@ASoulAFire @JaniceOCG @ForThePeopleChi This beautiful artwork “Deeply Rooted” by #NaimahThomas, is made available to the public. That, to me, is the real meaning of art from a spirit who truly seeks to move Black Lives. Thank you Naimah Thomas and @inthesetimesmag for this art and for this stunningly beautiful issue. #M4BL
Category Archives: Themes
Calling A Traitor A Traitor
@ASoulAFire @JaniceOCG @_handmaidstale In “Donald J. Trump: Traitor,” @MelGurtov of @NatCounterPunch raises issue of why Trump is not being described in the media as a traitor and held to account on that basis. I wonder, too.
Ransby Boldly Imagines A Black Future
@ASoulAFire @JaniceOCG This is @BarbaraRansby piece for @inthesetimesmag #M4BL issue – “Letter From the Year 2071: A vision of where the Black freedom movement could take us.”
Janelle Monáe – Say Her Name (Hell You Talmbout) (feat. Various Artists) [Official Lyric Video]
@ASoulAFire @JaniceOCG #SayHerName is a special #AAPF fundraising edition featuring @sandylocks @nhannahjones #JanelleMonae & other prominent women.
No Easy Victories
@ASoulAFire @JaniceOCG Here’s another piece from the @inthesetimesmag #M4BL issue with #KandaceMontgomery & #MiskiNoor. See “No, Minneapolis Did Not Defund the Police. But We’re Not Done Trying.”
On Centering Black Women in Fight for Reproductive Justice
@ASoulAFire @JaniceOCG @kmmendez of @blkwomenradical @JaimeeSwift penned a thoughtful opinion on need for centering Black women in fight for reproductive justice.
Bravo! Fair Fight Action Releases #CivicsForTheCulture Video Education Series
@ASoulAFire @JaniceOCG @fairfightaction @staceyabrams released #CivicsForTheCulture, a video education series. Great idea!
On Remembering the “Day of Rage” – Jan. 6th
@ASoulAFire @JaniceOCG @handmaidsdaily @nytimes provided this 40-minute video of the #J6 “Day of Rage,” so we can remind ourselves of the horror. Americans have short memories and it seems many humans need to repress violence. This is something we should not forget.
Looking Closely at Black Womens’ Activism
@ASoulAFire @JaniceOCG @KeishaBlain @premillanadasen & @racewomanist wrote “What Radical Black Women Can Teach Us All About Movement-Building” & three “historians lift up Black women journalists, organizers and activists who were critical to Black freedom movements but often erased from history” for @inthesetimesmag #M4BL issue.
Guest Editors of “In These Times” Takeover Issue Offer Vision of A Better World
@ASoulAFire @JaniceOCG See “Introducing the Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover: Lessons on building collective power” in @inthesetimesmag #M4BL issue w/ @BarbaraRansby.
If America Fails? 