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Keep community engaged conversations!
Audre Lorde has a litany for survival. ‘For those standing upon the constant edge of decisions crucial and alone…When the sun rises we are afraid it will not remain. When the sun sets we are afraid it might not rise in the morning…when we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard nor…
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Keep oppressors language in mind!
‘My mouth is burning. I cannot touch you and this is the oppressor’s language.’ Adrienne Rich. I need to reach you with words. To make words that I use touch whatever site of joy or suffering you find yourself in. I find myself doing so with language that isn’t mine. Language that may not touch…
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Keep women!
Imagine being with women. Some as radiant as stars. Yet everyone different, with their own stories and testament. Eyes staring at each other, like a mirror. The strength unknown. The gift of opening. The tears that flow. From deep within. A space we let go. Like fruits falling. We let go and cry. The crying.…
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Keep memories of my papa!
Through the eyes of our children, you continue. I see you, flickering your hair, smiling back, knowing that I know you live. You live. March 6th, 2009, we laid my father to rest. I think about him everyday. Anniversaries hit differently to. I wish he was alive. But these days, I am seeing through my…
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Keep great women!
Like a vineyard that produces much fruit. Or like an olive branch that produce many olives. Like a bird escapes from a trap. Or like arrows in the hand of a warrior. Like a mountain which sits unmoved forever. Or like mighty streams in dry desert. So shall it be for a woman whose crown…
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Keep the legacy of Mary Turner!
They called her Mary. 19 years old Mary. I imagine she was happy. Pregnant and happy. Preparing for new life. Until, the life she knew was lynched. Killed, before they could experience, new life together. I imagine she was wild. Death will make anyone wild. She feared nothing. Feared no one. Prepared to live. Ready…
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Keep ambitious mothers!
Since the pandemic began, many mothers, myself included, have been following unknowingly, dominant narratives of how mothers are languishing. Last week, I discovered for myself another story never told. It was at the first Ambitious Mothers summit held in Paradise Valley by my dear friend Ronke Faleti. The woman who arrived at the summit the…
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Keep a community of women!
So this must be why they call it paradise, spirit and soul connecting, listening, being together, under blue skies and palm trees, purple cactus and lemon trees, eating herb roasted whole chicken, fennel crusted sea bass, with baby kale risotto, while drinking blood orange lemon punch, and the sun set is as dazzling as can…
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Keep knowing where there is women, there is magic!
Where there is a woman there is magic. Where there is a woman, magic is there. If the moon is falling from her mouth, if the brilliance of the moon is even in her mouth, she is a woman who knows her magic. Like a gentle deer, she knows her brilliance too. And a woman…
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Keep moments with God part 4!
Maybe it was the cold. I have never liked the easy wind of cold winter days. Maybe it was the place. I never understood the bewitching charms of Augusta. Maybe it was the month. I have always ignored the swiftness of February. Or maybe it was you. Now, I truly wonder if it was you.…
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Keep moments with God, part 3!
Ada Zion’s legion, gathered today, watching God, the guide among them, rejoiced in thanksgiving, giving thanks. Something about blessings. Something about people. Something about love. God, Thank you for this love.
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Keep life notes!
I am not quick to describe for myself whether life is this or that. There are so many different ways to live life. Many different ways to make it your own out of something much deeper than anything that you can describe. Sometimes you will fail. Sometimes you will succeed. But life keeps going, almost…
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Writing with Juliet Iwelunmor 