we all know how to make a noose yeah they teach us when we are young when we are laughing then we are in stitches our cheekbones crack open concrete […]
Tag: blacklivesmatter
post nationalist on holiday
I don’t believe in Or celebrate Your borders But I love fireworks (as an act of magic I suspend my memory of violence) I love your black ribs I love […]
when are we / #whoisburningblackchurches
If 7 white churches had burned down in 14 days, after 9 white people were killed by a person of any other race in a house of worship, can you […]
BALLE 2015 Closing Plenary Speech
Here are the notes from my talk today at the BALLE 2015 Conference! Enjoy. Thank you first and foremost for your work to bend the future towards justice, love, cooperation […]
afrofuturism and #blackspring (new school, #afroturismtns)
welcome to #blackspring! today as we speak there are actions happening across the country, and here in new york, a massive round of future claiming. we tend to think and […]
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guest blog: cheeraz gormon
while i was in st. louis i met such exquisite humans. one of them is an incredible artist-organizer-healer named cheeraz gormon. she is tenacious and brilliant. a few days after […]
report back: loving on st louis
“we need this. we have needed this.” that is what we heard over and over from the people who showed up to saint john’s church on grand avenue in st. […]
#blacklivesmatter freedom song
a couple of months ago i was on a piece of special and haunted land in north carolina with BOLD. i was facilitating our national gathering, where we had a […]
sugar is a white noise
as soon as i slow down i can see it’s not about the sugar, it’s about the pain. it’s not just eating more greens, cutting out this or that from […]
a perfect action
it’s a beautiful day to be black. woke up this morning to a brilliant new d’angelo album dedicated to ferguson and occupy, resistance. it’s full of love songs and funky […]