Dear Skowhegan,

It has been difficult to negotiate writing an institutional statement about the events of the past weeks. Who writes it? Skowhegan as a disembodied voice? Me, Sarah Workneh, as a Co-Director, as a person who is black? I am not talking about race in America in abstraction, I am talking about my own body and the bodies of my family and my loved ones. My initial impulse was to create a way for us—the individuals who make up a Skowhegan—to sign a statement. But, who am I speaking to and who am I speaking for? Our  community, our values, and our experiences with racism are not monolithic, nor are our solidarities.