Emerge: Become Apparent or Prominent

What a wonderfully vague definition, filled with possibilities! There are so many ideas, realities, and actions that can emerge.

For me, deeper recognition of my identity as a white person has produced room for layer after layer of change. As a child, the world I entered was filled with whiteness: silent, but always there and influencing me to accept the lies of white superiority.

Some family members, many friends, and certainly CWACM have all influenced and created space for emergence from my learned and silent white superiority of “not knowing” to “knowing the reality of my whiteness” to “doing my own work toward ending oppression and building systems of equity and integrity.” And, I have experienced the constant truth that I have more work to do as more ideas and hopes emerge.

I am learning to welcome the discomfort of ever greater awareness of the depth of inhumane behaviors, teachings, and learnings that I long lived without needing to encounter. I embrace the the hope that comes with  understanding reality and then acting alongside others to create and sustain equity.

I watch as new thoughts and systems emerge, challenging what has been. I look to become a willing emerge alongside others who discern realities, then bring wisdom, hope, and inclusively equitable strategies to both CWACM and to the world.