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An Injustice!

Senate Democrats: Be Antiracists and Pass Citizenship for Immigrants

Since the summer of 2020, following the devastating murders of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Ahmaud Arbery, countless numbers of people…

3 min readDec 20, 2021

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Senate Democrats: Be Antiracists and Pass Citizenship for Immigrants

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Melissa Stek

When a Paint-By-Number Becomes Your Survival

In times of great duress in my life, making art has been the key to my survival. When things were challenging at home as a kid, I’d hole up…

3 min readOct 10, 2021

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When a Paint-By-Number Becomes Your Survival

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An Injustice!

While You Were Sleeping, the Senate Made a Historic Move on Immigration

My email inbox is strangely quiet this morning, other than one email that arrived in the earliest hours of the morning from colleagues in…

3 min readAug 12, 2021

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Melissa Stek

No More Misogyny Math, It’s Time to Throw Some Punches

I did a lot of misogyny math today, forgetting that it’s not my responsibility to not be sexually harassed.

4 min readAug 1, 2021

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Melissa Stek
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An Injustice!

If the Government Can Pull a Vaccine, It Can Pull Police Brutality

There are grassroots efforts in local communities across the country advocating for alternatives to policing

3 min readApr 14, 2021

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On Healing and Heliotropism

I pulled my kitchen chair over to the window this morning to inch closer to the rising sun, the early chatter of the birds, the soft yet…

2 min readApr 12, 2021

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On Healing and Heliotropism

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Melissa Stek

Why Our Trauma Waits for Safety

I remember learning early in my social work career that trauma can’t be fully processed and integrated into the interconnected web of our…

4 min readMar 18, 2021

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Why Our Trauma Waits for Safety

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Melissa Stek

The World Needs My Big Emotions

As a woman growing up in a culture that told me that my interpretations of reality and my big emotions were not to be trusted, I’ve always…

6 min readDec 31, 2020

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The World Needs My Big Emotions

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Melissa Stek

The Little I Have is the Little I Can Give

Pastor Samuel sighs with a weariness in his voice, messaging me from his home in Ciudad Juarez after a long day out in his truck bringing…

3 min readDec 11, 2020

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The Little I Have is the Little I Can Give

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Invisible Illness

Honoring Our Beautiful and Excruciating Humanness

I have so many feelings these days.

3 min readOct 25, 2020

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Honoring Our Beautiful and Excruciating Humanness

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Melissa Stek

Melissa Stek

If I don’t write, I can’t call myself a writer. I care about racial and gender justice, mental health, and faith. Stick around for what I have to say about it.

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