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Volunteers Make a Difference in Prince William County

In 2022, 3,645 Prince William County volunteers contributed 291,138 hours to support county programs. The value of their time was the equivalent of 149 full-time staff, saving the county $8,719,575.

Volunteers across the county deliver meals for the senior centers and help with chores at the Prince William County Animal Services Center. Volunteers also help at the Prince William County Police Department and work at the Prince William Adult Detention Center, Prince William County Fire & Rescue System, Prince William County Parks, Recreation & Tourism, Prince William Public Libraries, the Office of Criminal Justice Services, the Virginia Cooperative Extension Prince William and more.

Read more: https://www.pwcva.gov/news/volunteers-make-difference-prince-william-county

When Black boys are born
We mothers kiss their faces
Twirl our fingers in their curls
Put them in carriers on our chest
Show them to the world
Our tiny Black princes

And when they start school
As early as 3
We mothers
Place huge back packs on their backs
And we slowly fill them with bricks
Etched with tools
Tattooed with truths
Hoping to save them

Don't talk back
Don't get angry
Say yes ma'am
Say no sir
Don't fight
Even if they hit you first
Especially if they are white
Do your best
Better than best
Be still
Worker hardest
BRICK

they get a little older
And we add more

Keep your hands out of your pockets
Don't look them in the eye
Don't challenge
Don't put your manhood before your life
Just get home safe
Don't walk alone
Don't walk with too many boys
Don't walk towards police
Don't walk away from police
Don't buy candy or ice tea
Don't put your hood up
Don’t Ring a Doorbell
I'll drive you
I'll pick you up
You can't be free
Don't go wandering
Come home to me
BRICK

They get a little older
And we add more

Understand you are a threat
Standing still
Breathing
Your degrees are not a shield
Your job is not a shield
Your salary makes you a target
Your car makes you a target
Your nice house in a nice neighborhood
Makes you a target
Don't put your ego before your safety
Don't talk back
Don't look them in the eye
Get home to your wife
Your son
BRICK

They weigh them down.
This knowing
Of having to carry the load
Of their blackness

the world hasn't changed
The straps just dig deeper into their skin
Their backs ache
But their souls don't break
Our beautiful Black men

When you say to me
All lives matter
I simply ask
Will your son be shot
For ringing the wrong door bell
Ours have





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Absorption.
Adjustment.
Acceptance.

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I’m taking a victory lap today.

I worked out. Took a shower and almost did my .

I spend a lot of time dispensing advice about how to feel effectively. People are sometimes in the throes of something and I will give them full throated advice about managing the moment.

What you say so emphatically when others are hurt should ring true for you too when you struggling in the dark.

Today I finally wrapped my arms around Rule #4.

Sometimes you gotta make the peace you’re looking for. I’m ready for the fight. The one he’d ask me to win.

I went to Target today and I was buying wine. Don't judge; I have downgraded from vodka. All progress should be duly noted.

Anyway I was at the self checkout and you know how you have to have an associate come over when you buy booze? So she came over, asked me my birthday and I told her.

Her response: "1959? Man, did you hold up." My hair was all over my head. My socks didn't match I had on old tennis shoes but she made me feel pretty in the moment.

I've been feeling like torn up tissue paper. I was surprised to feel so happy about such a small thing.

I'm momma's baby girl. The frightened one. The quiet one. They angry one. The socially awkward one.

But I fight. Just like she did. She fought not to stay in places she didn't want to be. She fought to make a workable situation in a house that would not have known peace otherwise.

She fought to keep me from marrying Eric because he had four kids. But as soon as we said "I do," she fought with me too make the whole thing work. Then a week before she died she said "I was wrong. You married the right guy."

Anyway that was a long round about way of saying I really felt like smiling. And I wanted you to see it.

After writing this post I'm in tears again but that's a part of the ride.

Like Henrietta said: Think roller coaster not mountain.

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