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Behind the Scenes With "Q" - The Rise of One of #MedTwitter's Most Lovable Influencers A young woman draws on unique life experiences to foster dialogue on critical issues in healthcare. Unknown to the community before 2021, "Q" went from 100 to 8,500 followers in only 8 mon

The May 25th George Floyd 1-year remembrance in images, video, and sound. An e-postcard from Minnesota. Not the same as being there and feeling the gravity of the scene, but at least you'll get a taste of the day.
Production credit:
Kirk Klocke
Bekah Johnson ( bekahjohnsonmedia [dot] [com] )

George Floyd Celebration of Life: 1 Year Later On May 25, 2021, the one-year anniversary of the late George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police, revelers gathered for a day of remembrance that…

I wanted to write about joy today
April 20th, 2021

I really wanted to write about joy today.
I wanted to write about a joy that I am craving, needing, seeking
and feeling deeply unable to find.

I wanted to ask all of you how you’re getting it:
what’s your dose, your frequency, your medicine-of-choice.

I wanted to crowdsource joy and spread it around
like a sweet jam, sticky and sweet, a treat for all to share.

But I realized
the reason I wanted to ask wasn’t quite right.

The reason I wanted to ask was to mask up
and hide all this discomfort & palpable pain.

I wanted to side shuffle away from the gnarly, difficult feelings
and skip right into the joy-creating,
as if it were a mask made of colorful clay that I could shape up
with the pinching of my fingers and place on our faces.

So, even though
I wanted to write about joy for all of us,
I need and want to respect the pain.

To feel this alongside the rest of Minneapolis,
the rest of this country
as we shift toward inevitable change:

the emulsifying caterpillar before the butterfly;
the pressure of the stone before the diamond;
the collective rawness before the nourishment.