Category: Love Notes Newsletter (page 3)

However long the night, the dawn will break. West African Proverb Dear beloveds, We find ourselves leaning deeply into community this month. In this time of heartbreaking horror in Gaza, we recommit to nonviolence, to keeping each other’s humanity alive,…

Perhaps I too might live free. Perhaps I too might wield the same old power that animated the ancestors that lived in Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman, Nanny, Cudjoe, Malcolm X, and speak—no, act—as though my body were my own. Ta-Nehisi…

One of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance, places where we know we are not alone. bell hooks Blessings Dreamers, As we begin to hear the whispers of fall approaching in the cooler…

Stumbling is not falling. Malcolm X Greetings Sunbeams, The peak of summer has been blessed with the bountiful harvests of vegetables, berries and eggs we distribute to our community, and welcoming inspired youth groups to the land to learn with…

I touch my own skin, and it tells me that before there was any harm, there was a miracle. adrienne maree brown Beloved Community! What an abundant month it has been. We hope this love note finds you nourished on…

Decipher the art that you’re already doing, recognize the artistry around you, and the everyday miracles of life around you, and create from that place. And what you find is that is some of the most generative meaning in the…

How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers’ names. Alice Walker Welcome Spring! We hope the sun and rain are giving you life.  This month we have been…

Nothing we accomplish in life is totally free of the influence of spirit and community. We do nothing alone. Tricia Hersey | Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto Happy Spring Family! The time has come. We have tucked the first seeds…

…if we think of the natural landscapes that surround us as simply blank slates, existing for humans to act upon them according to our will, then we cannot exist in life sustaining harmony with the earth. bell hooks Beloved Community,…

Spring passes and one remembers one’s innocence.Summer passes and one remembers one’s exuberance.Autumn passes and one remembers one’s reverence.Winter passes and one remembers one’s perseverance. Yoko Ono Beloved Community, This month we’ve given ourselves an opportunity to find slowness and…