I'll Meet You There Podcast

Maren and Gretchen share their first “bookend” of their racial autobiography. "No one ever talks about the moment you found that you were white. Or the moment you found out you were black. That’s a profound revelation. The minute you find that out, something happens. You have to renegotiate everything." - Toni Morrison llmeetyoutherepodcast.weebly.com/ [email protected] www.facebook.com/illmeetyoutherepodcast www.instagram.com/illmeetyoutherepodcast/

Maren and Gretchen discuss WHAT HOLDS YOU BACK from noticing/naming/interrupting racism as a white woman? “She Speaks her Truth” ​ She Speaks Her Truth The womb awaits The children await The ancestors inside of you awaits The world is waiting She speaks her truth What about you What will it take for the chains to be removed from you lips, your heart and your soul? How long must we wait For you to unleash the power that lives within The truth, your truth, the light, your light You search outside for the truth you already own Your truth is paid in full As the moon moves the ocean So your truth moves the world She speaks her truth What about you What will it take for you to believe that What you do matters Oh, but what you say Changes the world Moves mountains Heals Delivers And creates worlds we can only dream You my love are waiting for her to speak her truh, And we are waiting for you. -Tonicia Abdur Salaam llmeetyoutherepodcast.weebly.com/ [email protected] www.facebook.com/illmeetyoutherepodcast www.instagram.com/illmeetyoutherepodcast/ ---

BBQ Becky, Blind Side saviors, and crying White women, oh my! What does it mean to be a White woman developing racial consciousness in the U.S.? Listen in as friends Maren and Gretchen explore this question on their journey toward greater self-awareness, accountability, and healing. “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about. Ideas, language, even the phrase “each other” doesn’t make any sense. The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep. You must ask for what you really want. Don’t go back to sleep. People are going back and forth across the doorsill where the two worlds touch. The door is round and open. Don’t go back to sleep.” -Rumi http://illmeetyoutherepodcast.weebly.com/ [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/illmeetyoutherepodcast https://www.instagram.com/illmeetyoutherepodcast/