#Decolonize Your Spirit, Safety Pin Box, Decolonization Box, Intro

This month, our Safety Pin Box tasks are all about decolonizing. My goal is to put up a blog post each week about the #decolonizeyourspirit task, since that is near and dear to my heart.  Below is my intro, why I love SPB, and how it changes me.  It is incredible.   For other things related, please see #deconolizelutheranism, and for more of my anti-racism journey, please see this article.  

For starters, although people in Safety Pin Box come from all faith traditions, including atheism, is the most church like place I go.  There is no judgement.  We are a group of people working together for justice, and we assume we'll mess it up.  We work through it together, get each other through our guilt and shame about issues around race and our actions, admit when we are wrong, and are accountable to Black women.  Everyone is who willing to learn, to be open, and to be wrong frequently is welcome.  We always end with actions that serve communities of Color.  

Safety Pin Box is a subscription box for white people who want to learn to be good allies in the fight for truly intersectional oppressions.  I can't recommend it enough.  It has changed me to my very soul.  I do it because it makes me a better human being, and a better follower of Jesus.  I now have a much better clue about people's lives that are so different from mine.  I was taught to be blind to these lives growing up.  Both stories of pain the pain that is experienced because of anti-Blackness in the world, as well as all other discriminations, AND the amazing People of Color who are incredible and are changing the world.  I didn't see.  I only saw bad stories of about People of Color on the news, and good stories about white people.  It got to me subconsciously.  I have so much to both unlearn and to learn.  They have a bunch of ways you can join, there's a one time Kid's Box that I love, a one-time Ally Backpack that is a basic intro to racism and organizing, and an E-ally subscription to get started, Pin Pals if you and friend want to do it together, and the Premium and soon to be coming Family boxes.  It is nice because all the money goes to Black Women Being, as those who fight for justice often are not fairly compensated.  Plus, the world owes Black women so much back from the days of slavery, and the current slavery of over incarceration.  They even have a program that small groups can do together.  Click below to learn more about all of it and join today! If you are not ready to join, but you are willing to do something to help those who work for liberation, you can donate to Black Women Being here, or Black women and femmes who need some extra cash right now, often due to racist systems and being activists.  

Decolonize Your Spirit, Week One