I’ve always wondered what I’d do if I was caught in a disaster. The end of the world… It’s here. And now I know, That my plan is to love harder than I have ever done before. I will not waste a second. I refuse to be afraid. I will make sure that I spend […]
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regarding rabbit holes
After awhile – you realize that the rabbit hole is real – thats whats in the hole is actually your life and after feeling stark terror – you either lose your mind , rejoin the herd, or become an activist. My prayer for you, is the latter . lsm2016
Killing Cuts
Sometimes beign a woman means being one who faces a heartstopping series of attacks on a daily basis. From the direct threat of physical harm from men – harresement of the street – to being lied to by men who claim to love you – to being stalked by trolls on facebook, its relentless, exhausting, […]
To the officers who turned their backs
Dear New York Police officers , who turned their backs on their mayor, , here is what might be a very difficult thought, so bear with me. It is not shared with hatred. I do not hate you, It is share with love. The life of a police office is not more valuable than the […]
and the mothers cried
Saw Fruitvale Station tonight. It was my 2nd time doing so. Afterwards there was a q and a with organizers from todays brilliant BART action, one of the producers of the film and civil right attorny John Burres. It was a powerful and anger producing event. I am thinking of my sons, my beautiful sons. […]
Ferguson 11.24.14
Everything in me hurts… Why? I dont know.. Did I expect better that this? Not really. Hoped..Prayed…But at the end of the day, I have been a Black person in the USA for quite some time now. And I have seen too much and seen and experienced too much to think that something else would […]
Once a New Yorker… 9/11/14
Remembering the times spent in these buildings. Working and friendships; life and loves. Remembering how it felt to be a young black girl from the “boroughs” who got to work there – how proud I was…then. How grown up I felt. Working in the heartbeat of the word’s financial body.. I now know how toxic […]
Happy Birthday Occupy Wall Street!
Two years ago – a movement began, that changed my life forever in more way than I can count. Happy Birthday Occupy Wall Street! Thank you for shaking this country up and revealing that we are indeed struggling to live in a police state, that what we thought were constitutional protections are in fact, non-existent […]
Keepin’ My Mind, Stayed on Freedom
Fifty years ago, over 250 thousand people gathered to address their government – they were not tear gassed, herded, nor kettled. They were not declared an illegal assembly , although they had no permit to gather – they knew their right to gather was all they required . They gathered, spoke , prayed and sang […]