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Angela Ruiz
I do not mean diverse attendance in a photo. I mean the slower work of trust, conflict, shared decision-making, and not expecting people of color to carry the whole conversation.
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How do we build multiracial community that isn't surface-level?
I do not mean diverse attendance in a photo. I mean the slower work of trust, conflict, shared decision-making, and not expecting people of color to carry the whole conversation.
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Marcus Hale
The pace matters. People need room to tell the truth without immediately being managed.
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Kiara Lee
Solidarity gets clearer when it moves toward changed habits, budgets, and follow-through.
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Luis Mendoza
What helps me is when the room stays concrete and does not ask harmed people to make everyone else comfortable.
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