Hey, this is Jarek.

We're welcome to part-time for the People.

In this episode, we're joined by David John,

the Executive Director of the National Black Justice Coalition.

As a nation's only civil rights and public policy organization,

that is intentional and unapologetic and advocating for and celebrating the assets of Black LGBTQ

and same-genalliving people.

And it's the news with me, Brittany Cleansam, as usual.

Now, the thing that's been on my mind this week is that

sometimes you just got to step away from the Internet.

That I'm not convinced we are designed to take in so much information, so consistently and so

steadily. And that recently I was on a trip and I just wasn't online in the way that I'm

normally online. And it was just such a different way to go to the world not being

bombarded with the thoughts of other people all the time.

And a part of me thinks that while the Internet can definitely inspire us and social media can

inspire us and make us aware of a host of ideas that we would have never been in proximity to.

One of the ways that we're actually able to access our gift is through a focus and

like a deliberate ability to sit with our own ideas.

And like that's what I've had to remind myself in these past couple of weeks is that I need

space to sit with my own ideas. Let's go.

Hey y'all, it's the news. This is Brittany Packnet, Atmiss Feketty on all social media.

And this is Sam Sinangueh at Sam's Way on Twitter.

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