While I had intended to share with you an interview with yet another incredible guest this week, I feel it’s important to address the run on the Capitol last Wednesday. Instead of having the opportunity to celebrate the historic Senate race victories in Georgia, our country and our world were instead horrified to witness another historic and overwhelmingly surreal event, an attempted coup on our Capitol. Despite much of the rhetoric that has been expressed in the aftermath of this shit show, I have to tell you that, sadly, this really is who we are as Americans. Today I want to share with you some thoughts and a lot of resources to help you gain a greater understanding of just how we got here, and inspire you to begin the work to become agents of change.

I’ll begin by reviewing the coup attempt, how it was instigated, and the difference between it and the Black Lives Matter protests from last summer. The heart of this episode, though, will be a vast array of resources, broken down by courses, books and articles, and others, which will provide you with information and perspective that will ultimately help you figure out how best to show up in these troubled times. There are a lot of them, so, as always, if you need any support in accessing them or have any questions about them, please know that I am very familiar with them all, and am here to help in any way I can. This is a topic that is far too important and pervasive to ignore, so let’s dig in today, educate ourselves, and move forward together.

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And it’s still not too late to join our 30-Day Gratitude Challenge at my Goal-Getter's Club. Even though we’ve passed the January 1, 2021, start date, you are more than welcome to join at any time during the month – you’ll be glad you did!

 

The Finer Details of This Episode:

•   The attempted coup at the Capitol
•   The factors that led to it
•   The difference between the Black Lives Matter protests and the attack on the Capitol
•   A variety of extremely valuable resources

 

Quotes:

“Violence [is] perpetrated by white folks when they feel their civil liberties or power they previously held and had access to is being infringed upon.”

“Trump…instigated this.”

“We all know that, had the skin color of those people who went into the Capitol been different, that would have been a very different outcome.”

“Racism is not just the personal hatred by one person, but a systemic abuse and often deeply ingrained in society as to be oblivious to those in the upper caste.”

“In order to understand why the events happened on Wednesday, you have to understand the history of how we got here.”

“Watch what they say, and then watch what they sell.”

 

Show Links:

Join my free FB group (and this month’s gratitude challenge) at Goal-Getter's Club

Ascend Mastermind

 

Resources:

Courses:

Trudi Lebron Homepage

That's Not How That Works

Business Remixed

The Collective

Culture of Whyteness

Jessica Dickson Homepage

 

Books and Articles:

Stamped from the Beginning

Ibram Kendi Twitter

Isabel Wilkerson Homepage

Andre Henry Homepage

'People of the World' by Andre Henry

Andre Henry Instagram

Sincerely, Lettie

 

Other:

Conspirituality Homepage

Conspirituality Podcast

Jessica Yellin Instagram

News Not Noise with Jessica Yellin