Episode 13: I Run with Maud, All Lives Matter
We are the first to admit that we are two women of privilege. The topic of race is a messy one for us, we want to be good humans who raise (or influence) good humans. We both want to do better, we want to seek to understand. On May 8, 2020 runners (and walkers) of the world started a movement #irunwithmaud in honor of Ahmaud Arbery. He was out jogging near his home on a Sunday afternoon in Brunswick, GA on February 23, 2020, when two white supremacists, chased him down, shot and killed him. May 8, 2020 would have been his 26th birthday, his life deserves justice, his life mattered. What we both know and feel is that a life ended tragically short. It was senseless, the ripple effect of loss of life is far reaching, we feel for his mother who had to spend Mothers’ Day without her son just days after a first birthday, and all the other firsts yet to come. We’d love to continue a conversation, what books have you read on white privilege or race? How can we continue to do more beyond a hashtag? It’s all our responsibility to overcome racism. We are in this together. http://runwithmaud.com
A book that Michelle referenced in the show is Waking Up White: And Finding Myself in the Story of Race by Debby Irving. Oshkosh had a nonprofit FIT Oshkosh, sadly COVID is listed as one of the reasons it closed. In the short time it existed there was great work done to engage the community in conversation regarding race.
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