No longer complying… I just want to be...
A Reflection 1-Year Later It’s been a year since the #toxicFuller protest led by Black students at #fullerseminary. And people have asked what’s been going on. As I reflect over the year, the image of a roller coaster comes to mind. This year has felt like a roller coaster ride where you start off with anticipation knowing there will be ups and downs; even still you risk it in hopes of the outcome. But what do you do when you realize you ended where you began only more shook up, heart racing, hair disheveled, pulse elevated, trying to catch you breathe because the ride you took was just that: a ride through a loop taking you back to the place you began. As I look back, to look forward I wonder, do I strap back in for another ride around the loop, do I walk away and count my losses, or do I find another way to resist? Do I put on a smile and sing praises for the ride and the inches we moved forward while I sit on a therapist chair dealing with the accumulated impact t...