Listen, Honor And Repair

From the Alamo to Lake Tahoe,

Native Americans and the descendants of these lands are demanding reparations and to be heard.

At the Alamo, where the state is set to spend millions on renovations, Native Americans and descendants of other who are buried there, are asking to protect their ancestors remains.

In Lake Tahoe, there is a town named after a racist slur, and Natives are asking for a change- but the city is pushing back.

These are not isolated incidents- all over the country, we have cities, states and politicians attempting to keep their racist roots or ignorantly bulldoze over Indigenous history.

While these ideas can seem conflicting- do we honor the past or create a new story for future- the root comes down to harm.

If the current, past or future story is one that harms BIPOC and marginalized communities, if it upholds ideas of white supremacy and corruption, reparations are owed.

The first step is listening to the communities asking for what they need.

The next is honoring it.

Even as the country comes off the continued celebrations of a colonizer holiday, we see how challenging, almost impossible, it is to get many people to even listen to another side. To open their minds for a second to see other are experiencing the world.

We can’t even get people in the neighborhood to open the doors to us for a conversation and a simple opportunity for action (signing the college pledge)

We will continue to amplify the voices of the BIPOC communities in Texas and beyond and will continue to center their stories until reparations become action.