LATELY, AND FOR A LONG TIME . . .
each week brings new opportunities to bear witness to crisis.
These experiences are rightfully calling for our attention and energy. In Anand Giridharadas's essential essay on 'anonymous trust', he sums up our collective self as "at once hyperconnected and cut off, addled by propaganda and starved for human contact."
There is a reason that we are feeling the power of both exhaustion and overwhelm, and the deep need to continue onward. In other words, we are holding hopelessness and hopefulness at the same time. We feel the pain and the passion. There is a process of energy combustion going on, and if we can practice awareness of balance and boundaries, then we can use that energy to keep us centered on all that we are capable of.
The most important things that we hold each week are also twofold: the heart-to-heart connection with those we are in community with, and the truth and values that make life worth living. Both are wrapped up in our feelings about Su-Jit Lin's new blog story on chefs who are paving the way for equitable pay practices in restaurants.
We have more guest writing lined up for the next six weeks. Alma Valdez-Garcia will return to update us on the wildfires the swept through New Mexico this time last year. It's a necessary reminder about the importance of taking time in the aftermath of an emergency to follow up and see the full scope of the impact.
Afterward, we'll share Jasmine Michel's four-part series on the banana, which brings us back to our roots of food culture.
Although our own voices won't be directly in these letters, you will hear them echoing and adding volume to everything that's written here. And you can keep in touch with the current events, critical actions and inspirations on our minds through the tidbits.
There is so much work to be done - and we're always honored to do it alongside you.
With gratitude,
Tay + Dor
photo by Jackie Tran
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