#Valkyriesmarch Anti-Racism Movement Week 3 & 4

WATCH:

• Message from VP Strength and Conditioning Coach Amanda Hardeman  (week 3)
• Message from Coach Dawn Fletcher of MentalityWOD (week 4)
• For All My Multi-Racial & Bi-Racial Family, [ Where Do We Fit? ] Black Lives Matter
  

DONATE:

• Groundswell Fund for Black Trans Community

PERSONAL REFLECTION JOURNAL PROMPT FOR THIS WEEK’S HIKE:

• When have you heard a racist joke or slur and not stood up?
• How could you treat the conversation or situation differently in the future?

READ:

• Biracial in the Time of Black Lives Matter
•  “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”  Maya Angelou – Anything and everything by her; Her life-changing autobiographical series beginning with
• Audre Lorde – A self-described “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet”. I’d start here, read & listen to her read “Uses of the Erotic”
• Author Pierre Jeanty: author & poet; ALL of his work (check it out here)
• So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

LISTEN:

• Music:
  • Seinabo Sey & Jacob Banks: Remember
  • Skip Marley: Lions
  • Tracy Chapman: Talking About a Revolution
  • Angel: Blessings
  • Jacob Banks: Slow Up
  • Unholy War
  • Monster

MOVE:

• Put love into action and join us in movement. Hike at least 1 mile this weekend.
• Chose a powerful word or phrase to write on your hand or wrist as a reminder of your “WHY”
• Take a photo of some of the things you’re learning, putting into action, and doing to share throughout the VP community to inspire others to take action as well.