Living Foremothers
Wisdom Series
In the Living Foremothers Wisdom Series I reflect on some of the Black, Brown, Asian, and Indigenous she-roes who continue to inspire my work and research. I’ll share a short tribute about her and how it inspires me and, I hope, you as well. Some of these women are in Our Brave Foremothers. Some have appeared in the newsletter. All of them have a story we can use, and should know.
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Living Foremothers Wisdom Series
Ninety years on picket lines, and at 86 she was still leading the campaign that desegregated Washington’s restaurants.
She taught a hundred and forty children in a one-room church in the Sea Islands (with tuberculosis already in her lungs).
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History as Our Guide
We don’t celebrate the Foremothers to escape to the past, but because they were remarkable women. They faced challenges and built change, often under conditions far more restrictive than ours today. From them, we can gather inspiration, will, and resilience to keep pushing for solidarity, unity, and justice, for all.
"When you learn, teach. When you get, give."
The great Maya Angelou provides the perfect game plan. Take what these women left us, and pass it on.