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Maren and Gretchen share their first “bookend” of their racial autobiography.

"No one ever talks about the moment you found that you were white. Or the moment you found out you were black. That’s a profound revelation. The minute you find that out, something happens. You have to renegotiate everything." - Toni Morrison

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Maren and Gretchen discuss WHAT HOLDS YOU BACK from noticing/naming/interrupting racism as a white woman?

“She Speaks her Truth”
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She Speaks Her Truth
The womb awaits
The children await
The ancestors inside of you awaits
The world is waiting

She speaks her truth
What about you
What will it take for the chains
to be removed from you lips,
your heart and your soul?
How long must we wait
For you to unleash the power
that lives within
The truth, your truth, the light,
your light
You search outside for the truth
you already own
Your truth is paid in full
As the moon moves the ocean
So your truth moves the world
She speaks her truth
What about you
What will it take for you to
believe that
What you do matters

Oh, but what you say
Changes the world
Moves mountains
Heals
Delivers
And creates worlds we can only dream
You my love are waiting for her
to speak her truh,
And we are waiting for you.
-Tonicia Abdur Salaam

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BBQ Becky, Blind Side saviors, and crying White women, oh my! What does it mean to be a White woman developing racial consciousness in the U.S.? Listen in as friends Maren and Gretchen explore this question on their journey toward greater self-awareness, accountability, and healing.

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
there is a field. I’ll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass,
the world is too full to talk about.
Ideas, language, even the phrase “each other”
doesn’t make any sense.
The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.
Don’t go back to sleep.
You must ask for what you really want.
Don’t go back to sleep.
People are going back and forth across the doorsill
where the two worlds touch.
The door is round and open.
Don’t go back to sleep.”
-Rumi

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