The Work
Boketto & Anti-Racism
In addition to serving our online and Richmond communities, we’re focused on decentering whiteness + educating ourselves about anti-racism. We’re here to edify ourselves, do the work, learn, and unlearn. We know this will take time, open-mindedness, and yes— it will at times (often) be uncomfortable. Growth always is. So is healing.
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Welcome people of all backgrounds, identities and abilities, to join our formal and informal conversations. And propose them, too.
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Champion divergent thoughts and points of view—especially from voices that are not always heard.
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Recognize it is no small feat to build and strengthen empathy. But build and strengthen we will.
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Create space for dialogue and healing. Even when it's difficult and/or uncomfortable.
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Amplify diverse voices on our platforms, stock our shelves, and create more equity in all spaces we show up.
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Share in our wealth. Through donations, paying Black and Brown contributors what they set as their value, and making wellness accessible to all, however and wherever we can.
To be a productive ally, we need to first show up, (un)learn more, and have a reckoning with our internal selves. As individuals and collective, it’s our mission that our time together will bring clarity, growth, and a deeper understanding of the personal & political, why the personal is political, and how the political is personal.