the work continues
an excerpt… originally posted on April 7, 2025 at substack.com/@sunfisherdi
Figure out how YOU participate in community and what that looks/feels like to you. Being an ACTIVE member of community is key, whatever that means to each of us. Some folks are really active in their church/school/neighborhood groups. That’s great. How are you contributing to the greater good?
Now let’s talk a little more about the protests. I’ve seen so many pictures on social media from across the country, and the energy is palpable. The resistance is rising. Keep it growing!
“The only thing more dangerous than our enemies is our silence.” - @bellas_apothecary
I want to acknowledge that the crowds are being treated differently thus far. Why? Because it’s mostly white women over 40 out there. It’s part of why things felt so different on Saturday. Eye saw lots of cop cars and only one actual cop. Not to say they were’t there, simply that as I wandered the periphery and the crowd, they were noticeable…. which is unusual to me. No cops & no riot gear. Hmmm...I’ve heard something about 50501 working with the police, which is curious & concerning.
Like anything else, there are/will be lots of critiques and opinions about the protests. How things should happen. Are they even effective? Questioning the organization/organizers. And some folks are asking, where are the Black people?
Most people of the global majority that I know/see are living their lives. This round of government violence isn’t new to them. Non-white people have been enslaved, deported, killed and so much more by people socialized as white for generations. Many have been loudly protesting for a long time. It’s time for us to put our bodies on the front lines for a while.
Consider us all a chorus, some voices are getting to rest while others fill up the air. When we all work together, we can make a whole concert. Or a new way of life.
If you’re new to anti-racism or ready to expand your work, follow the Liberation Education Newsletter, where she’s reminding folks about sacred resistance, disrupting the 15 pillars of supremacy culture & so much more:
‘Disrupting the 15 Pillars of Supremacy Culture Through Sacred Resistance
When we honor resistance, when we choose to stretch instead of shut down, we directly disrupt the systems and beliefs that keep supremacy culture intact.
Here’s how:
Perfectionism dissolves when we allow growth to be messy, nonlinear, and full of learning.
Sense of Urgency is interrupted when we slow down, breathe, and trust divine timing.
Defensiveness is softened by sitting with discomfort instead of avoiding accountability.
Worship of the Written Word is challenged when we trust the wisdom of the body, the land, and ancestral knowing.
Paternalism breaks down when we listen to our own intuition and others’ lived experience instead of assuming control.
Right to Comfort is disrupted when we lean into tension instead of protecting the status quo.
Power Hoarding is dismantled when we share space, truth, and vulnerability in our resistance stories.
Fear of Open Conflict is released when we meet discomfort as a portal, not a problem.
Individualism unravels when we remember that becoming is not a solo journey.
Progress is Bigger, More fades when we prioritize depth, rest, and healing over endless growth.
Objectivity crumbles when we center emotion, spirit, and embodied truth.
Quantity over Quality is undone when we value process over productivity.
Only One Right Way is replaced with a multiplicity of paths, practices, and truths.
Either/Or Thinking is transformed by complexity, nuance, and the space to hold both/and.
I’m the Only One begins to heal when we ask for help, and trust the power of collective care.
Sacred resistance is not just personal growth—it is collective liberation.
It’s how we compost supremacy culture, root into new ways of being, and become more human with every stretch.’
originally posted on April 7, 2025 at substack.com/@sunfisherdi