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ORIGINAL ARTWORK

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50% of sales will be donated to  the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota.  flower child 9x12 in $40.00 brighten your day 9x12 in $40.00 can't be tamed 9x12 in $40.00 triple threat  9x12 in $40.00 tone deaf 9x12 in $40.00 girls night 9x12 in $40.00 hey bestie 9x12 in $40.00 plant mom  9x12 in $40.00 go sports 9x12 in $40.00 mind your business 9x12 in $40.00 greenry 9x12 in $40.00 copy cat   9x12 in $40.00 pretty in pink  9x12 in $40.00 sad beige 9x12 in $40.00 put it in neutral 12x18 in $80.00 taste the rainbow 12x18 in $80.00 you plaid me 12x18 in $80.00 A Gentle but Important Reminder:  Show up. Just because something doesn’t touch your life directly doesn’t mean it’s not real, or that it doesn’t matter. Discrimination and suffering exist, even if you haven’t seen them yourself. Stand with communities who are hurting, in whatever way you can. Your presence, your voice, your care.. it matters. You are loved, and your actions can help others feel seen. Al...
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How to be Actively Anti-Racist

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Listed below are a few resources that we have found helpful in our efforts to be actively anti-racist in our communities and everyday lives: Sarah Sophie Flicker and Alyssa Klein compiled the following list of resources that help us learn how to be anti-racist: Resources for white parents to raise anti-racist children: Check out these books for children and young adults from the list of Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners Listen to the Parenting Forward podcast episode ‘Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt’ Listen to the Fare of the Free Child podcast Read PBS’s Teaching Your Child About Black History Month Follow The Conscious Kid on Instagram Articles to read: “America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020) Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement (Mentoring a New Generation of Activists ”My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011) The 1619 Project (all the articles) | The New Y...
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Everybody vs. Racists

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It's been an entire year since I’ve written anything.  I had a baby during a pandemic & nothing has changed. My last post I wrote was called Be Careful Your Privilege is Showing I wrote it around the time Disney announced that Halle Bailey (a black girl), was going to play the part of Ariel. Grown adults were losing their shit. Disney created 49 films from 1937-2009 before delivering their first Black Princess Tiana. Black girls watched for  70 years  NEVER seeing themselves.  #NotMyAriel was actually trending...  & now a year later, here we are. Racism isn’t a touchy subject unless of course, you’re racist. We all know racism exists. So why aren't we doing more about it? Why are we just letting it "exist".  This isn't a political issue - this is a human rights issue.   I'm tired of trying to explain to people that you should care about other people. I'm tired of being  told 'All lives matter' when I say 'B...
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