If Black people aren’t marching, then what? Part Two: Lisa Woolfork

If Black people aren’t marching, then what? Part Two: Lisa Woolfork

From Homegoings by Vermont Public

February 25, 2026 · 26 min

About this episode

This episode features a conversation with Lisa Woolfork about the reasons some Black people may not be participating in protests and what they are doing instead.

We’ve been paying close attention to national and local coverage of recent protests, marches, and rallies — and frankly, some folks seem to be missing from those spaces. Black folks. So here on the show, we launched a mini-series to ask a direct question: If some Black people aren’t out in the streets, what are we doing instead? This is Part Two. It features a conversation with Lisa Woolfork — a sixth-generation sewist and host of the quilting podcast Stitch Please . Lisa unpacks the layered reasons she believes Black patience and Black forgiveness should never be treated as a renewable American resource. Maybe right now, marching isn’t the move. Maybe, in this moment, we’re quilting instead. Homegoings is a production of Vermont Public. Follow the show here . This episode was hosted and reported by executive producer, Myra Flynn and mixed by Burgess Brown. Our video director is Mike Dunn and Emmanuel Dzotsi is our editor. Myra composed the theme music with other music by Blue Dot Sessions. Kyle Ambusk is the graphic artist behind this episode’s Homegoings portrait . Thank you for listening. You can see this episode on our YouTube channel . To continue to be part of the…

People in this episode

Host: Myra Flynn

Guest: Lisa Woolfork

Topics covered

  • protests
  • Black community
  • quilting
  • social movements
  • forgiveness
  • patience

Keywords

  • Black people
  • marching
  • quilting
  • Lisa Woolfork
  • protests
  • forgiveness
  • social justice

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vermont Public, Stitch Please, Blue Dot Sessions

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