Join the Sangha on June 1st from 7pm-8:30pm Eastern

"We will be calling into our circle of community those precious  beings we have lost to police state violence so casually perpetrated against us as well as a racist healthcare system that has cost the lives of too many to Covid-19.

This offering takes place as many of us are physically separated from our loved ones and communities to underscore that we are not alone in our anger or grief."

Below is the Zoom invitation. We hope you can join.

https://www.facebook.com/events/3114960345192076/

More on Heart Refuge Mindfulness Community:

https://www.facebook.com/HeartRefugeDC/

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I was pleased to talk with Jerome Horne, who is very active in the online urban planning and advocacy space, as well as a transit ridership specialist in Indianapolis, about his journey as a black man in a Baltimore native black family, in the early 2000s Atlanta suburbs, in college in Southwest Georgia and now in Indianapolis and online. You can find Jerome in so many online spaces, both him and his glorious collection of transit signs, which I can't help but nerd out over as a transit geek myself.

Keep up with Jerome!

Main Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jerome.a.horne

International Micro Museum of Transit (the Facebook Page for all of his transit memorabilia) : https://www.facebook.com/MicroTransitMuseum/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/HorneJerome

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jahorne

LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerome-horne-80b84263/

How to keep up with me, Les!

Contact me anytime at [email protected] and stay updated by subscribing to my email!

I’m on social on Facebook at Les’s Lighthouse and lessequalmore and at Instagram and Twitter.

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The self described chill power couple discusses their journey both as a trans man and pan woman married couple.  They also talk about their community involvements, careers and challenges.  

Keep up with me Les at LesLighthouse.com, where you can find more episodes like this.  Subscribe to my email list for episode updates! http://eepurl.com/glH1zT

How to keep up with Jay: 

Learn more about the Transgender Assistance Program in Virginia that he's involved with that has a list of resources and trans-related sites/links.

www.tapvirginia.org

And order tea from him here:

(Website coming soon)

How to keep up with Shawnon:

Her book, Where the Color Purple Grows Collection I: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1717081061/ref=cm_cr_arp_mb_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF8

Twitter and IG: @healingprose

Facebook business page (editing and writing): https://www.facebook.com/Healingprose

Lee Levingston Perine is a DC-based creative who is doing big things! He’s the founder of Makers Lab and his latest project is a virtual Black Pride Festival happening this May!  Click on the event link for tickets and the the other link for more details on Makers Lab:

https://www.blknspace.com/

https://www.makerslabdc.co/

Contact me anytime at [email protected] and stay updated by subscribing here!  

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This is my words, and my story reflecting on my time in the transportation industry. When there’s still so many issues in an industry that effects everyone, we must call out bias.

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The year is 2020 and we’re still going through this shit. Although I’ve been out of that scene for a while now. Many lgbtq individuals are still going through it and this is my story and I hope this encourages others to share theirs.

Folks, 2019 for me has been a year of many ups and downs. After years of having this idea in my head, I bought this website and started to put content on it, Facebook and Instagram.

I took the stand-up comedy stage for the first time, even joining a collective of women committed to making our art and work better.

I took some of the messages from the videos and vended my card line for the first time.

I still managed to find time to go to my full-time job and follow my partner Kristen all over the place as we support the growth of her urban planning and policy venture The Black Urbanist.

What you haven’t seen as much until lately is the struggle. The health challenges. The changes at work. Still feeling like I have to be a certain way or in a certain space to survive.

And then I sat down and thought about how I really want to enter 2020.

I’m a firm believer in being able to manifest what you need in your future and I’ve decided to challenge myself over the next 30 days, starting on January 1, to apply some of the wisdom and lessons I’ve learned in my life actively.

I’m inviting you to join me, FOR FREE, on this journey.

If you decide to do so, you’ll see a message around 8 am Eastern,

, on the Les’s Lighthouse Facebook group page, in your email (subscribe at www.leslighthouse.com), with a daily lesson and challenge. Then around 8:30-8:45 pm Eastern, I will go live in the Facebook group and encourage you to share your thoughts and tease what the next day’s challenge will be.

Don’t despair if you miss a one or a couple of days. All the messages will stay up through the challenge and we will have a moment for you to reflect on your progress as we go through the course.

Also, stay tuned for special bonuses and chances to work with me in the future.

Again, this is a chance to work with me and see my training methods FOR FREE, which is not guaranteed in the future.

Again, follow the Les’s Lighthouse GROUP page so you won’t miss out on all of the trainings, not just the daily nugget of wisdom from January 1-30 as we start 2020 with purpose!

Btw: I cuss. So there will be cursing. Not a lot, but some. But we all say a fuck and a shit here and there. But if there’s sensitive ears around...

Man the holidays used to be rough. I fuckin’ hated it. It reminded me of everything that wasn’t. But once I began to give thanks to what was and no fucks given to everything else. It got easier.

Hallmark who? A lot of the lgbtq+ community is only acknowledged in June for mainly economic purposes and to look “diverse”. In general, don’t embrace those that don’t embrace you. Keep it moving on this motivational Monday! Go to leslighthouse.com/shop to purchase your bias free cards! https://checkout.square.site/buy/TJJDRLX2BQZFGLUQFAZA2D3P

This episode discusses end of year lessons and thoughts and why you sold just go with the flow and embrace your crazy. Also spoke on the inspiration of ‘Les’s Lighthouse and the greeting cards!  To shop for the greeting cards, go to  Leslighthouse.com/shop and you can find the Les's Lighthouse patterns on fabric (including masks) and wallpaper at the lovely Kristpattern Spoonflower store !