250 Degrees Old, Not Years.

Vicious circle. Come full circle. Go around in circles.

Circle the wagons. Ring true. Circle back. Out of the loop. Merry-go-round. Do the rounds. Inner circle.

Sphere of influence. Yin and yang. Round table. Circle of life. What goes around comes around.

We are obsessed with circles-until we’re asked to be accountable for history.
Time, as we treat it, is not declarative, certainly not as a meaningful observation of nature. Our round blood cells gather oxygen unique to this spherical planet, orbiting a ball of fire.

It’s the ring, the circle, and our shared spherical history that formed the Collar. the Cuff. the Chain.

“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.”

Beneath the soaring prose of the Declaration of Independence, you’ll find this elusive rhythm: Freedom for me-but not for Thee. In 1776, the United States declared its independence from a brutal empire described as tyrannical while simultaneously thrusting this continent and its indigenous, stolen, and complicitous inhabitants into its own vicious cycle of crimes against humanity. 250 Degrees later the United States has made no just repair.

King mused that “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice”. But what of the Immoral Arc? Does it not bend as all arcs do, toward their natural origins, eventually coming 360 Degrees full circle and repeating itself?

King and others must have known that the universe is neutral. Why risk life and limb fighting for justice if the universe was already bending toward it? I believe there is an arc that bends toward justice, but we have to do the bending. Only intentionality and force-of-will can take Black and Brown people out of the immoral spiral destined to bring us back, 360 Degrees, to the Ring, the Collar, the Cuff, and the Chain.

I am proud of the work CARE does and prouder of our supporters and partners who lean in and push with us toward a brighter future for Black and Brown communities, thereby putting this nation on a new and brighter path.

What every you do this Juneteenth and beyond, please actively seek equity.
- CEO, James Evans

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@latimes reported that a celebration of the New York Knicks’ NBA championship ended in tragedy for a Canoga Park woman over the weekend after police officers fatally shot her dog, sparking public outrage.

A video circulating on social media shows a woman sobbing in the hallway of an apartment complex, hugging her dog, who was wearing a k Knicks T-shirt, as six L.A. police officers stood by.

Police said officers responded to a call about a “screaming woman” and were directed to an apartment unit.
“The officers contacted the resident in the apartment unit; while speaking with the resident, a large dog was by her side barking at the officers,” the statement read. “The officers asked her to secure the dog, and the resident closed her door momentarily. She re-opened the door, and the dog exited the apartment.”

We are waiting on more information. ...