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Tuesday, February 18, 2020

February 18, 2020: "It’s Good to be Alive (and Undead) Right About Now!"







As always, YOUR BLACK META is bringing MAXIMUM AWESOME! Music, Mindful, and Meta; local news and upcoming events; opportunities for engaging with and supporting local communities!


Art by Will Lyle, of Thorneater.


This week, YOUR META
's guest is local author of the urban fantasy series, ETERNAL LOVE, Karimah Colden! We also welcome the social media maven of Kingston High's Human Rights Club--line-cook and professional sass-mouth, Fredi!



Between the vampires, werewolves, and monkey-fish, today's episode is PURE PANDEMONIUM and easily one of our most fun!





--Your Black Meta!

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Support Our Community AND BE INFORMED





Community organizations to connect, to listen, and to be heard:





  • https://citizenactionny.org/about
  • https://citizenactionny.org/events/venues/7-grand-st-kingston-ny-12401-usa





  • https://kingstontenantsunion.org/
  • https://kingstontenantsunion.org/events/
  • https://kingstontenantsunion.org/news/





  • https://riseupkingston.org/
  • https://riseupkingston.org/blog





HASTAGS WORTH HASHING-OUT



  • #FreeNewYork
  • #DemandJustice







Upcoming Local Events & Demonstrations









Your Meta will keep you updated regarding local events and demonstrations as we 
hear about them!












THE INTERVIEW:



Karimah Colden

Author of

THE ETERNAL LOVE SERIES
From left to right: beetle, FreedomWalker, Karimah Colden, and Freda. Photo by Nate Brogan.






ABOUT THE ETERNAL LOVE SERIES





EternalSoul


From Book 1: Reign Elise La’ Roche is savvy in business, evasive in love, and private and protective when it comes to her personal life. Born in the flavorful city of New Orleans, she is also the descendant of powerful hoodoo magick, age-old African mysticism and dark family secrets.  This Creole beauty is content living a charmed existence; that is, until a strategic retaliation against her father changes her life forever. Reign is suddenly tossed into a whirlwind of betrayal, magick and the awakening of a whole new world where nothing appears to be in her control.  To protect and preserve her lineage, Reign soon learns that she must embrace the one thing she’d fought years denying…a bloodline of ancient power. And with time, Reign evolves from a successful artist and gallery owner, to a woman of unlimited means and potential with one climactic goal: vengeance. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MRGYJ8U/ref=rdr_kindle_ext_tmb



PRODUCT DETAILS
  • File Size: 714 KB
  • Print Length: 300 pages
  • Publisher: Karimah Colden (November 16, 2016)
  • Publication Date: November 16, 2016
  • Sold by: Amazon.com Services LLC
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B01MRGYJ8U







EternalLove



Love: the definitive response to life that has the potential to leave us fulfilled, longing, or vulnerable. For Reign La’Roche, the only thing she’s felt for months has been loss and heartache, combined with a few fleeting moments of contentment. But as she continues on her trail of discovery and revelation, reverting to her former self can no longer be an option. Still unsure of the woman fate deemed she was destined to become, Reign collides headfirst with a conflict of interest that leaves her, once more, questioning everything.
While continuing to wrestle with her feelings for the handsome and enticing Krystian King, unexpected tragedy ensues yet again. When Detective Dominic Amoureux of the New Orleans Police Department is forced into her already complicated life, Reign is anything but prepared. The detective is a striking man, and his inexplicable lure eventually has her contemplating sharing innermost secrets. But, when she finds out that the handsome detective is harboring skeletons of his own, Reign must decide on the only thing left in her complete control. Will she be driven into Dominic’s waiting arms and an illicit passion, or return to a star-crossed love with Krystian that she thought had been forever lost. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072FL3RXJ/ref=rdr_kindle_ext_tmb



PRODUCT DETAILS


  • File Size: 564 KB
  • Print Length: 273 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0998334510
  • Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
  • Publication Date: May 18, 2017
  • Sold by: Amazon.com Services LLC
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B072FL3RXJ










FreedomWalker's Sources, Citations, Credits, and Links





COFFEE & GREEN TEA COMBO




  • No credits for this segment


THE SPRUCE



  • Thespruce.com
  • Theotherhudsonvalley.com
  • Huffpost.com "30 grain free recipes that are delightfully delicious" 




K-TOWN NEWS



  • Black History Month Itinerary





FREEDOMWALKER'S MUSIC NOTES




  • Tracy Chapman - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Chapman



During college, Chapman began busking in Harvard Square and playing guitar in Club Passim, the Nameless Coffeehouse, and other coffeehouses in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She made her major-stage debut as an opening act for women's music pioneer Linda Tillery at Boston's Strand Theater on May 3, 1985.














beetle's Sources, Citations, Credits, and Links









Sources for Black X-Files: "Her Name Was 'Elizabeth Freeman'"




Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites




  1. "Rebels of Black History: The Women Who Freed a Thousand Slaves." Michael Harriott, Theroot.com. February 10, 2020. https://www.theroot.com/rebel-week-the-women-who-freed-a-thousand-slaves-1841580702
  2. "Timeline of Events Relating to the End of Slavery." Matthew Johnson, Masshist.org. 2010, retrieved February 16, 2020. www.masshist.org/teaching-history/loc-slavery/essay.php?entry_id=504
  3. Alexander, Kerri Lee.  "Elizabeth Freeman."  National Women's History Museum.  2019.  www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/elizabeth-freeman.
  4. "1781: Mum Bett Challenges Slavery." Longroadtojustice.org, retrieved February 16, 2020. www.longroadtojustice.org/topics/slavery/mum-bett.php
  5. "Mum Bett Biography." Editors, Biography.com. Last Updated May 14, 2019. https://www.biography.com/activist/mum-bett
  6. "August 22, 1781: Jury Decides in Favor of Elizabeth "Mum Bett" Freeman." MassHumanities, Massmoments.org. Retrieved February 16, 2020. https://www.massmoments.org/moment-details/jury-decides-in-favor-of-elizabeth-mum-bett-freeman.html
  7. "Africans in America: Elizabeth Freeman (Mum Bett)." Pbs.org, retrieved ebruary 16, 2020. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2p39.html












Music Playlists





First Hour Music and Playlists:




  1. Bob Marley: "Bad Card"
  2. Andy Grammer: "Good to Be Alive"
  3. India.Arie: "This Too Shall Pass"





Second Hour Music and Playlists:



  1. Tracy Chapman: "Why"





LYRICS




  • Geniuslyrics.com













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