Today in the States, it’s the Fourth of July — or Independence Day — the day commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

Yet the truth remains that this liberation did not — and still does not — apply to all Americans . . .

Anger. Is it a useless emotion, or a potential source of power and strength? An avenue to conflict, or the fuel to feed our courage?

Did you know that the day now known as ‘Memorial Day’ in the United States, was in fact originally a day created by enslaved Black people as a means to celebrate Black liberation and honour the Black soldiers who had died in the Civil War?

Tone policing is the first cousin of Gaslighting (bags not being invited to that family’s Christmas lunch!) and is when one party in a debate/fight criticises the other party for expressing emotion. It belittles the logic of a statement by attacking the emotional state in which it was said, rather than the statement itself. Read more.

Standing against racial injustice means more than just performative social media posts.

Read, learn, share, donate. Uplift the communities of Black, Indigenous and People of Colour.

Racism is the weed of equality and when it abides unidentified and uncontested, it infiltrates our entire reality. To eradicate the proliferation we need to teach our current and future generations about privilege and supremacy — and about how to have honest conversations about race.

Use our email templates to send to traditional institutions within your own communities, to insist they take action to dismantle systemic racism.