09/02/2026
Thread Spun lore 🧶 let me spin you a yarn, tell you a tale, about a small social enterprise business that I am pretty sure will feature largely in the story of my life. At least I hope so!
Back in 2010-2015 I was working for a nonprofit that had a federal grant to resettle refugees from around the world. I “provided” social services and case management. I attended a Catholic university to pursue an advanced degree in Peace and Justice. I studied the role of the church in actively thwarting both of those things throughout time. I met people from Iran, Iraq, Burma, Syria, and Eritrea - and each person’s history revealed untruths to what I had been told growing up. And what really happened in this time, is that I learned of my own white saviorism and fragility, my role as a tool of empire, and of the neocolonial destruction that my government was causing around the world. It was a humbling life lesson in how the world really works, a deep dive into its inequities and contradictions, hearing first hand accounts from people who had seen much more than I, had been propagandized much less. I had gone to university in Canada, and our country’s shine had certainly worn off, but I still thought I understood. Anyway, I left that job to pursue this one, and since then, I’ve been doing things differently. I would love it if you’d come do things differently, too. 🫂 Stay tuned for part 2, as they say.
