Sunday evening I had the distinct pleasure to listen to John Pavlotivz at the Riverside Hotel thanks to the Wassmuth Center for Human Rights here in Boise. Rather than write about this experience, I want to share my notes:
We are here to amplify voices
Words do matter
Be a different voice in a Christian world
Declare inherent worth of good
Our silence is not an option
We are experiencing the most toxic, anti-diversity administration (in American history)
Value of humanity
(we need to put out) Deeply personal words out in to the world
We are a product of our own stories
We may have inherited false stories of others not like us
Stores you never heard before you will change you for life
Truer stories change you
Live open hearted to understand others
Pivot points in our lives that change everything (what is yours?)
What changes your faith journey?
Ask anything, say everything
Diversity is the table that Jesus sat – (what table are you sitting at?)
Cruelty is threatening our world
The bigger table is needed now more than ever (do you even sit at that table?)
Hope is the most valuable currency when the world is upside down
Things we can do to make change happen:
- Have those family conversations, no matter what
- Speak the truth
- We cannot be silent about things we deeply care about
- Speak to an audience of others that listen
- Engage in personal activism
- Share your story, your voice
Yes, to all of the above.
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