“Collective liberation. That's sort of my phrase for what some may call the messianic era, is when we've achieved collective liberation.” - April N. Baskin
Read MoreIn the first of two Passover-themed shows, April shares her epiphany that despite a resonance between the story of the Israelites leaving mitzrayim (Egypt, the narrow place) and the emancipation of enslaved Africans in the U.S., the two stories diverge in important and significant ways.
Read MoreApril and Tracie continue to flesh out some of the key obstacles from their flip the script resource with the help of a question from a listener. One of the limiting beliefs that shows up in racial justice work is the sense that you've learned a lot, but not enough to take action. April and Tracie dig into this notion and give some suggestions for ways to productively hold the both / and of having a lot to learn AND having being able to humbly and meaningfully contribute.
Read More“Be gentle with ourselves and listen to the messages our bodies are giving. I believe that our bodies are our allies. It doesn't always feel that way, but I believe they're trying to communicate with us in different ways for our thriving, and the more we can slow down and soften enough to listen, the better it is.” - April N. Baskin
Read More“Even when we do things right, people are still going to be upset, because they have unhealed trauma. Our country is drowning in unhealed, unaddressed trauma, and it plays out in all kinds of ways. But how I would love for it not to continue to play out is stopping or impeding good people from doing courageous, trajectory-shifting work for our community around justice. In this case, specifically, racial justice.” - April N. Baskin
Read More“Whether it's joy, peace, contentment, power, calm - what if we didn't have to wait? What if that experience could be less conditional on external circumstances? And how many more circumstances could we start to shift over time if we were able to stay in that place?” - April N. Baskin
Read MoreContinuing their work in "flipping the script," April and Tracie offer some nuance and context for when white people can and should lead racial justice work. That conversation leads to contemplation on giving and receiving comfort and feedback, both within affinity spaces (with people with a shared identity) and across lines of difference.
Read More“I can't do this alone - and I'm not supposed to.” - April N. Baskin
Read MoreAfter Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene's tweet about the 2018 California Wildfires being caused by a space laser controlled by the Rothschild family ignited a slew of jokes on social media, April and Tracie take some time to think about different reactions to antisemitism.
Read More“There are folks who keep saying ‘this isn't who we are.’ I don't think that's true. This is exactly who we are, but it's not who we have to be. We can be better.” - Tracie Guy-Decker
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