It’s been 2 years to the day since the very first edition of The Reparations Race. Three editions and 100K+ facilitated in redistribution later, we are grateful for this community that works endlessly to make micro-reparations an everyday conversation. Support our continued growth at holamagnolia.com/donate and sign up for our last workshops of the year this Sunday 12/15 at https://lnkd.in/d7xsQAYE. Here’s to Year 3!
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Thank you for being part of our origin story. On this day 2 years ago, The Reparations Race began as a humble experiment with the hopes that every person involved walked away with more than they came in with. Since 2022, we’ve facilitated the redistribution of over 100K in cash payments, goods, services and paid job leads to Black business owners, artists and activists during our three active campaigns and our off-season pop-ups like One Day’s Pay. That’s 100K more than would have been moved had I refused to do this a little scared and uncertain. And I think that’s beautiful. Solo-parenting has drained every ounce of resolve I had to make this a bigger deal today. I wanted a live-a-thon. I wanted to make noise. I wanted to shout from the rooftops. But sometimes, the biggest act of revolution is to defy urgency with ease. To resist the inclination to pour and instead, replenish. The time to flood your feeds with calls to action will come back around. For now, I’m focused on bringing my business back over the finish line to a full recovery after a catastrophic but lesson-filled summer by January 31. I know we got this because you got us. And you’ve proven it over and over again. So thank you. Thank you for showing up. Thank you for proving that this work works. All I ask of you is to make sure you are signed up to support our last Accomplice Accelerator Do-the-Work Day of the year this Sunday. We are the smallest bit away from our next milestone, and I am sure we can get there. Details below. Happy Birthday to the #ReparationsRace. I’m so very proud of us. Now let’s get back to work. 🌟