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Future Ancestors

Gibrán X. Rivera

Musings, missives, gatherings and dialogues rooted in the idea of “Forward Facing Remembering,” ancestral wisdom and the emergence of something new. Let’s meet somewhere at the intersection of spirit and culture. Love and freedom.

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From Fragility to Fortitude

tl;dr: The dominant frame of the racial justice discourse is shaped by a therapy culture that pathologizes adversity and indulges resentment. These times demand something different. Fortitude is not a retreat from justice. It is what justic...

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A Culture Against the Descent

tl;dr: Our culture is organized against the descent, against our initiation into mature adulthood, and against the journey beneath the surface of our constructed lives. Our screens are designed to keep us from the journey. And yet this desc...

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On Feedback

tl;dr: Feedback is hard to receive. But the pattern is what matters, not the outlier. And the feedback that hurts the most is usually the most true. Which is why we can’t do this work alone.


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