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Mel Hopkins
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Kwanzaa 2017-2018
I celebrated Kwanzaa (first fruits) 2017-2018 through my thoughts and words. In answering the phrase Habari gani I wrote a separate blog post in response. It put me in a positive community-focused frame of mind to start off the year.
From my blog on theleadstory.org.
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nice:)
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Never Forget - N'EM
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‘N’em
They said to say goodnight
And not goodbye, unplugged
The TV when it rained. They hid
Money in mattresses
So to sleep on decisions.
Some of their children
Were not their children. Some
Of their parents had no birthdates.
They could sweat a cold out
Of you. They’d wake without
An alarm telling them to.
Even the short ones reached
Certain shelves. Even the skinny
Cooked animals too quick
To get caught. And I don’t care
How ugly one of them arrived,
That one got married
To somebody fine. They fed
Families with change and wiped
Their kitchens clean.
Then another century came.
People like me forgot their names.Copyright © 2014 by Jericho Brown. Reprinted from Split This Rock’s The Quarry: A Social Justice Poetry Database.
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lovely share @Mel Hopkins i saw it on vimeo before i saw you had it in the comments:) I am one of those northerners that is near completely anti southern in my speech except when i talk fast, i have been told:)
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Professor, Author and Feminist Roxane Gay took a stand and told her agent to pull her upcoming project "How to be Heard" from Simon and Schuster. Reports indicate she refuses to use a platform that would also give voice and $250k to an alleged white supremacist...
Could you leave a book deal behind to take a stand?
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Thankful for leaving baggage in the past where it belongs while cherishing the blessings and lessons learned over the years.
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This morning before dawn, I had a dream of a talking rat who was exposing what was supposed to be hidden. Not sure of the context but I remembered Chinese New Year. (01/28/17) - Welcome the Year of the Rooster!
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Too cute!
Let me see, my Chinese themed book would be..."The Enchanted Paddy Field" that would tell the story of the importance of cultivating one's talents.
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yes it is, very positive
the enchanted paddy field, good title:) yes, cultivate self like you cultivate the land
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What a wonderful exercise - Thank you for the inspiration!
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Wanted: Information on "Free Negro" a British Legal status for those never enslaved in America but reemerged on the Americas as early as 1513... Also, looking for black female polymaths from baby boomers, generation x, y, millennials even budding polymaths. Polymaths are defined for this purpose as those who know a lot, can do a lot and have a body of peer-reviewed work and accomplishments in varied areas. Thank you!
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We as individuals may not be able to heal the world; we can share out talents to help one another.
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"Black people don't do this that", "Black people boycott", Black people protest" is so reactionary, so yesterday, My word of today is ACTUATE: From the latin word "Actus" to medieval latin "Actuare", "Actuat" to carry out in practice; to stir into activity; enliven!
Let's GO!
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The whole scene now is reactionary. You are more than right. I every rarely get into the whole thing now. I practice what I preach and just get stuff done. We should all be that way.
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I was chatting (on an actual phone call) last night and I noticed my friend and I kept saying what "black people don't do" and then finally she said "What we do" and I nearly dropped my phone because her words were so powerful! It is now my goal to focus on "People who do (blank)!"
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That's definitely more empowering than talking about what we don't do. People always ask me do I know what's going on in the news. I often say nope and the reason I say nope is because I can't control that, shape it or change it so it doesn't deserve my energy. I'm with you and I am focused on doing vs talking and hearsay.
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"Guidelines are for stupid people who can't make up their own mind" ~Gregory House, MD -'Office Politics' -2010
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"He wore his PANTS HANGIN' DOWN and his sneakers untied" ~Vapors' 1988 Biz Markie. There's nothing new about sagging jeans. #amnesia
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"The fight we endure is to accept the Love of DIVINE within. It is all the LOVE we will ever need to achieve our dreams."
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"We elect Legislators to protect our freedoms, not take them away" No law should be made against what offends the sensibilities of SOME.
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A major obstacle to growth and maturity (maturation-reads like sell by date) is lack of access to diverse ideals and critical thinking.
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A recruiter asked me, "How much do you travel for business?" Of course working as a flight attendants 2 weeks each month I had to say 100%
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Apparently you can't say "I "feel" like I'm being raped" when going to thru airport security. A woman said it -PHL TSA went into Lock Down.
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Awesome @TRPlaybook ! "TRPLive IN DA CHI"! You know it's not going to be pretty here in January - But I'm sure there are discounts galore!
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Behind every great man stands a woman. When a man falls; cherchez la femme?! http://bit.ly/8YsvSQ
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Buzzer Beater Lesson. If you don’t TAKE the shot you will never MAKE the shot! TAKE the shot it is the only way to succeed!