Our family is very close, and I’ve been providing my kids’ civic education their entire lives. They have stood where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spent his last moments before his assassination in the Lorraine Motel. They’ve traced the steps of slaves on plantations in South Carolina. They’ve explored almost every single Smithsonian Museum and civil rights monument and landmark.
I wanted to put their feet there. Immerse them in history and reality.
Now, they are living through history themselves. One is a 20 year old white man. The other is an 18 year old trans man. Hear the differences in their reality yourself.
We have a responsibility to this generation, the lost ones, the kids who fell through the cracks during Covid and are now being spit on by our politicians and made to be sacrificial lambs for their agendas. Let’s listen, and really hear them. We must work with them to secure our collective futures.
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Just a reminder that you can financially support this project in a couple of ways:
You can support the project on Patreon here: patreon.com/counterstorymedia
You can support the project on Substack here: counterstorymedia.substack.com
Under the umbrella of CounterStory Media, we have several existing projects:
The Light at the Other Side- podcast and written word that is more general stories about life beyond trauma
Adoptere- written word from the exclusive perspective of adoptees and birth mothers.
Served- written word from the exclusive perspective of US military veterans
Deconstructing Dogma- written word from those exploring their spiritual journey during or after leaving an organized religion
New: Our Appalachian Spirit: an upcoming charity anthology sharing the works of Appalachian authors, poets, and artists.
Thank you so much for joining me, and I hope you enjoy this season of The Light at the Other Side.
~m
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