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Why I don’t celebrate July 4th…

As folks fall over themselves to get their BBQ fixings and sparklers, I am met with a very apprehensive heart. I am NOT someone who…

2 min readJul 4, 2023

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Lisa Bailey

Justice for Jorge Gomez and why we need more white folks to speak up!

So, I am experiencing an exhaustion that I’ve not felt in a while, physical, emotional and spiritual. I am also grateful to be this…

3 min readJun 7, 2021

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Justice for Jorge Gomez and why we need more white folks to speak up!

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Lisa Bailey

Sum, sum, summertime!

As the official start of summer (the summer solstice for me) approaches, I find myself on this last Monday in May remembering summers of my…

7 min readMay 31, 2021

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Lisa Bailey

White people, we need to talk…

Hello fellow melanin-deprived folks of Turtle Island. Its time we had a chat. You know and I know, shits not going so well. We’re all over…

5 min readMay 22, 2021

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Lisa Bailey

DIGGING DEEPER INTO THE WHY I AM AN ANTIRACIST

So, as I jump off a cliff, into the great unknown of life changing career moves, I’m reminded of the fact that, I am not someone who rolls…

4 min readMay 18, 2021

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DIGGING DEEPER INTO THE WHY I AM AN ANTIRACIST

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Lisa Bailey

Black Lives, They Matter Here!

As the world held its collective breath for the verdict in the George Floyd murder trial, I was terrified. I was convinced, because of the…

5 min readApr 22, 2021

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Black Lives, They Matter Here!

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Lisa Bailey

The Revolution has been here, where are you?

I’m sitting here with so many thoughts swirling around my head and heart this morning. I am terrified because George Floyd’s murderer’s…

8 min readMar 29, 2021

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The Revolution has been here, where are you?

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Lisa Bailey

ABC should be ashamed of themselves!

So, I am not a member or fan of the “Bachelor Nation.” I used to hate-watch it years ago so I could chastise my girlfriends who were…

5 min readMar 16, 2021

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ABC should be ashamed of themselves!

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Lisa Bailey

Is cancel culture still a thing?

So, in this week’s sermon at my UU congregation in Manhattan, the topic was cancel culture. The gist of the message was those who seem to…

9 min readMar 2, 2021

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Lisa Bailey

Hey, antiracist white people — I need you

My husband and I have started a YouTube channel about a multi-racial family and marriage, called The Bailey View…

7 min readFeb 26, 2021

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Lisa Bailey

Lisa Bailey

As an anti-racist activist from Montana, I take seriously my job as a woman of Northern European descent to dismantle white supremacy. How about you?

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