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Read more about the article A Community’s Work to Participate in Healing

A Community’s Work to Participate in Healing

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:March 5, 2020
  • Post category:Privilege and Race
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It was a dreary night outside, and a warm welcome inside the library of Trinity Episcopal Church in Southport, CT Tuesday night. After a winter of traveling south to talk…

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Read more about the article Love: Sentiment or Commitment

Love: Sentiment or Commitment

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:February 28, 2020
  • Post category:Faith/Privilege and Race
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“Love is not a sentiment. It is a commitment…” As I drove home from a beautiful weekend in Richmond at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, I was listening to an interview…

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Read more about the article AJB Recommends: Privilege and Race Podcasts

AJB Recommends: Privilege and Race Podcasts

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:January 31, 2020
  • Post category:AJB Recommends/Privilege and Race
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Amy Julia Recommends is a new feature on my blog where I'll compile recommendations for podcasts, books, articles, etc., that I've shared on my social media platforms. This edition of…

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

Our Four-Day Civil Rights Tour

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:January 16, 2020
  • Post category:Family/Privilege and Race
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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 author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:January 13, 2020
  • Post category:Guest Post/Privilege and Race
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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 author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:January 6, 2020
  • Post category:Guest Post/Privilege and Race
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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 author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:January 3, 2020
  • Post category:Guest Post/Privilege and Race
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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 Embracing Our Common Humanity

Embracing Our Common Humanity

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • 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 Essential Church Podcast and Privilege

Essential Church Podcast and Privilege

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:November 11, 2019
  • Post category:Podcast
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I had a great time talking with Andrew Arndt on the Essential Church podcast about White Picket Fences. He asked great questions that gave me the chance to tell the…

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Read more about the article Defining Privilege Part Two: What Privilege Is

Defining Privilege Part Two: What Privilege Is

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:September 1, 2019
  • Post category:Privilege and Race
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In my previous post, I discussed what privilege is not. In this post I will define what privilege is.  What exactly do we mean when we use the word “privilege”?…

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