THE INTERVIEW
Sarah Elisabeth, Benjamin Schwartz, Phil Erner, Donna Coane
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A F A R M F O R A L L
CORE MEMBERS |
Sarah Elisabeth, Executive Director has spent her career working with non-profits studying horticulture with Brooklyn Botanic Garden and New York Botanical Garden, farming at Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, Secretary for the NAACP and Treasurer for the Beacon Sloop Club. Sarah is Wise Woman Spiral, an apothecary, a consultant, an edible landscaper and a teacher. She has taught at Beacon Institute, African Roots Library and offered free herbal consultations at NOFA-NY’s Wellness Fair. She will be offering online classes in 2021. She is a copy writer for her business and nonprofit work and has a copy writing business Hornbeam Copywriting (www.hornbeamcopywriting.com). Her blog can be found on her website www.wisewomanspiral.com and she is on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram as Wise Woman Spiral.
Herbal Medicine Farmer and Herb Justice advocate Benjamin Schwartz has been growing gardens and running farms for the last 24 growing seasons. He started with wilderness survival school at 12 and started teaching medicinal plant and tree identification at 17. He spent years interning on different permaculture farms and now teaches classes. He spent the 2000's defending community gardens in the Bronx, New York and now hosts the gardeners at A Farm For All!. He is a founding member of White Pine Community Farm Worker Cooperative. He is also doing solidarity work with a women’s cooperative in Honduras and sets up radio stations for indigenous communities there. He is currently perfecting a microgreens operation that he would like to teach to low income urban residents who don't have access to land beyond their apartments.
Pharmer Phil joined White Pine Community Farm in mid-summer 2015, having spent the previous year farming vegetables in Ulster County and two years beforehand at a small livestock homestead in his native county of Albany, N.Y. Along with music-making, bicycle riding and board-gaming hobbies Phil established a routine including hiking in the hilly woods; foraging for berries, ramps & herbs; and growing healing plants and fungi. Loving to share the bounty and to host, Phil's goals with A Farm For All! include maintaining space for mutual aid and eco-justice organizing while building a land-based health center. Phil is also a candidate for Ulster County Legislature District 6.
Tori joined A Farm For All! in the Spring of 2021 as the Groundskeeper and a live-in member. She is a skilled mediator, facilitator, and community builder who has spent the past 4 years living in intentional community in Troy, NY. In the time before she arrived in Troy she was studying International Politics and Globalization at SUNY Albany, getting to know Scottish Highlanders at the Wyomanock Center, volunteering for Albany Victory Gardens of the Eden's Rose Foundation, completing a year long farming apprenticeship in Central VT, directly supporting Indigenous communities reclaim space at the Standing Rock, and building her understanding of conflict resolution. She has finally returned to land, where she, along with others can heal and continue their creation of a kind and warm community in a fierce pursuit of justice.
BOARD MEMBERS |
Lupo Passero is a Community Herbalist, Flower Essence Practitioner and Founder and Director of Twin Star herbal education & community apothecary. Intimately connected with the plant world from an early age, Lupo Passero has studied botanical medicine from a variety of perspectives. A mother twice blessed, Lupo has a first hand passion for helping the family enjoy healthy and holistic experiences with pregnancy, childbirth, children and teenagers! Her humble beginning with herbs and flower essences as a young mother in the 90's inspired her to learn and go on to teach others. Lupo spent over a decade developing an intimate relationship to the diverse medicinal plants of the Appalachians Mountains of North Carolina, where she lived for many years and studied herbalism at the North Carolina School of Natural Healing. It was in the healing community of Asheville where Lupo began her career as an herbalist, offering classes and workshops on traditional herbalism and flower essences at various institutions (including The Appalachian School of Holistic Herbalism, The Blue Ridge School of Herbal Medicine and The One World Healing Institute).
Model citizen and New York City born and raised art curator, Michael Herrara is a powerhouse in the art world and an unstoppable force as a pillar of the community. With a mission to uplift and help others, he was the founder of Help Ourselves, a nonprofit focused on featuring young minority talent and giving them the opportunity to have a creative voice. Having worked with some of the leading, most talented and emerging artists in New York City, his knowledge of art is expansive and continues to grow, and he is known to curate and throw the best and most buzzed about art shows on the Lower East Side and Soho. As the recipient of the Public Art Award, he voiced a mission to make NYC green, implementing a plethora of gardens throughout the city as a kind of sanctuary and zen retreat from the hustle of the city. Additionally, he has been a media activist for the Abolitionist park movement, a peaceful protest in honor of Black Lives Matter. His commitment to the community is evident, having helped organize the Lungs Harvest Arts Festival which supports a variety of causes like immigration and BLM and integrates it with art. Currently, he is the CEO of NYC’s leading art magazine, ArtGossipNow. He continues to shine as a pioneer in the art world, giving a new meaning and spin on how we experience art and its function to modern day society.
Donna Coane (Co Wyane) is a member of the Schaghticoke. She is the Lead Drummer, Singer, SongWriter and Producer for the Native American Music Award-winning, all-women's Drum Group Spirit of Thunderheart. Spirit of Thunderheart has won the Native American Music Award for their CD Rising in 2014. One World Music nominated Spirit of Thunderheart for their CD Unity for Best Native American Album in 2015. In 2016 their CD Unity was nominated for a Native American Music Award. In 2019 they won the Native American Music Award for their CD Tradition. Spirit of Thunderheart has nine Silver Arrow Awards for Outstanding Contributions to the Native American Music Industry. Received from Spirit Wind Records CEO Donald Blackfox, The Native American Music Awards are the same caliber as the Grammy Awards. Donna is a Traditional Northeastern Dancer, Teacher and Director. Donna also leads the Women's Lodge. She is a spokesperson and activist for environmental issues and Native Rights, a Reiki Master, Animal Reiki Practitioner, Spiritual Healer and Traditional Healer, Certified Life Coach, and Certified Community Mediator, Certified Conflict Management and Resolution. Certified by The Hyamson Institute in Natural Medicine, Certified EFT/TFT Tapping Master Practitioner, Donna is a Gold Award Girl Scout which is the highest award to be received in Girl Scouts of America. Donna is a Three Sisters Gardener. Donna is currently studying for NLP Neuro Linguistic Programming Practitioner and Master Accreditation and also Mindfulness Therapy Practitioner.
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- "Watch Rep. Rashida Tlaib Blast U.S. Aid for Israel & Attack on Gaza in Dramatic House Floor Speech." Democracy Now!, Youtube. [12:34]
As the death toll in Gaza reaches at least 119 amid Israel’s escalation
of its aerial assault, Congressmember Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, the
first Palestinian American woman elected to Congress, delivered a
powerful speech on the House floor Thursday to denounce the violence and
attempted erasure of the Palestinian people. “I am the only Palestinian
American member of Congress now,” Tlaib said. “I am a reminder to
colleagues that Palestinians do indeed exist.” #DemocracyNow
Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly
1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream
8-9AM ET: https://democracynow.org. May 14, 2021.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GZom3AMWJA
Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites
- "I HAVE A DREAM."
Delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on August 28, 1963. I am
happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the
greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of the Nation.Five
score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand
today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came
as a great beacon of light and hope to millions of Negro slaves who had
been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as the joyous
daybreak to end the long night of captivity.But one hundred years later,
the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the
Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacle of segregation and the
chain of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a
lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material
prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in
the corner of American society and finds himself an exile in his own
land. So we have come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.
Accessed April 27, 2021.
https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/speech/dream.htm
- '3 often forgotten parts from Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech.'
Michelle Garcia, Vox.com. MLK’s speech highlighted the unfulfilled
promise of economic freedom for black Americans — and the White House
feared the aftermath. January 17, 2019.
https://www.vox.com/2016/1/18/10785618/martin-luther-king-dream-speech
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- "Top U.S. & World Headlines — May 13, 2021." Democracy Now!, Youtube. [10:22] Democracy
Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV
and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9AM ET:
https://democracynow.org Please consider supporting independent
media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today:
https://democracynow.org/donate. May 13, 2021.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOR9fbMe3z0
- "Israel & Biden Hammered In Fiery Speeches From Democratic Congresswomen." The Rational National, Youtube. [14:48] Democratic congresspeople took to the House floor to condemn the recent actions by the Israeli government, and President Biden's enabling of those actions. I highlight three of the speeches. Sources:
https://bit.ly/3hlpJSW (Rashida Tlaib full speech)
https://bit.ly/3uJaaZ0 (Haaretz)
https://bit.ly/3fg4DCR (Ibrahim)
https://bit.ly/3ffNiKd (Ibrahim 2)
https://bit.ly/33G2wCO (Forward)
https://bit.ly/3bqKUPK (Ayanna Pressley clip)
https://bit.ly/2Raqe7P (Krystal Ball)
https://bit.ly/3y9g2gn (Ilhan Omar full speech)
https://bit.ly/2SLJcln (Farah Nabulsi)
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- "Why The Squad's Condemnation of Israeli Apartheid is HUGE | Twitch Highlights." The Humanist Report, Youtube. [23:28] The Humanist Report (THR) is a progressive political podcast that discusses and analyzes current news events and pressing political issues. Our analyses are guided by humanism and political progressivism. Each news story we cover is supplemented with thought-provoking, fact-based commentary that aims for the highest level of objectivity. May 15, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwKMvSSus_I
- "Hanan Ashrawi & Rashid Khalidi: U.S. Backing Has Given Israel License to Kill & Maim Palestinians." Democracy Now!, Youtube. [23:07] Palestinian scholar Hanan Ashrawi says Israel’s latest assault on Gaza is turning life in the besieged territory into “sheer hell,” aided by U.S. military and diplomatic support. “Israel has total license to use unbridled power to kill and destroy and maim and get away with it,” Ashrawi says. We also speak with Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said professor of modern Arab studies at Columbia University, who says President Joe Biden’s continued defense of Israeli actions reflects long-standing erasure and dehumanization of Palestinians. “One wonders what proportion you have to have of Arab deaths, of Palestinian deaths, over Israeli deaths. Is it 20 to 1 before the United States finally begins to recognize that this is not legitimate self-defense?” Khalidi says. “This is a perfect illustration of the bias that has been a feature of American policy for many, many years.” #DemocracyNow Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9AM ET: https://democracynow.org. May 14, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K1vYhdoJyY
- '"Sadistic & Grotesque": Noam Chomsky on How Israel Limits Food & Medicine in Occupied Gaza.' Democracy Now!, Youtube. [19:22] http://www.democracynow.org - On Gaza, MIT Professor Noam Chomsky says the debate inside the Israeli government is whether to allow "bare survival" or to inflict "misery and starvation," as a former Israeli national security adviser recently proposed. “Israeli experts have calculated in detail exactly how many calories, literally, Gazans need to survive, and if you look at the sanctions that they impose, they’re grotesque,” Chomsky says. “I mean, even John Kerry condemned them bitterly, they’re sadistic — just enough calories to survive." Chomsky also addresses the widespread focus on the Hamas charter platform calling for the destruction of Israel. "The only people who pay attention to it are Israeli propagandists, who love it," Chomsky says. "It was a charter put together by a small group of people under siege, under attack in 1988. And it’s essentially meaningless. There are charters that mean something, but they’re not talked about. So, for example, the electoral program of Israel’s governing party, Likud, states explicitly that there can never be a Palestinian state west of the Jordan River… And they don’t only have it in their charter, you know, their electoral program, but they implement it." Watch Part I of this interview here: http://www.democracynow.org/2014/8/7/... Watch all appearances of Noam Chomsky on Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/appearanc... Watch full Democracy Now! coverage of the Gaza conflict: http://www.democracynow.org/topics/gaza Democracy Now!, is an independent global news hour that airs weekdays on 1,200+ TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9am ET at http://www.democracynow.org. August 11, 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HiUagHbSc0
- 'Noam Chomsky on Media’s "Shameful Moment" in Gaza & How a U.S. Shift Could End the Occupation.' Democracy Now!, Youtube. [11:54] http://www.democracynow.org - As a new 72-hour ceasefire takes hold in Gaza, we turn to part two of our interview with world-renowned dissident and linguist, MIT professor Noam Chomsky. Criticizing U.S. media coverage of the Israeli assault on Gaza, Chomsky says: "It’s a shameful moment for U.S. media when it insists on being subservient to the grotesque propaganda agencies of a violent, aggressive state." Chomsky also discusses his longstanding view that popular pressure at home is critical to ending the U.S. government’s backing for Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. “The United States continues to provide the critical, decisive support for the atrocities," he says. "Sooner or later, it’s possible—and that’s really up to us—that domestic pressure will compel the U.S. government to join the world on this issue. That will be a decisive change.” Watch Part I of this interview here: http://www.democracynow.org/2014/8/7/... Watch full Democracy Now! coverage of the Gaza conflict: http://www.democracynow.org/topics/gaza Democracy Now!, is an independent global news hour that airs weekdays on 1,200+ TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9am ET at http://www.democracynow.org. August 11, 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUSYKrX8GF4
- 'Noam Chomsky on BDS and How the Israeli Occupation is "Much Worse Than Apartheid.' Democracy Now!, Youtube. [15:20] http://www.democracynow.org - MIT Professor Noam Chomsky discusses U.S. support for Israel; the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement (BDS); and the blockade of Gaza. "In the Occupied Territories, what Israel is doing is much worse than apartheid," Chomsky says. "To call it apartheid is a gift to Israel, at least if by 'apartheid' you mean South African-style apartheid… There’s a crucial difference. The South African Nationalists needed the black population. That was their workforce. The Israeli relationship to the Palestinians in the Occupied Territories is totally different. They just don’t want them. They want them out, or at least in prison." Watch Part I of this interview here: http://www.democracynow.org/2014/8/7/... Watch full Democracy Now! coverage of the Gaza conflict: http://www.democracynow.org/topics/gaza Democracy Now!, is an independent global news hour that airs weekdays on 1,200+ TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9am ET at http://www.democracynow.org. August 11, 20214. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf-ULLCOgAU
- "Canadian Lawmakers React To Israeli Strikes." The Rational National, Youtube. [17:09] Going
over the recent event in Israel and the occupied territories, including
reactions from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh,
Conservative leader Erin O'Toole, and Green leader Annamie Paul.
Referenced resources: https://bit.ly/33Aum3p (Mehdi Hasan video)
https://bit.ly/2RexrDJ (Jacobin article). May 11, 2021.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0P3PesuMMA
- "Trudeau Government Blocks Call For A Ceasefire." The Rational National, Youtube. [8:20] The Canadian government and the opposition party couldn't even support the bare minimum. Sign the CJPME letter: https://bit.ly/3byBr98. May 16, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJXyZkzij8E
- "Michael Brooks @ Lafayette (full event)." The Mill Series, Youtube. [2:35:16] The
Mill Series hosted Michael Brooks
(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh2U...) at Lafayette College on Thurs
Feb 27, 2020. March 10, 2021.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCWtjzKGQ90
- "Michael Brooks & Cornel West On Martin Luther King Jr. & How We Win!" The Michael Brooks Show, Youtube. [3:00]
This is a clip from the January 28, 2020, “Defend Your Class.” speakers
series Harvard College hosted by the Harvard College YDSA. Full Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBle6DKLq3s. January 18, 2021.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hjlo7KlM-s
- "Soul Of The Democratic Party: With Dr Cornel West, Michael Brooks, Esha Krishnaswamy, Philip Agnew." The Michael Brooks Show, Youtube. [1:15:38] "Soul
Of The Democratic Party" Panel at Harvard with Dr Cornel West, Michael
Brooks, Esha Krishnaswamy, Philip Agnew. This is free content from the
weekly edition of TMBS. To support the Michael Brooks Show on Patreon
and receive hours of weekly members-only content, subscribe at
https://www.patreon.com/TMBS Follow The Michael Brooks Show and crew on
twitter: @TMBSfm @_michaelbrooks @mattlech @davidslavick @davidgriscom.
February 1, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBle6DKLq3s
- "Black Visions Collective: We Need to Abolish the Police & End Militarized Occupations of Our Cites." Democracy Now!, Youtube. [15:24]
The police murder of George Floyd added jet fuel to a nationwide push
to defund the police. We go to Minneapolis to speak with Kandace
Montgomery, co-executive director of Black Visions Collective, about
their response to the guilty verdict for former Minneapolis police
officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd and an update on
the push to divest from Minneapolis police and invest in communities.
#DemocracyNow Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that
airs on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch
our livestream 8-9AM ET: https://democracynow.org. April 21, 2021.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlSkKpjzQww
- "Meet Cariol Horne, Black Police Officer Fired After Stopping Fellow Cop's Assault on Handcuffed Man." Democracy Now!, Youtube. [11:03]
Amid nationwide protests over police abuse, we speak with Cariol Horne,
the Buffalo police officer whom a New York court has just vindicated
for stopping a fellow cop from choking a handcuffed Black man during an
arrest. In 2006, Horne, who is Black, saw a white officer repeatedly
punching the man in the face before putting him in a chokehold. After
Horne heard the man say "I can't breathe," she intervened by grabbing
the officer's arm. Horne was sanctioned by the Buffalo Police
Department, reassigned, then fired in 2008, just months before she was
eligible to receive her full pension. A new ruling makes her eligible
for back pay and pension benefits. Horne says she is now calling on
state governments and Congress to follow the lead of Buffalo, which
passed Cariol's Law, legislation that makes it the duty of officers to
intervene in cases of brutality. "I knew that I did the right thing,"
Horne says. We also speak with Intisar Rabb, a Harvard Law professor who
is one of three attorneys representing Horne. Cariol's Law "should
spread far and wide" to other cities and states, Rabb says. Democracy
Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV and
radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9AM ET:
https://democracynow.org. April 19, 2021.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGtNSMJGEP8"Cornel West Moves Don Lemon To Tears." The Rational National, Youtube. [10:05] Dr.
Cornel West brought CNN anchor Don Lemon to tears in a powerful
segment. April 2, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ9DjLNzMls
- "'Kinder, Gentler Cages Are Still Cages': How Prison Abolitionists Are Working Towards a Less Carceral Future." Jessica Moulite, Theroot.com. [3:56]
Last summer’s racial reckoning was the first time many people in the
United States ever heard of concepts like prison abolition and defund
the police. In fact, there was a spike in online searches for the phrase
“prison abolition” in early June 2020, according to Google Trends.And
after President Biden issued four executive orders on Jan. 26, 2021—one
of which specifically designed to end the use of privately operated
prisons—many critics of the measure felt it did not go far enough,
including prison abolitionist, Kim Wilson, Ph.D. March 19, 2021.
https://www.theroot.com/kinder-gentler-cages-are-still-cages-how-prison-aboli-1846505239
- "'Rearranging
the Deck Chairs on the Titanic': Why This Abolitionist Believes Biden's
Executive Order on Private Prisons Isn't the Progressive Measure He
Thinks It Is." Jessica Moulite, Theroot.com. [5:11] Kim
Wilson, Ph.D., is the living embodiment of “I’m not new to this, I’m
true to this.” The co-host and producer of the Beyond Prisons podcast’s
commitment to prison abolition goes well beyond her academic and media
work.“I have two sons who are currently serving life in prison without
the possibility of parole. So this is something that I live,” said Dr.
Wilson. “This is my life, every single day.” March 18, 2021.
https://www.theroot.com/rearranging-the-deck-chairs-on-the-titanic-why-this-ab-1846502613
[Referenced / resourced, but not read on-air]
Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites
- "Police Abolition Isn’t New And Is An Essential Step Towards Equality."
DarkSkyLady, Medium.com. Many people who argue against police
abolition, act like it is something new that the “liberal left” has
created to scare some Democrats into supporting Republicans. They’ve
never read a book about it, and have little understanding about it. All
their arguments against it are weak, yet because of people’s fear they
will easily latch onto these arguments. The arguments range from who
will solve crimes, what about rapists/pedophiles, and it’s just not
possible. They would rather reform the police than defund/abolish them.
April 25, 2021.
https://darkskylady.medium.com/police-abolition-isnt-new-and-is-an-essential-step-towards-equality-1841a3200dc5
- "Bodycam Footage Contradicts Chicago Police Narratives About Adam Toledo's Shooting."
Terrell Jermaine Starr, Theroot.com. April 16, 2021. The city of
Chicago released bodycam footage of 13-year-old Adam Toledo’s March 29
shooting in which the officer immediately shoots him after the boy puts
his hands up. The officer, Eric Stillman, shot Adam less than 20 seconds
after the officer got out of his car. Again, the boy had his hands up,
per the cop’s request, and was shot anyway.
https://www.theroot.com/bodycam-footage-contradicts-chicago-police-narratives-a-1846697877
- "Sean Hannity Calls 13-Year-Old Child Killed by Police a ‘Man.’ Twitter Drags Him for It."
Stephen A. Crockett Jr., Theroot.com. If a used domestic terrorist boot
and a discarded sock with a meth addiction had a baby it would be Sean
Hannity.The inherently racist, spewer of hate and lover of all things
white Fox News host will stop at nothing to make his point, including
desecrating the memory of Adam Toledo, the 13-year-old gunned down by
Chicago police.On Thursday, during his radio broadcast, “Whiny White Men
and the Things We Love to Claim Are Unfair to Us” or whatever it’s
actually called, Hannity claimed that the police killed a 13-year-old
man that March 29 night despite his hands being up when he was shot.
April 16, 2021.
https://www.theroot.com/sean-hannity-calls-13-year-old-child-killed-by-police-a-1846698257
- "Black
Teen Fatally Shot by Tennessee Police. Initial Reports Says He Shot
Officer, Later Says Bullet Did Not Come From Teen's Gun." Zach
Linly, Theroot.com. Last Monday, 17-year-old Anthony J. Thompson Jr., a
Black student at Austin-East Magnet High School in Knoxville, Tenn., was
shot and killed by police officers in a restroom at his school after
police responded to a call about a “possibly armed” student, the New
York Times reports. April 17, 2021.
https://www.theroot.com/black-teen-fatally-shot-by-tennessee-police-initial-re-1846705503
- "Las Vegas Police Handcuffed Deaf Woman and Forced Her Kids to Interpret for Cops." Stephen
A. Crockett Jr., Theroot.com. A deaf North Las Vegas woman had a tense
moment with police after she was pulled over, handcuffed and then her
children were made to interpret for police. April 16, 2021.
https://www.theroot.com/las-vegas-police-handcuffed-deaf-woman-and-forced-her-k-1846700013
- "At Least 6 Mass Shootings Occurred This Weekend."
Terrell Jermaine, Theroot.com. Another bloody weekend in America has
renewed calls for gun reform out of Washington, after at least six mass
shootings took place over a four-day span, starting Thursday night.
April 19, 2021.
https://www.theroot.com/at-least-6-mass-shootings-occurred-this-weekend-1846712319
- "Tamara Lanier’s Fight to Reclaim Her History Could Be Any One of Ours." Vanessa
K. De Luca, Medium.com. Imagine if you learned that photographs of your
enslaved ancestors had been rediscovered in a museum at Harvard. Then
imagine how you would feel if someone told you that you have no right to
those photographs. Such is the plight of Tamara Lanier, who has taken
on the Ivy League behemoth to secure the rights to the photos, which
languished in a drawer out of sight and away from the public eye for
years. The daguerreotypes depict women and men, breasts and genitalia
exposed, their haunting stares a riveting testament to the degradation
our ancestors endured during slavery’s shameful reign. February 3, 2021.
https://zora.medium.com/tamara-laniers-fight-to-reclaim-her-history-could-be-any-one-of-us-9824dc49c365
- "The 10 Most Infuriating Things People Have Said to Me as a Black Woman." Sondra
Rose Marie, Medium.com. ‘Do you know how to read?’ In the time of
coronavirus, I spend a lot of time sitting around with the friends in my
quarantine circle trading stories about our lives before the pandemic.
Recently, our conversation turned to the worst dates we’d ever been on,
and as I relayed one of my dating failures, I shared a racially charged
comment one suiter made on a first date. January 24, 2021.
https://zora.medium.com/the-10-most-infuriating-things-people-have-said-to-me-as-a-black-woman-bd8355da546e
- "Woman fights Harvard over rights to nude SC images of her enslaved ancestors." Jennifer
Berry Hawes, Postandcourier.com. What on earth were these? Nothing in
the drawer explained what they’d discovered. Only small, handwritten
labels affixed to each offered clues: “Fassena (carpenter), Mandingo,
plantation of Col. Wade Hampton, near Columbia, S.C.” “Jack (driver),
Guinea, plantation of B.F. Taylor, Esq., Columbia, S.C.” “Jem, Gullah,
belonging to F.W. Green, Esq.” One of the researchers rushed downstairs
to summon their colleagues. The discovery sent Reichlin and others on a
quest to solve the disturbing mystery. It continues today, 45 years
later. But Harvard historians weren’t the only ones hunting for clues.
In 2019, a woman named Tamara Lanier sued the university for possession
of the daguerreotypes. Based on her own research, she claimed to be a
descendant of two people captured in them. February 1, 2021.
https://www.postandcourier.com/columbia/woman-fights-harvard-over-rights-to-nude-sc-images-of-her-enslaved-ancestors/article_72ddeef0-45e8-11eb-a13a-6b9662e76945.html
- "GOP-Led States Still Mad About The 1619 Project, Considering Legislation to Dictate How Slavery Is Taught." Joe
Jurado, Theroot.com. It’s Thursday, so you know what that means:
Another round of Republicans being unwilling to face the fact that
slavery was the horrific, violent foundation upon which this country was
built. In several states with GOP leadership, legislation is being
considered to ensure that the brutal reality of slavery isn’t taught in
schools. February 4, 2021.
https://www.theroot.com/gop-led-states-still-mad-about-the-1619-project-consid-1846198928
- "Power."
Audre Lord (1978). The difference between poetry and rhetoricis being
ready to killyourselfinstead of your children. Accessed from
Poetryfoundation.org on April 12, 2021.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53918/power-56d233adafeb3
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