Leanne AlamanJul 6, 20225 minWater, Playfulness, and Overcoming OppressionSometimes I see my face staring back at me; quizzically scrutinizing each detail and dimple of my brown skin. We could call her my...
Leanne AlamanJul 6, 20226 minHealing Oppression, Honoring Ancestors, and Watching the Leaves ChangeOriginal publication, December 2021, Denver Urban Gardens Winter is coming, and the leaves are painted with their imminent death. A...
Leanne AlamanJul 2, 20225 minManifest Destiny, Gentleness, and Exploring the Final FrontierCan you be a little gentler? I ask myself my family my friends my dentist my country my world. Can you be a little gentler? I am asked by...
Leanne AlamanJul 2, 20223 minGravity: equity lessons from nature and the radioGravity What holds us down? What pulls us (for better or worse) to the rocky bottom of our own depths? It is Gravity that brings us down....
Leanne AlamanOct 19, 20212 minIntroduction and Welcome to The Embodied Equity blog Welcome to a new limited series guest blog originally published in partnership with Denver Urban Gardens! This limited series guest blog...
Leanne AlamanOct 19, 20215 minStrawberries, Oppression, and Getting What I WantIn my garden, there is a strawberry plant. The strawberries appear, quite magically, like little red, sparkling rubies in the sun. When I...
Leanne AlamanOct 19, 20216 minPersimmons, Squirrels, and Noticing my EntitlementOriginal publication, November 2021, Denver Urban Gardens Let me tell you about the time I fought the squirrels for sole ownership of the...
Leanne AlamanJul 6, 20226 minHealing Oppression, Honoring Ancestors, and Watching the Leaves ChangeOriginal publication, December 2021, Denver Urban Gardens Winter is coming, and the leaves are painted with their imminent death. A...