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In Solitude and Solidarity
“… for there are times when disobedience heals a very ailing part of the self. It relieves the human spirit’s distress at being forced into narrow boundaries. For the nearly powerless, defying authority is often the only power available.” ―MalidomaLearn More
A Traveler’s Mind
This was my first trip to Africa — we were headed to Ethiopia, with a layover in Cairo. I awoke at about 4 a.m. to the pilot’s announcement that we would be landing soon. From my window, I saw lights and a highway.Learn More
Interview with Tommy-Lee LaGrone
“I never was a believer of anybody just lingering in their bed. What good would it do wanting to sleep all day? As a kid, we could not do it. We had to get up. By dawn we’d be out doing something: cleaning the yard, feeding the animals, or doing something. That habit grew on me. I started my first job in 8th grade and lasted through high school. Working is no mystery or nothing foreign to me...Learn More
Interview with Doris Phillips
Her Story. Our Legacy. On January 19, 2016, Jarrel Phillips (grandson) interviewed Doris Phillips about her life, while she sat comfy in her armchair at home on 2240 Silver Ave. The following interview has been condensed and edited. To our wise elder and a true matriarch. Happy 90th Birthday! 01.19.20Learn More
Allies…
It’s one of my truth post and some of you aren’t going to wanna keep reading this but I encourage you to. Not all of this pertains to you but something within this does. If it isn’t for you you shouldn’t get offended. With love.Learn More
On Freedom
Freedom is the ability to consciously be open minded to all that life can offer at its fullest potential in which despite bias, life’s ups and downs, commonalities, prejudices, and so forth you can shove that to the side so that it doesn’t cloud your thoughts and therefore your choices and decisions.Learn More
Pinch Me
I dreamed that I was dreaming. I thought I had awoke. Then I realized that I had been dreaming that I was dreaming. I was still in my dream. Then I awoke again and a few days have passed yet I can’t help but wonder if I’m still dreaming.Learn More
On Casuality…
Cause and effect are affected by the “who, what, when, where, how, and why” that of which are the true determinants factors holding power to what is, isn’t and will be. This means that choices and decisions, which can be ultimately perceived as binary are left up to the free will of the Third party who is the anamoly and creator of what is isn’t, and will be.Learn More
When Words Aren’t Enough
How do I say what I mean if words mean different things to different people? We give words power. Yet, as a direct result of heterogloss, what may be hoped to be conveyed from one person to the next gets lost in translations as who is listening interprets the words via self reflection and experience in which what was said versus what is heard are not the same.Learn More
Alien in San Francisco
I do love San Francisco because it’s always been home. But it’s becoming more difficult to like a place that doesn’t know how to treat people. The people. My people. Our people. Unfortunately, this isn’t just a SF thing. I can’t help but notice social stratification, gentrification, and limitations placed on black people many places I go, especially in urban and industrial cities… I see it here in Brazil, in Bahia, where I’ve been for the past couple of weeks.Learn More