Canter Forward

Many of you may recognize this photo of Brianna Noble from the 2020 BLM movement. (yes, posting pictures of activists is dangerous, but in this case, Brianna actively uses this photo to advertise her program). Brianna is the owner and founder of Mulatto Meadows, and their Humble program, which aims to provide enrichment for under-served youth, especially youth of color. This enrichment utilizes the therapeutic qualities of horses.

Mulatto Meadows is a ranch run and owned by Black equestrians. They provide lessons, sell trained horses, and do other community work. Key in that is Humble, an after-school program that targets students who are low-income and/or nonwhite.

Her program is sponsored by Ariat, and works to create day-long visits or multi-session programs to help these youth work towards success.

Please, please go check them out at their website, here. I highly recommend donating if you are able - consider it a sort of reparations. This is a really extraordinary project that works to give opportunities to youth who could benefit from being equestrians most.

Wit paard met een molen op de achtergrond

But I always think of growth like plants.

Aspens grow tall to reach the sun, for sure. But dandelions grow deep, understanding themselves fully so that if some misguided fool tries to uproot them they'd have to try damn hard. And then there's thyme and other creeping plants, which spread themselves out so much that if you chop a part of it off it roots wherever it can find dirt to root in.

This woman is the personification of the "Gaslight Gatekeep Girlboss" meme. Manic Pixie Dream Centrist ass.

I campaigned for Sinema. And there is a reason.

Our only hope of unseating A FAR-RIGHT FASCIST in Arizona was to elect Sinema.

She will do things that will piss you off. But because of her, we have a Senate majority, and that means there are many, many things we need done that we can GET done.

March will be filled with positivity.

March will be filled with progress.

March will be filled with opportunity.

March will be filled with kindness.