culture + thought
Today makes the second year anniversary of my father losing his battle to prostate cancer. In the two years he has been gone, I have been in a theoretical cocoon - a really deep depression marked by an aching quest to find myself again. Losing a parent is the most difficult thing I have ever …
Thirty - five years ago today, my father arrived in America. My mother would join him the following January. He came on a scholarship to obtain his Masters from Denver University. He came to escape what would become the First Liberian Civil War - a twenty year conflict that would claim the lives of millions. …
Becoming a teacher saved my life. I began my teaching career one month after the passing of my father. I'd spent the summer grieving - laying in bed sad and lost - navigating the path of who I was now that he was gone. On the first day of school, I sat nervously behind my …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzK4Ze-oZkQ&t=41s Sitting with Phoenix Eden was a very beautiful experience. She spoke candidly about love and the manner in which the strength of black women influenced and nurtured her. Phoenix lives life in duality, honoring both her masculine and feminine energy, never once denying or hiding either. Watch as she tells her life story and the interweaving of …
I am so excited to be facilitating a workshop about the art of writing about love and identity politics. If you're in the Chicago area, please come see me! This workshop will occur during the 2017 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitationals (CUPSI), so come check out all of the amazing teams competing, particularly Tulane (me …
Yesterday, Dr. Cornel West gave a lecture at Tulane University for the Black Student Union's Black Arts Fest. I had the chance to ask him in what way he believed Black music and artistic expression aided Black liberation efforts. He responded by discussing the way artists like Coltrane, The Isley Brothers, Curtis Mayfield and James …
(press play) I'm havin' my fun on the Mardi Gras Day Mardi Gras, for many, means a chance to travel to New Orleans and indulge in a certain kind of debauchery that is generally frowned upon in the rest of the world. There is something exciting to tourists about being able to …
We're back! Black Love Project has evolved into a cultural institute dedicated to preserving the legacy of the music and history of black people. We do so by focusing on love, music and history. Come with as we continue our exploration of the African Diaspora.
hey, It's me Monique, your token black friend. Do you remember me? It's been a while since we've spoken, you've become eerily silent since the murders of Rekia Boyd, Tamir Rice, Sandra Bland, Alton Sterling - I could go on but I won't bore you with semantics. You do sometimes like my posts about …
Continue reading "with love: an open letter from your token black friend"
when a white feminist cries how many black women will she ask to hand her a tissue? three two to hold the box and one to wipe her tears when being privileged gets too hard for her how many of them will come to you for comfort? two and how many times, black woman will …
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