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Privilege and Race

Read more about the article Our Four-Day Civil Rights Tour

Our Four-Day Civil Rights Tour

  • Post published:January 16, 2020
  • Post category:Family/Privilege and Race
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  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker

Our family took a short civil rights tour through the southeast that included stops at a plantation in Louisiana and various sites and museums in Montgomery, Selma, and Birmingham, Alabama.…

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Read more about the article We All Need Healing from Racism

We All Need Healing from Racism

  • Post published:January 13, 2020
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We All Need Healing from Racism is part of a series of posts I’m sharing, written by people who read White Picket Fences and responded to the themes of the…

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Read more about the article Creating a More Equitable World

Creating a More Equitable World

  • Post published:January 6, 2020
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Creating a More Equitable World is part of a series of posts I’m sharing, written by people who read White Picket Fences and responded to the themes of the book…

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Read more about the article The Long, Slow Work of Healing

The Long, Slow Work of Healing

  • Post published:January 3, 2020
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The Long, Slow Work of Healing is part of a series of posts I’m sharing, written by people who read White Picket Fences and responded to the themes of the…

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Read more about the article Announcing Head Heart Hands Action Guide

Announcing Head Heart Hands Action Guide

  • Post published:January 2, 2020
  • Post category:Privilege and Race
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Download FREE PDF: Head Heart Hands I'm excited to announce Head Heart Hands, which is FREE action guide designed to equip anyone who wants to respond to the harm of…

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Read more about the article Why We Need Both the Pastoral and the Prophetic

Why We Need Both the Pastoral and the Prophetic

  • Post published:December 9, 2019
  • Post category:Privilege and Race
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What’s the difference between pastors and prophets?  For me, prophets conjure up images of bearded men of old, pronouncing doom upon society if we don’t pay attention and change our…

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Read more about the article Embracing Our Common Humanity

Embracing Our Common Humanity

  • Post published:November 15, 2019
  • Post category:Common Humanity/Disability/Down Syndrome/Parenting/Privilege and Race
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I’ve recently adopted “embracing our common humanity” as my shorthand for what I am attempting to do with my writing and speaking. If you look back through my blog you…

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Read more about the article Classroom Conversations: To Kill a Mockingbird and the Discussion of Privilege

Classroom Conversations: To Kill a Mockingbird and the Discussion of Privilege

  • Post published:November 14, 2019
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When I was asked to have classroom conversations with a group of 8th grade students about To Kill a Mockingbird in conjunction with White Picket Fences and the discussion of…

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Read more about the article Real Privilege and Love: Quote from White Picket Fences

Real Privilege and Love: Quote from White Picket Fences

  • Post published:November 6, 2019
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The real privilege of my life has come in learning what it means to love others, that love involves suffering and sacrifice and sleepless nights and tears and heartache and…

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Read more about the article Rev. Dan Heischman Reflects on Privilege in Episcopal Schools

Rev. Dan Heischman Reflects on Privilege in Episcopal Schools

  • Post published:November 5, 2019
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A friend mentioned years ago that memoirs go through three stages. First, we live them. Then we write them. And then, once they are out in the world, we receive…

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