This quote from a talk i gave at Thrive Network years ago presents key questions addressed in my new book, Soul Medicine for a Fractured World: Healing, Justice, and the Path of Wholeness. soulmedicinebook.com

#soulmedicinebook
#soulmedicine
#newbook
#collectiveliberation

Take courage, friends. Remember we are living in the middle of the story. 💜

Dear ones, on this new moon please remember that every act of care makes a difference. As Dr. Maya Angelou reminds us, our legacy is made with every touch, every choice, every word. In these times of weaponized division, our standing together is powerful. 💜

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"The true focus of revolutionary change is never merely the oppressive situations which we seek to escape, but that piece of the oppressor that is planted deep within each of us." - Audre Lorde

#audrelorde
#audrelordequotes
#revolutionarychange

In these times when so much is uncertain, we must turn to a deeper listening... Spirit speaks to us through the loving breath of Earth, the many intelligences of Nature, the whispering of ancestors & coming generations, the knowing in our bones [click to read]
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Assata Shakur, rest in peace, rise in power! 💜✊🏼🌿

#assatashakur
#revolutionarypeace
#revolution
#revolutionoftheheart

Dr. King reminds us that modifying an inherently unjust system is not enough. What's called for is a radical transformation of both the structures of domination and the consciousness that created them. "Radical" means going to the root.

#martinlutherkingquotes
#radicaltransformation

"Wise and beautiful, an offering of great depth." - Alice Walker

Excited to announce my forthcoming book: Soul Medicine for a Fractured World: Healing, Justice, and the Path of Wholeness. Coming 11.26.25. Info & preorder: bit.ly/soulmedicinebook

Stay tuned for updates and events! 💜

It is crucial to take care of yourself, yes, but may we never normalize what we are seeing now. May we never become accustomed to atrocity. May we always reach for one another and fight for the aliveness of our compassionate hearts. Love is a powerful form of resistance in the face of empire. 💜✊

Join us June 8 for the Right of Return Pilgrimage — 22 miles of peaceful interfaith public witness for Palestine, from the Islamic Center of Alameda to the West Berkeley Shellmound.
Walk in solidarity with displaced and marginalized communities. bit.ly/RightofReturnPilgrimage
#I4CPilgrimage2025

Just a word of encouragement from Dr. Bernice… I’m glad to be walking, and working, and imagining in community with you, dear ones. 💜🌍

#wearetheones
#bernicejohnsonreagon
#imagine

Justice and healing are not separate.

#healingtrauma
#healingjustice
#liberation
#collectivehealing

"May every star in the universe protect Palestine."

Thanks to artist @jessxsnow and @justseeds for this image, and to artivists everywhere.

#freepalestine
#fregaza
#stopgenocide
#defundgenocide
#artivist

There are times that the tsunami of sociopathic havoc unleashed over the last month, on top of the baseline of violence & suffering leaves me feeling overwhelmed & inadequate. Audre Lorde cautioned against exactly that. Inducing overwhelm is a strategy of empire & we can choose not to succumb to it.

My friend Kazu Haga has a new book coming out next week with @parallax.org called _Fierce Vulnerability_. Steeped in the tradition of MLK, Kazu works toward an activism that not only catalyzes justice, but fosters collective healing. Learn more via my blog.
lizarankow.substack.com/p/kazu-haga-...

Wanted my first post here on blue sky to represent what i'm committed to. Welcome.