The Blog of Alicia T. Crosby — Alicia T. Crosby

My 2022 in Review

MusingsAlicia CrosbyDecember 31, 2022

It’s OK To Not Be OK

It's ok to not be ok.

PoetryAlicia CrosbyAugust 16, 2021empathy, oppression, gaining perspective, emotions

Leaders, Insecurities, & Their Impact on Community

No one likes to be wrong but not being willing to admit you've messed up signals to me that either you're insecure or don't trust your community.

Both are problems.

A Non-Asian Solidarity PSA

Justice & ActivismAlicia CrosbyMarch 17, 2021race, racism, solidarity, empathy, gaining perspective

A One Sentence Review of Coming 2 America

Justice & Activism, MusingsAlicia CrosbyMarch 17, 2021entertainment, review, real talk, justice

On My Recent Posts on Christian Religious Violence and Trauma

There are things we love or hate about Christianity that still feel to dangerous to explore or even think about because we've not been given tools to do grief navigation or be honest due to our pain.

I feel this is where my work comes in….

But What Is Church Planting, If Not Spiritual Gentrification Persevering?

Church planting - much like its residential counterpart - is a form of gentrification that reshapes a community that already had culture, texture, beauty, ideologies, priorities, values, and theologies based on a vision that is usually not cast by someone from that hood.

Fighting to be Disabled

Naming that I have a disability helps me connect to others who have an embodied understanding of my reality and our shared experiences can help us forge community as we share our stories.

Saying that I am a disabled person means that I can both get and be help in times of need.

Musings, Justice & ActivismAlicia CrosbyJanuary 30, 2021real talk, gaining perspective

To Our Beloved King Chadwick Boseman - May You Rest Well

I've often said we can all do something good in the world with what we have and Chadwick used his skill as an actor and charisma as a person to make things that gave and will give generations of us something to press toward and believe in.

Suffering Is Not A Blessing

Whether it's happening to us, is happening to others, or it happened in the past, we need to scream from the rooftops that someone's #SufferingIsNotABlessing.