Winter

I continued my student teaching and credential/masters program in the Stanford Teacher Education Program (STEP). My time was split between the classroom…

… and the streets.

I joined millions around the world demanding a ceasefire and end of Israeli apartheid in occupied Palestine.

At the rallies, Washington HS and organizing meetings I met someone with a shared passion for liberation, and we fell in love.

Spring

My STEP course load finally lightened up and I had some room to think and play.

I started a blog reflecting on my teaching and the ongoing struggle for liberation in Palestine…

attended the Ekklesia Project gathering on climate grief and saw Patti present her howl,

and taught a Church School Class on confronting Christian Zionism.

Fall

I started my first full year teaching at June Jordan School for Equity and supported our students and staff as we fought off closure.

Teaching is hard, but I continue to learn immensely from the students and other teachers at my site.

Food:

The chicken sandwich from Papa Maks on 45th and Noriega stole my heart. Way better than it has any right to be.

Books:

Indecent Theology takes liberation theology to task from a queer decolonial perspective.

The Will to Change helped me rethink what I thought I knew about patriarchy and love.

Movies/Shows:

Arcane. So good you might try league of legends.

The Dragon Prince. Made by some of the team behind Avatar. Got bad and then really good again.

Video Games:

Valorant. The game that finally filled the hole TF2 left.

Outer Wilds. The thrill of emotional discovery in space. Don’t look up anything about it, just play it.