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I spent Blackout Tuesday listening, reading, learning, reposting Black voices, and finishing work on a very detailed blog post about beginning my own education and evolution towards becoming a true White Ally to the BIPOC community. I was so happy to mute my own “regularly scheduled” voice yesterday in favor of learning, writing, compiling, and highlighting what really matters right now...but it’s so important for myself and other white people, that the support, education, and change do not end there. This is a long, uncomfortable, lifelong process of identifying our own white privilege, and learning how we can do better. I used to think it was enough to care about the injustices BIPOC face in this country, to sign petitions, and to donate...now I realize that without acknowledging and understanding how my white privilege has oppressed my black friends and family members I can NEVER truly be a part of the solution. For me, this is a long game. I’m committed to doing better, teaching my kids, having hard conversations with the people I work with, and acknowledging the ways I can do better with my own business. This isn’t easy or comfortable and it isn’t supposed to be. My education also won’t happen overnight even though I wish it could. I’m committed to doing this work, and tomorrow on HappilyEvaAfter.com I will be sharing the ways in which I will be doing this...including lots of resources for both adults and kids. I’m embarrassed that it took me this long to realize how I was letting down my black friends and family members by simply thinking that my love for them was enough, or that even caring about the struggle was enough! It’s not. At least I don’t feel it is. Whoever is looking to do more in the hopes of really being an ally to the BIPOC community, I hope you join me in this long term process. Resources & my thoughts will be published tomorrow ❤️🙏🏼 📷: @juliadags

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#BlackoutTuesday. Black Lives Matter.

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Hey guys, just wanted to hop on here again. I’ve still been digesting so much of what is going on around us, processing, educating myself, and trying very hard to look at my life, my business, my behaviors, and how I can do better in the hopes of being an ally to communities of color.
For those of you who received my newsletter this morning — apologies. It was actually scheduled two weeks ago, but with everything going on, I totally forgot to unschedule it. But it does bring up an important point, which is that my focus right now is on gathering anti-racism resources for a blog post that will be going up this week. It’s really all I’m thinking about right now. Anything else that was scheduled to publish this week is totally not important to me and doesn’t matter at all. What is important to me is gathering these resources and continuing to educate myself, so I’ve made the very easy decision to scrap all posts that were supposed to go up on the blog this week, and I’m working now to get this much more important post up ASAP.
As always, I’m trying to educate myself and learn more, so I can provide as comprehensive a resource list as possible, and I would really appreciate any insights you guys have on the follow: -Black-owned brands and businesses we can support
-IG accounts to follow
-Great books and educational resources for kids
-podcasts
-Books for adults
-Grassroots non profits

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When I think about my children being or feeling “free” my mind often goes to beautiful but typical images like this. Moments when my kids feel happy and safe and free to be themselves without threat. But my children are free and safe in so many more invisible ways, so many unspoken ways. Because they are white. The past week in America has reminded me once again how lucky, and privileged my own motherhood experience is, and my own children’s experience is: that while our lives haven’t been and won’t always be perfect, they are easier in countless ways because of the color of our skin. I am outraged and sickened by the death of George Floyd, and the many others before him, but I know that personally I must and can do better. Because while this is more visible now, it is systemic and has always been a part of daily life for so many people of color in our country - including some of my close friends and family members. It is not enough to be sickened, and outraged. It is not enough to just “not be racist”. It is imperative to be actively ANTI-RACIST, to educate ourselves and our children, and to do what we can to make sure that every American has the same rights and freedoms. And I know that I can be better at this. I’ve been researching ways to speak to my children about race and racial injustice, donating, signing petitions, listening and learning from leaders in this arena, and following people on Instagram (some faves: @rachel.cargle @theconsciouskid @grassrootslaw) who are shining light on how I can be the best ally possible. I am here to learn. I’m so sorry to everyone of color who is hurting right now, to the mothers and fathers and sisters and brothers and children who are scared, and enraged, and feel helpless. I am sending my love and the promise of “my best” to you. ❤️ Please leave any great follows or organizations raising money or resources for learning in the comments below, if you’d be willing to share. Thank you

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