District 13 Blog

Hi Everyone, I can't ignore the spectacle we were subjected to Tuesday night. The "debate" was a low-water mark in our democracy. Rather than dwelling on it to the point of despair, let's choose to double down on our own expressions of…

Hi Everyone, I hope you all had a nice and safely-distanced holiday weekend.

Earlier this summer, racist flyers started showing up along the Bike Path near the Arboretum.  Bay Creek residents rallied in response, quickly taking them down. These neighbors went one step further and printed up positive messages in support of…

Hi Everyone, It's possible for two things to be true at the same time. Which is to say it's possible to be outraged by the murderous attack on Jacob Blake while opposing property destruction as counter-productive.  

"You may rejoice, I must mourn." Hi Everyone. Yesterday afternoon, I was listening to a conversation between two female anti-racist educators on Instagram when I was struck by the parting words: "Happy not-my-Independence Day Weekend."

Hi Everyone, Early Wednesday morning, in a case that's just now getting attention, a young black woman named Althea Bernstein was waiting at a traffic light downtown when she was viciously attacked.  Her assailants called her the N-word, sprayed…

Hi Everyone. We've been reminded several times since the start of the pandemic that this is not a sprint, but a marathon. We weren't certain when it started just how long it would last, but it's evident, and has been for a while, that we'll be…

It's a very unsettling time.  There are lot of words being said. I feel the need to be cautious with mine.  Cautious, but not silent. I've spoken to many of you who are disturbed about the property damage that took place the last two nights…

Like many of you, I've spent the last several days deeply, deeply saddened. I need not go into details. You know why. The question is how to respond. There are many good books out there.  How To Be An Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi.  White…