I arrived early for my COVID vaccine appointment at Sentara Rockingham Memorial Hospital. Excited that I was going to be part of this roll out of the vaccine, I was already strategizing in my mind about how to get the vaccine out to Black and Latinx communities when the larger roll out began. Two weeks... Continue Reading →
Sometimes when you break things, they stay broken…
Below is my letter of resignation for my position at Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church. I offer this to the wider Unitarian Universalist community as a window into the ongoing costs of speaking truth to power. As I am far from the only person this has happened to, if you would like to support religious professional... Continue Reading →
A Culture of Complicity
Dear Unitarian Universalist Community, Below you will find an excerpt of my response to the congregation I serve after this week’s events. It is my intention to tell some painful truths about having served TJMC-UU as Director of Administration and Finance as a woman of color. Those truths are not easy; they haven’t been easy... Continue Reading →
Safety Pin Box
Update: Safety Pin Box sunset about a year ago but you can still plug into real allyship work with the brilliant Leslie Mac at ResistU. If you are wearing, have worn, have a profile pic of, preached about, provided a basket of or otherwise engaged in “Safety Pin Allyship” I’m calling on you to read... Continue Reading →
Please stop…
White allies: please stop saying you don't want to talk about politics at Thanksgiving....and start saying you don't want to talk about racism, white privilege, Islamophobia, misogyny, and transphobia, among other topics. Those are the crucial conversations you are trying to avoid while calling yourself an ally. For more: https://spirituwellness.org/2016/11/19/family-wall/Adam Dyer