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MILCK Is Combating Racial Injustice Through Music: Our Country Needs to Evolve and Heal
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MILCK (née Connie Lim) doesn t like to be called an activist; instead, she prefers the term social change artist because she likes to create art to help fuel the actions of activists. In honor of W.K. Kellogg Foundation s National Day of Racial Healing (Jan. 19), I chatted with the 34-year-old musician about what the day means to her and how she s bringing about healing in both her music and personal life.
Like many of us, the pandemic has forced MILCK to recalibrate and be open to surrendering to things she can t control. It s been an up-and-down roller coaster as a lot of people are dealing with mental health highs and lows, she told me. I ve really been turning into my creativity. I m showing up every day to the studio, and I don t know what is going to happen. Sometimes I write a pretty cool song. Sometimes I don t, but I just show up to create some type of consistency in