My Commitment to Anti-Racism

After one week of listening and learning, I wanted to come on and share where I’m at on a personal level with the #blacklivesmatter movement.

If I can be totally honest, I feel a bit ashamed that it’s taken something of this magnitude for my eyes to be open but I can promise you they are open now. Although my platform is typically used to promote self-improvement, this is not that. This is about changing the status-quo and being able and willing to do the work, to learn, to put an effort into understanding more, and leaning into the discomfort. 

I believe this process is going to look different for everyone so I’m not going to give you a list of what to do however, I encourage you to be unafraid to have conversations, listen to podcasts, read books, and just be willing to start the process somewhere - wherever that feels right for you. 

For me (and hopefully you too), this is going to be an ongoing practice because I refuse to pass this down through the next generation. I feel privileged to only be able to learn about this versus experiencing it like the BIPOC community. I hope you’ll join myself and hundreds of thousands of others in doing this work.

ACTION STEP - If you have not yet made a commitment to doing this work and/or are looking for an accountability partner in this, please reach out to me and I will be happy to be your accountability partner in this.

RESOURCES - Anti-Racism Daily Newsletter (https://www.nicoleacardoza.com/anti-racism-daily)