Buzz or Bloom:
Field Notes from
an Impact Pollinator
Where ideas and people cross-pollinate across sectors, cultures, and lived experience. Systems thinking meets impactful, human-centered storytelling—from The Pollinator Group.
Power Has Trust Issues: Who Invited the National Guard to the Cookout?
We're seeing this dangerous double standard play out in threats to deploy the National Guard to Chicago and Baltimore, tactics already used in Los Angeles and D.C. He says the target is 'crime,' but the bullseye is Blackness. This administration isn't interested in safety—it's interested in control.
Why This Land Acknowledgment Is Not Enough
I fished for crawfish with a stick and bacon on stolen Tualatin Kalapuya land. I played soccer on fields repackaged for my benefit while Indigenous peoples were forced onto reservations. This land acknowledgment doesn't let me off the hook—it implicates me.

