Thank you, Mr. Coates, for Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me was on my reading list for months before I finally read it. Stop waiting. Read this book. I can’t say much that hasn’t already been applauded and […]
Tag Archives: Black Lives Matter
1,089 people have been killed by police since January: A Polemic
This was not the post I planned to write today, but here it is. As of writing this, 1,080 1,086 1,089* people have been killed by police in the United […]
thanksgiving
So, who else is in that post-Thanksgiving daze? Maybe wanting to go for a run to put that mind at ease about the several extra helpings of dessert yesterday? But […]
walking the walk: acting out in the fight to end police brutality
The last month and a half has been an exciting whirlwind filled with a whole lot of activism, play readings, the filming of a web-based spoof, a crash-course in the […]
Peoples Monday for Jonathan Ferrell
Happy last day of summer, peeps! I’ve been thinking a lot about my goals and setting mindful intentions each week. I’ve just started putting this into practice and I’m already […]
I was arrested on the 1-year anniversary of Eric Garner’s murder by the NYPD
I was arrested on July 17, 2015, the 1-year anniversary of Eric Garner’s Murder by the NYPD. At the time of my arrest, I was sitting with about 30 other activists in […]
when worlds collide
Hey, peeps! I’m writing today from the Lillian E. Smith Center in Clayton, GA, where I’m finishing out my fifth residency with a 90-minute blog post. The idea behind the 90-minute […]
a shattered lapse (for all the beautiful activists in the streets)
Hands stretched to the heavens, Wishing they would grab us up Carry us through a porthole to the dimension where Fact Does not have to be proclaimed By straining voices, […]
how do you spell racist?: U!-S!-A! [or: the new jim crow and the grand jury’s decision not to indict]
It seems strange that the week that is supposed to be about giving thanks opened on such a sour note. To wish people, “Happy Thanksgiving!,” in the face of so […]
