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When reflecting on the meaning of association, particularly when doing so during the month of November, I can’t help but focus on the congregation as a community of saints. As an associate, the BVM circle of friends is a community with which I am able to find support when I’m struggling (I received so many encouraging words when finishing my dissertation!) and a group with whom I can celebrate when I succeed.
More recently, my experience of association has been through a call to accountability, whether by engaging in the hard work of reading about and reflecting on how I’ve benefited from systematic racism or by working to bring about a more equitable and sustainable distribution resources in my civic community. Through my relationships with members of the BVM community, I am reminded that I cannot give up, I cannot become disheartened, and I cannot not act on behalf of justice in the world today.
