Wiping away Cultural
Assimilation.

Janaina Medeiros


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Wiping away Cultural
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Yawe = āto beā in the Potowatomi language
Yahweh = Name of God in Hebrew. A breath.
Coincidence? I donāt think so.
Tears streamed down my face when this connection became alive to me, listening to Robin Wall Kimmerer tell the story.
Colonization has just about extinguished the Potowatomi language. But it has Gifts to offer us. A sacred connection between this language that, to Christian colonizers once represented a people far away from God.
Meanwhile, the Potowatomi people had been saying āGod, God, God,ā every time they named life. Every time they spoke of Life, whether an apple or a lake, they were also saying, Creator.
We have so much to learn.
We have so much to unlearn.
I want to say, Life.
Women are the Keepers of Water.
From: Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer
#women #water #mothers #braidingsweetgrass
I open to the love and presence of God and God's action within.
The Welcoming Prayer, by Fr. Thomas Keating
Welcome, welcome, welcome.
I welcome everything that comes to me today, because I know it's for my healing.
I welcome all thoughts, feelings, emotions, persons, situations, and conditions.
I let go of my desire for power and control.
I let go of my desire for affection, esteem, approval and pleasure.
I let go of my desire for survival and security.
I let go of my desire to change any situation, condition, person or myself.
I open to the love and presence of God and God's action within.
Amen.
A Blessing for Finding Water
May your heart be turned towards the dry places waiting for water until you remember you have already seen it. Your thirst will lead you. You know where the Water is. Ā

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Libraries Are Dangerous.
Who knew libraries are such dangerous places.Ā
Notes on Angie Thomas in Vancouver
I went to see Angie Thomas with some friends when she came through Vancouver recently. Iāve seen many authors and often walk away, thinking I could have stayed home. But not with Angie Thomas.Ā She was LOVELY. Warm and authentic. At one point, she asked writers, authors and aspiring authors to put up their hands. There were a whole bunch of us. Then she asked again and encouraged anyone who has ever dreamed of writing, but doesnāt feel like they dare say they are a writer, to also put up their hand. This time there were even more hands. She saw her audience and encouraged the heck out of us.Ā
These are my notes from that night:Ā
A quote I loved:
āBooks either give us mirrors, windows or sliding doors.ā
For black girls:
Weāre told weāre either too much or not enough.
āI wanted to say to black girls: Youāre enough, as long as you define yourself.ā
Too often the world does not give them that validation.
The Hate U Give is about finding your voice.Ā
On the Come Up is about making some noise.Ā
On representation:Ā
āWhen marginalized voices are silenced, we donāt get representation and when we donāt get representation, we getĀ stereotypes. ā
Ā On her writing process:Ā
I write where I can.
I write in hotels, on the airplane
The characters always come to me first.
I write a zero draft.
I get to know the character.
What does family dinner look like ?
What does it look like when they go to school.
I try to do an outline chart. (ViaĀ JK Rowling)
I do a calendar.
Do a calendar for your book!
Keep up with dates.
On the Come Up tookĀ about 20 drafts
Iāve learned to listen to my author voice.
13,000 people were employed to make The Hate U Give Movie!!!
On her anthem:
My anthem would be Alright, by Kendrick Lamar
Keep your head up, by TupacĀ
On a line in The Hate U Give:Ā
It was an escape, more than a mirror.
āI am someoneās hope. I am somebodyās mirror.ā
Youāre your ancestorās wildest dream. āMichelle Obama
On representation:Ā
Iām one for Representation on paper and behind the pen.Ā
Books are great to make us aware of lives beyond our own.Ā
For white people:Ā
Be prepared to be wrong.
If we call you out, listen and learn.
Be prepared to listen and learn and get it wrong.
On Rejection + Dreams
Her first book received over 200 rejections.
Her mom used to ask her: What would you rather regret: doing and failing? Or not doing it and wondering about it?
Thereās something powerful about being a dreamer.Ā
Your dream is worth chasing.Ā
Itās worth it. Keep going.Ā
With Chervelle (left) and Shaley (middle) with our brandnew copies of On the Come Up.Ā