“You don't need to deny the self for inclusion, or to forget your roots for integration. All you gotta do, if you want collectivity, is, expand your roots and branches in cohesion.”
Source: Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World
“If you truly want people like me- LGBTQ+ people- to talk about our sexuality and gender less, you can help by making it unnecessary- by dismantling the ignorance and fear in your own hearts and minds, and by learning to embrace and celebrate the beautifully diverse expression of humanity for what it is. And it is good.”
“Nutty Community (The Sonnet)
Crazy am I, crazy are you,
When crazy together, we live anew.
Miserable am I, miserable are you,
When miserable together, I find joy in you.
Broken am I, broken are you,
When broken together, we are each other's glue.
Insecure am I, insecure are you,
When insecure together, we find it all untrue.
Disfunctional am I, disfunctional are you,
When disfunctional together, we function well.
Fallen am I, fallen are you,
When we fall together, we'll rise sure as hell.
Let us go against ourselves in defying self-centricity.
You be a nut, I'll be a nut, let's build a nutty community.”
Source: Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World
“The being is the bridge.”
Source: Mücadele Muhabbet: Gospel of An Unarmed Soldier
“A world united comes to life when walls turn dust in you.”
Source: Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World
“Race has object permanence. It is still there, no matter how hard we try to look away.”
Source: Raising Multiracial Children: Tools for Nurturing Identity in a Racialized World
“When I talk of love, I don't talk of two becoming one, I talk of all becoming one.”
Source: Mücadele Muhabbet: Gospel of An Unarmed Soldier
“As the rich get richer, the rest of us will be left in increasingly precarious situations. In the global recession that is upon us, the powerful will double down on their control of state and cultural apparatus, They will be determined to repress, or co-opt, the tremulous expressions of resistance that are gaining volume as the people rise of against death. The issue of co-option is pertinent. Our articulations of dissent too often mirror the parameters of our oppression, reproducing oppressive systems, unwittingly reinforcing them, or indeed 'diverse' them, to make them more 'inclusive' when in truth the need to dissolve.”
Source: What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition – An Empowering Guide to Interrogating Whiteness and Creating Justice
“One sure way to kill a dream, is to suffocate it with worry.”
“Diversity is climbing’s greatest strength. There’s no way to get bored! Each game is so difficult, most people spend their lives trying to master just one. The beauty and variety of the various playing fields beckon from across the globe.”
Source: Why We Climb: The World's Most Inspiring Climbers