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It is no longer suffice to say "I'M NOT A RACIST" you must be ANTI-RACIST.
Allies are there for support, whereas CO-CONSPIRATORS take action to DISMANTLE and ABOLISH white supremacy from within. We are dedicated to focus and uplift BIPOC voices and excellence. We use our white voice to amplify the BIPOC message.
WE MOVE TOGETHER....OR WE DON'T MOVE!!
Your donation will help those who don't have the documents to get a picture ID such as a birth certificate. Transgender individuals who need their name changed so that their ID matches their gender identity. It will also help those in a domestic violence situation, to get to a safe space, and help with rides to and from doctor appointments, child care and basic necessities.
Any amount can mean so much, it could very literally be a lifeline, to someone who feels they have no one in the world.
Tracy Pease is a mother, a wife, an aunt, a sister and the proud daughter and granddaughter of immigrants. She grew up in an American culture with European ideologies. Born and raised in a suburb of Detroit, she graduated from Berkley High School.
Her advocacy started at 19 when she was diagnosed with manic depression at a time that no one spoke of mental illness, and when Michigan's Republican Governor Engler shut down ALL mental health facilities and programs.
For the next 20 years she worked in door to door sales, waited tables, and worked in nursing homes as a CENA, all the while fighting a broken system where mental health treatment was not only virtually impossible to get, but when you did, it was maybe for only 6 months to a year before you were dropped because the program was restructured, and you no longer qualify, so you would start all over again begging for help. Luckily, her parents were there to support and raise her kids while she tried to navigate a mental illness without a compass.
In 2010, Tracy moved to Clare County Michigan where her life changed, seeing as Clare County was the smallest and poorest county in the State, she qualified for county insurance which included mental health care such as psychotherapy, and medication without the fear of no longer qualifying because of bureaucratic red tape. Tracy started back to school at Mid-Michigan Community College, where she started going back for Nursing only to find her passion for sociology, human and civil rights, and it was at MMCC that she had her sociology instructor empower her at a time that she needed it most. In the Fall of 2012, after 2 1/2yrs of therapy, she was finally able to transfer to Wayne State University, and at the age of 41, Tracy began a journey of reinventing herself.
There are 3 things that Tracy learned during her journey.
1. You NEVER do anything alone, you will meet people throughout your journey that help you along the way, whether it's a teacher that goes out of her way to empower you, or a new friend to support you, or a bad relationship to remind you of WHO YOU ARE, a nothing you learn is ever a waste.
2. White privilege has nothing to do about whether or not you've had it hard, it's about your skin color NOT being the reason it's hard. As a white woman with privilege getting therapy, and medication was like pulling teeth, but someone who is BIPOC, it brings a whole new set of issues and struggles. It was while in Clare County where schools are closed the 1st Day of hunting season, but are open on MLK Day, and never saw a person of color UNLESS in Mt. Pleasant 30 miles south of Harrison where she stayed that she realized EXACTLY what it meant to have white privilege.
3. There is a lot of work to be done, a lot of damage that needs to be repaired, and trust that needs to be earned. Contrary to popular belief racism is a white problem that needs to be solved, not a black issue to be dealt with. It starts when we learn to listen, when we learn when to step back or step up, when we realize that white silence=white consent. When we strive not only for equality for all, but equity as well.
ABC for Justice is dedicated to aligning with the BIPOC community in their quest against white supremacy.
Being able to volunteer is a privilege, if you're able to volunteer, it usually means that not only do you have the time, but you have the financial capacity to give that time away, or maybe it's easier for you to give time, then money, or maybe you have more money then time. If you have a disability, maybe it's easier for you to make phone calls, or text bank, instead of knocking doors, or going to a long event. It's not ABOUT big public events, photo ops,or media attention, it's about doing the work, when no one is watching. It's about how you want to be remembered...what is YOUR legacy?
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