February 2012
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“…If Mother Tongue Monologues is the vehicle through which Black girls and...”
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Release Russel Maroon Shoatz from solitary! →
Supporters of Russell Maroon Shoats have launched a campaign to have him released from the torturous solitary confinement that he has been held in for more than twenty years. A letter-writing and petition campaign has been launched and supported by the nation’s leading human rights legal organizations, the Center for Constitutional Rights and the National Lawyers Guild, along with the Human...
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Ingredients of Love →
beymagnifique:
Mother bell hooks gives us so much wisdom. I love her perspective on love.
guerrillamamamedicine:
juniper glass How would you define love?
bell hooks Love is a combination of six ingredients: care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust. I found that a lot of people just felt really confused about what love is, so I said, here, take these six ingredients...
Lumumba Akinwole-Bandele: You are NOT the Father →
lumumbabandele:
Lumumba Akinwole-Bandele
Thirteen years ago my oldest child, Naima Bandele arrived and changed my life. My world was now focused on parenthood. From that moment, everything I thought, planned and did was centered around my daughter. How will my work, activities and politics impact her? …
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Black Love Day Celebrated - Feb13th →
Date:
Sat, 1993-02-13
*This date from 1993 celebrates Black Love Day (BLD) in America. BLD is the 3rd nationally, commemorated African American holiday wholyday.
It is an observance of atonement, reconciliation, celebration and 24 hour demonstration of Black love, showing 5 Tenets (specific acts). They are love towards the Creator, for Self, for the Family, within the Black Community and...
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Who Can Be Born Black?
Who can be born black and not sing the wonder of it the joy the challenge
And/to come together in a coming togetherness vibrating with the fires of pure knowing reeling with power ringing with the sound above sound above sound to explode/in the majesty of our oneness our comingtogether in a comingtogetherness
Who can be born black and not exult!
by Mari...
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Anti-Police Terror Workshop Registration &...
Are You Prepared to Protect Yourself, Family, & Loved Ones?
MANDATORY REGISTRATION & ORIENTATION SESSION FOR THE NEXT (10) WEEK N.Y.C. ANTI-PIG TERROR & COMMUNITY CONTROL OF THE NYPD WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD ON…..
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2012 7pm-9pm SHARP!
(You must rsvp and attend the above scheduled orientation session to participate)
THE ASSATA SHAKUR-GUILLERMO...
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“I am a mirror
I reflect the grace
Of my mother
The tenacity
...”
– Poem: I am a Mirror
by Nikki Giovanni
sexstrologyy: Sex Therapy -Robin Thicke
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REBLOG:... i saw Pariah. →
heysoapie:
tionam:
Reblogging this from when i had the chance to see Pariah at the New Director/New Films fest at the Lincoln Center earlier this year in March. please support this film if it happens to be playing in your city or a city near you!!!
TAKE ACTION!
Here’s what YOU can do:
1) BUY movie tickets opening week! Bring your friends & family to watch PARIAH or buy tickets for...
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bell hooks: Understanding Patriarchy →
(from 1st chapter of “The Will to Change: Men Masculinity and Love”)
neetainari:
A more reader- and printer-friendly version of the bell hooks text, in twelve A4 pages. I hope this isn’t infringing anyone’s copyright or shit; if it is, let me know and I’ll take it down. Text copied from this file distributed by NO BORDERS.
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“It is our duty to fight for our freedom.
It is our duty to win.
We must love...”
– Assata Shakur
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January 2012
52 posts
“Rebellion is a stage in the development of revolution but it is not a...”
– -Grace Lee Boggs (1993)
“In this country, Black women traditionally have had compassion for everybody...”
– Audre Lorde (via jonubian)
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Mumia Has Been Transferred to General Prison... →
10 Ways to Love Others →
amakacamille:
caitsmeissner:
thelittlesea:
Some guidelines for loving:
1. Tell them about their brilliance. They likely can’t see it and they don’t know its immensity, but you can see it, and you can illuminate it for them.
2. Be authentic, and give others the gift of the real you and a real relationship. Ask your real questions. Share your real beliefs. Go for your real dreams. Tell your...
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“As a woman, I feel the answers for our inner balance come to us from our...”
– Rosemary Gladstar
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Dug up this poem I wrote in 2007…
Song
In my heart there lies a song A sad song A painful one It has no sweet melody It has no soothing words It is a song that is mine
His hands struck my body No remorse No remorse His hands drew blood He walked away He walked away Not even turning to look Had nothing to say
In my heart there lies a song A raging song An intense one It has no happy...
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The Sex-Positive Black Woman →
Can the sexual liberation of black women free us all?
Arielle Loren’s first piece on Ebony.com as one of it’s newest contributors.
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occasionally pensive: On black women and booty →
strugglingtobeheard:
I know I’m not the only black woman who has felt bad for not having a big, juicy booty. For not fitting the stereotype of the black ass. Or on the flip side, the woman who has the booty and is tired of being nothing but that one feature. Isn’t it just so messed up how we…
“A white college student from a private college goes into a poor neighborhood and...”
– Dr. Patricia Hill Collins quoting Public Allies CEO Paul Schmitz in her talk Answering the Call to Community Service. (via sexartandpolitics)
A microcosm of one of the fundamental issues with the non-profit industrial complex.
(via myflagisblackandred)
Ah, activist tourism… Whether it’s in the...
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“…When the paths the masses are following lead us to destruction—when our...”
– quote I felt compelled to share from this book I’m reading: “Sistah Vegan: Black Female Vegans Speak on Food, Identity, Health, and Society” by A. Breeze Harper
“This was love: a string of coincidences that gathered significance and became...”
– Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun (via aafat-e-jaan)
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Community Racial Justice Fellowship
End Racial/Religious Profiling Campaign - Community Racial Justice Fellows
(FEB-AUG 2012) PRIORITY DEADLINE: JANUARY 25TH, 2012
DRUM - Desis Rising Up & Moving, is a twelve-year old organization that is nationally recognized as one of the premier South Asian mass organizing institutions nationally in the fields of post 9/11 national security, immigrant...
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Healing and Wellness Day (NYC)
Sunkofa Gifts and Books 1789 Southern Blvd (@ Boston Road & 174th Street) Bronx, NY 10460
Presents
The 2012 Open Your Year! Healing and Wellness Day Saturday January 21, 2012 11am to 7pm **FREE ADMISSION** Empower yourself to make 2012 your best year! Presentations Include: Gifts of the Earth: Herbal Medicine Healing Basics: Sister Zakiyyah * Eating and Caring for Your Blood Type:...
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Morning reflections: Thankful for the beautiful minds and souls found in the various spaces that I float in, chill in, build in, live in, love in, grow in, learn in, resist in, cry in, laugh in, reflect in, be vulnerable in…just be me in. Necessary pieces to the puzzle that help to keep me going. Happy Wednesday!