Field Guide To Awesome

FG2A 34: Dr. Melissa MacDonald: Allies For Racial Justice Summit 2020 - Having Difficult Conversations With Ourselves & What To Do Next

Episode Summary

This episode is an excerpt of the Allies For Racial Justice Summit 2020 interview I did with Dr, Melissa Macdonald. Melissa MacDonald (Dr. Mac) is a Chiropractor in the Twin cities. She specializes in sport and cares for athletes at all levels and works to ensure everyone who wants to play can. She is the Host of the MAC Performance Podcast which is a health and wellness show to help you be a more adultier adult.

Episode Notes

Welcome to an excerpt from my Allies For Racial Justice Summit 2020 interview with Dr. Melissa MacDonald. Dr. Melissa MacDonald (Dr. Mac) is a Chiropractor in the Twin cities. She specializes in sport and cares for athletes at all levels and works to ensure everyone who wants to play can. She is the Host of the MAC Performance Podcast which is a health and wellness show to help you be a more adultier adult.

• Growing up white, and how she realized her privilege
• Learning that she had the power to use her privilege to make a difference in regards to race
• Having difficult conversations with ourselves - asking why we are uncomfortable.
• we need to be comfortable with the uncomfortable - to ask ourselves to lean in, listen and sit with that discomfort.
• Being wrong is uncomfortable - reflecting on how to be proactive instead of reactive in how we react to being wrong.
• When you learn better you can do better
• How you can be part of social change
• Amplify.black - patronize local black-owned small businesses

Here's how to learn more about Dr. Melissa MacDonald, and some of the resources she mentioned during our conversation:

• https://linktr.ee/macp_clinic
• https://amplify.black/

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To hear Melissa's full interview, and to check out all of the Allies For Racial Justice Summit 2020 interviews, register at: 

• https://bit.ly/AlliesForRacialJusticeSummit-REGISTER-HERE

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