To My Community...

<p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">A mere 2 weeks ago it would have been hard to conceive of a world that was about to heat up considerably beyond the tension and emotion already experienced in 2020.</span></p> <p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">Then came the murder of George Floyd.</span></p> <p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">Since then, I, living in Los Angeles, have watched the United States – and beyond – reach a boiling point on race issues.</span></p> <p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">It’s a dark time, and yet it also feels like a time where real change could be possible. I find myself asking of what service I can possibly be.</span></p> <p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">Another weekend rolls around, my weekly video spot awaits my thoughts, and I have no clever words chambered. It doesn’t feel like the week for a love life video.</span></p> <p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">And yet it does feel like a week where I want to be with you, my community, more than ever. I ask politely that you not confuse that with my having any answers. All I have is me, letting the Black members of my community know what I have always felt – that I consider you my sisters and brothers, and that I, Matthew Hussey, stand with you, always.</span></p> <p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">The fact that Black lives “mattering” is even an idea that needs support in the year 2020 is an astonishing prospect. But to all the Black members of this community, let the bloody obvious be stated here and now: My team and I love you, and you matter to us.</span></p> <p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">To brighter days. For anyone interested I have included a list below of organizations I have chosen to support with donations this week.</span></p> <p><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">**In addition, when we first posted the new