cwc monthly reflections

Our Monthly Reflection posts are a collection of our monthly newsletters and the type of questions we grapple with during CWC gatherings. Some months we have robust conversations that lead to potential answers; some months our dialogues also lead us to additional resources as we continue to seek answers; and some months we find that we are left with even more questions than we started with.

The CWC community doesn't claim to have the answers... rather we believe in the power of curiosity and where it can take us when we dare to ask the questions and come together in possibility.

September 2025: Building Community

At CWC, we often talk about connection as one of the most essential human needs. In fact, when we close our gatherings with the ritual of naming “one word or phrase” about our experience, the word we hear most often is community. It’s what helps us stay grounded. It’s what helps us keep going. It’s what helps us realize that building community isn’t optional—it’s a core element of antiracist practice.

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August 2025: Joy as a Necessary Disruption to White Supremacy

This article in The Tacity, invites readers to see the loud, unruly, abundant experiences of collective joy, that are often led by racially marginalized communities—singing in protest, voguing in the street, laughing until we cry—as disruption. We like the idea that in a world that wants us to be efficient, frightened, and disciplined, joy from the margins is a refusal to conform.

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