by Nicole Civita | Feb 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
“The trouble is that once you see it, you can’t unsee it. And once you’ve seen it, keeping quiet, saying nothing, becomes as political an act as speaking out. There’s no innocence. Either way, you’re accountable.” — Arundhati Roy Day 139. And the...
by Nicole Civita | Nov 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
This used to be my favorite holiday. As a child who always bristled at and bucked against her Catholic upbringing, I really appreciated the coziest of the secular holidays. I enjoyed the shared preparation, the days of good smells coming from the kitchen, the...
by Nicole Civita | Nov 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
Today Veterans Day is observed in the United States. In between calling for a #ceasefire, educating on colonial and imperial oppression, and holding space to radically imagine worlds where peace is precious and always treated as such, it wasn’t easy to find the...
by Nicole Civita | Nov 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
“Let this radicalize you rather than lead you to despair.” — Mariame Kaba THIS. And this. And this. And that. And that. Oh, and that, too. Fill in the blank as many ways as your heart has been hurt. Swap in everything about the world that you cannot accept. With each...
by Nicole Civita | Nov 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
As long as we are living, we are learning. Learning how to learn is the work of a lifetime. Never stop learning.Conventional wisdom encourages us to keep learning, but we are also conditioned to end our education (if we are privileged to pursue post-secondary...
