Though I’m not apart of the Yang gang… at least not yet, last week I attended Andrew Yang’s Humanity First Tour at gasworks Park in Seattle Washington. Yang is a democratic candidate with about 3% of the vote for popularity right now. Many were confused as to why I went, but I don’t equate campaign […]
When I was asked to share poetry written by students in detention at a Juneteenth celebration outside of the Juvenile Detention Center, I hadn’t made the connection between that invitation and a flyer that I’ve received a few weeks before. In both instances I knew that I would participate. Also at both moments, I’d been […]
Since Fall of last year every week I’ve walked past this construction site watching the illegal project take place. Two years ago I participated in a protest against the construction of the jail outside of Seattle Mayor Ed Murray’s home. Protesters were in shock over the funding of the $210 million project after the $74 […]
When I thought about getting more done to the tattoo between my shoulder blades that I’d originally got earlier in the year, I knew that I wanted to support a Black owned business. This is something that I try to do in as many areas of my life as possible from the restaurants I eat […]
New Season, New Location This Fall season of the Black Arts Mixer and Marketplace warmed my heart almost as much as the sun warmed the leaves falling from the autumn struck trees. Fall is here and the new season perfectly matched the newly located of the mixer, previously held at Garfield High school’s gymnasium now […]
I can safely say that this mixer is one of my favorite Black owned business events in the Seattle area, the Black Arts Love Mixer hosted at Franklin High School. When I arrived at the mixer I walked into a performance by J-dash, a rapper from Seattle. Along with him there were other live music […]
This past weekend, Saturday March 4, 2017, the Black Liberation Front hosted a Black Lives Matter March for Freedom through Seattle. Protesters chanted, “Keep the CD Black” and “Hey Hey Ho Ho, Gentrifying has got to go”. There was a strong police presence at the demonstration, officers biked along side and blocked off streets in […]
In collaboration with nationwide demonstrations, from our capital Washington D.C, Seattle refused to be silent on this 1st day of Trump’s presidency. Women from all walks of life organized and led the 3.6 mile long demonstration from Judkin’s Park to Seattle Center. When I finally arrived at Judkin’s Park, the uphill trek to the meeting […]
Today although I woke up to a ticket on my car from Bothell PD, that didn’t stop me from driving downtown to the MLK Seattle Rally and March. My morning tears of frustration turned into tears of joy when I saw the immensity of the crowd that came in celebration of King. People from all […]
My reflection on Christmas has interrogated my attachment to the holiday as profits in our country continue to soar from oppression rooted in a time when we were Christmas gifts. When a group’s humanity is stolen, then their mistreatment, abuse and oppression can continue. This is why there was a time when we were traded […]