.

My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.

Stay strong, stay beautiful, Chicago. c

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As a Minnesotan who has been nicknamed "Canada" before while living in a southern state, and who has family up there, I'll take it as the highest compliment.

Thank you for the welcome!

This is one of the most hopeful stories about fixing broken systems I've seen.

Two nurses, tired of bureaucracy, founded a nurse-led organization with no managers. They put human connection back at the center of care.

The model is now world-famous. A brilliant example of what's possible.

Another reason to mask at protests, aside from COVID safety and protection from doxxing, is that a lot of responsible documenters don't want to publish protesters' faces (esp without their consent) right now. Your face being in a shot may prevent people from sharing a worthwhile image publicly.

They are not planning "a violent crackdown" on 10.18. What they are doing is sending a signal to their shock troops to try to cause havoc. But those shock troops will be vastly outnumbered. Go out and protest freely. Do not be cowed.

A 2022 DNA study confirmed what the Blackfeet Nation has always said: their ancestors have lived in Montana for 18,000 years. These are the TRUE Americans, with a lineage stretching far before written history.
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This past week we sent:

$2,770 in direct cash support to unhoused & recently housed neighbors (including putting money on one of our people’s books)

$1,000 to bond someone out of ICE custody

Thank you all for trusting & supporting us so we can help our neighbors

Love & solidarity 🖤🏴🖤

If you lose to the Vikings in the UK you should be forced to change your team name to The Benedictines

Is it possible to market your business without spiritual bypassing or capitalist gaslighting? I'm trying to find out.

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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

NEWS: In a case with national implications, @governorwalz.mn.gov's officials are approving Blackrock's takeover of one of the Midwest’s largest utilities.

Critics say the precedent-setting move paves the way for more Wall Street firms to buy utilities to further hike skyrocketing electricity rates.