Lisa Gates

UPDATE on town hall chaos: Woman who was dragged out speaks, police chief condemns security, name of security firm confirmed A legislative town hall organized by the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee devolved into chaos Saturday when unidentified, plainclothes security personnel dragged a Post Falls woman from th...

For those following the story of unidentified men violently dragging a protester from a local Idaho GOP meeting, it turns out they were from a private security firm called LEAR Asset Management. But neither the sheriff (who watched it all go down) or the GOP will take responsibility for hiring them.

I’m struggling with the news and how to be a person in the world with all that is happening. Such a barrage of horrible things, all against my most deeply held beliefs.

All I can do is post what I’m reading and re-reading:
Maus (Speigleman)
March (Lewis)
Becoming Unbecoming (Una)

For starters.

#BHM and the artists are still giving you top tier creativity, tell your friends

go.bsky.app/14Zwkta

Working with Michelle Laurie to do this one in Winnipeg this time!

Never have another boring meeting! Learn the 'art' of facilitating with visuals. This year in Winnipeg - a central location for all. Learn more and thanks for helping to spread the word michellelaurie.com/graphic-faci...

Good morning 🌄 everyone! I'll be on @CKNW 📻🎙️ weekend morning show @ 9:45 pst talking about the new recovery beds announcement, plus other recovery services, and whatever else we can fit in. Grab a coffee and tune in if you can and I'll break it all down. #WeDoRecover

Yahguudangang (To Pay Respect): 12,000+ historic Haida belongings are held in 300+ global institutions. They were removed during genocide and colonization c. 1800-1900s. So far, our Nation has repatriated 500+ Ancestors and hundreds of Belongings, and we've made dear friends/allies along the way <3

Working with Michelle Laurie to do this one in Winnipeg this time!

Never have another boring meeting! Learn the 'art' of facilitating with visuals. This year in Winnipeg - a central location for all. Learn more and thanks for helping to spread the word michellelaurie.com/graphic-faci...

I have this, too! It started during COVID when I got a confirmation for vaccination appointment on the other side of Canada. I found her on Fbook and got her to her appointment, but still get emails regarding a court case she’s in, other medical appts, travel confirmations. . . It doesn’t stop.

See you Monday - take care of each other!

Hand-drawn image of Lisa, done in grey and black inks on white paper. Lisa’s head and shoulders are visible. She looks mildly annoyed, and is looking off and up to her right. Thought bubble text reads “hunh?”

Stepping away from the news for the weekend because watching the US and my neighborhood is not great for long-term mental health.

On that note:

Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day.

Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links.

Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo

This is my favorite of Avery’s games. All time fave. She’s utterly brilliant.

On this app a grand total of 6 days and already have blocked my first romance-scammer/bot. When did this become expected? Normal?
I was having such a lovely time and now - blech. For crying out loud, internet!

Downloaded and deleted. Buh-bye X-Twitter.
I thought it would be like taking my toys and going home, but it's more like having quit so long ago I forget that I ever smoked.

Rough, line drawn comic page in black on off-white paper. Images tell set up for a story the at takes place with a Mom and son on a beach.

Deeply enjoying the shift from thumbnails to more finished composition in the multi-step process of story development. Love returning to these drawings to where work ‘came’ from.

The image is a large drawing taped on a wall. The images are in black with yellow accents for low vision viewers. The planning format is Planning Alternative Tomorrows with Hope (PATH). The title reads Community Led Collaboration Project: Families and Providers. There are many small cartoon people and many, many speech bubbles that capture the participants' input.

Community-led collaboration sessions in our region - another modified PATH! Talking with families and service providers about where the gaps are for folks with disabilities. This is part of a MUCH larger project across the province. We are playing a small, regional part. Grateful to do this work!

Purple, Light and dark blue circular berries clumped together in clusters on thin, branching stems.

Part of one of the labels for our homemade Elderberry mead. . .from our own Honey. Incidental Elderberry, 2024!
@procreateapp.bsky.social

Oof- and with joining a new app have forgotten how to proofread. Yikes.

Your presentation was tremendously powerful. Thank you. I have had the opportunity to hear you before, and this was every bit as profound. Thank you for continuing to do this good work - there are so many who need to hear it.

Learning so much at the BCNPH conference, and do my first major presentation! Working with my colleague to connect folks with disabilities with housing.