This week, I was invited to many events in New York for Climate Week, and there is an event in DC on Indian Boarding Schools that I was really hoping to attend, but the travel plans just didn’t come together this time.
While I am incredibly disappointed that I could not go, I got an email on Monday that knocked the air out of me. My kid’s school district received a threat. The school has diligently updated the community, and safety procedures are in place. So far as I know, they are still investigating who made the threat. I can’t fathom the reaction I would have had getting this email while on the other side of the country. Yesterday, the school excused all absences, and I kept my boy home. Then my husband proceeded to deal with me going in and out of a panic attack for the rest of the day.
This is just one of many threats that have been made to schools across the country. So many kids and parents are living with extreme anxiety because it feels like nowhere is safe.
I am currently channeling my anxiety into more work.
I am focusing my work on repatriation and will be working on funding to pay for many trips back to Alaska as quickly as possible. My father is in his pass-the-torch era, and I need to go be there in person. I have also been getting invites to other gatherings in Alaska that would be good for me to attend. My dad has been calling me every day with new and good updates for his repatriation work, and my gut tells me I need to go be next to him, taking notes.
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