Makes the ppl come together- calming music. In an effort to find new music I am listing the first three songs that came up on my facebook news feed. This exercise has highlighted that not very many of my facebook friends post music. So you thank you to those of you who do. So, let it rain. The Wickedest Time When the Rain Start Fall- Repost.

Estelle honors Martin Luther King, Jr. Estelle released a special tribute video today to Martin Luther King, Jr. Black Lens series debuts at 2014 Milwaukee Film Fest.

As Audre Lorde says the wind is our teacher. I walk through the world as a Black Feminist priestess, breathing and bringing inspiration, as crucial to my chosen communities as the one-room school teacher, supported by a diverse and loving community of learers and collaborators in transformation. Everything I write is a love poem to you. Is a by every means necessary practice! Brilliance.

Politics, media, culture and life from a queer boricua in brooklyn. At July 5, 2012. Apparently the Allied Media Conference. Always makes me want to get my blog on. Last year I thought it was gonna kickstart my blogging for sure, but then Life happened and I drifted away again. If you want to find me from now on, check me out at jackalop. If anyone still gets this feed in their RSS reader or checks this out every now and again, I hope you check my new blog out! At June 24, 2011.

Wednesday, July 22, 2015. Saturday August 1, 2015 4pm-7pm. Full Frame Theater, Durham, NC. We are proud to present the world premiere of When We Free a meditation on faith and liberation written and directed by. Sunday, December 07, 2014. In preparation for the para.

I watch myself disappear in their eyes their tesses. wanna say I am somebody. I wanna say it on subway,TV,movie,LOUD. Wednesday, March 03, 2010. On Feb 23rd and 24th Alexis Pauline Gumbs came in to create poetry with the brilliant young women of New Horizons. The light of my world,. It brightens my day,. Oh how I am so.

Because Sylvia Wynter says poetry is us, making an active relationship with the world and each other. Look here for writing exercises that recreate you as a maker of brilliance, healing and instant ongoing community. Monday, September 02, 2013. Our next public art performance will happen on the streets of Crown Heights in Brooklyn, NY. The performance of RED TIDE RISING is the second theatre piece in our current campaign. The performance will be on September 27 at 6 pm. It is free! Nina Simone was born E.

Saturday, September 4, 2010. Ushering In A New Season. Every kid loves summer vacation but growing up I was also excited about returning to school. School meant being with friends and supported by adults who cared about me. Tuesday, August 31, 2010. Monday, August 30, 2010.

Eternal Summer of the Black Feminist Mind. Divine Memory and the Laurie Carlos Oracle. Adriana Foreman made this beautiful video of one piece of that work, a circle called Divine Memory and the Laurie Carlos Oracle. Joseph McKenzie, Cynthia Brown.