As a white woman, I will never be able to fully understand the deep and hurtful history that has shaped the inequality faced by black people every day in this country. However, I have a voice that can do good and the privileges of an education and a strong community to allow me to use it.

I decided to use my voice by creating an email series which I’m calling “Week of Why.” Over seven days I sent one email a day highlighting a different organization or fund that supports black lives and communities of color, and discussing important questions that I’ve been asking myself, such as “why is this happening?” “why is this important?” and “why do we need to get involved?” 

I have documented the 7 days of emails that were sent from June 6 - June 13, 2020 here to be referred back to and shared to a larger community.