…federal #Helene recovery support evaporating, the loss of federal funding for the #PauliMurrayCenter, pick your poison. The US standing in the world and at home feels bleak. 2/15

4/? My challenge for next week is to figure out how not to be annoyed & how to contribute to a wider discussion (one not dominated by insurance guy or pastry chef). Honestly, I don’t know how to accomplish either of those. I suppose I begin by being better prepared. I have the facilitator’s workbook from the #PauliMurrayCenter so I know what we will be covering (the Dean stuck rather firmly to the defined curriculum). Then again, I thought I was well prepared for yesterday’s session, so clearly a different flavor of preparation is in order. I approached yesterday’s material in a rather academic way. Perhaps I need to take a more personal approach, both in how I think about/reflect upon the materials & in the questions that I want to raise with the group, especially with the Dean (as an ordained woman) & with the poet professor who attended the church Murray was ordained in. What kinds of things do I want to hear from them? 🤔