by Susu Lassa I was opportune to attend the 2021 Taking Nature Black Virtual Conference, which took place from Tuesday, February 23rd to Saturday, February 27th. It was put on by the Audubon Naturalist Society (ANS) as a Black history month celebration, with the theme being “Call and Response: Elevating Our Stories, Naturally.” Between classes
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Black History Month: Future
If you haven’t read the first two posts in this series, you can find them here and here. Future “The Universe is a House Party,” by Tracy K. Smith (video) “The Universe: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack,” by Tracy K. Smith “what the cathedral said to the black boy,” by Clint Smith III The final installment
Black History Month: Present
If you haven’t read the first post in this series, please read it here first. “For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for
Black History Month: Past
For the end of Black History Month, I have curated three small collections of poetry, each with an accompanying reflection. The three reflections will dwell on the ideas of “past,” “present,” and “future.” Too often, it seems people and events must be decades old to be documented by the mainstream as “black history.” We must
What you should know about #PrisonStrike2018
Hebrews 13:3, “Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them; those who are being tortured, as though you yourselves were being tortured.” On August 21, incarcerated people across the country began what has become the largest prison strike the U.S. has ever seen. “We are demanding humane living conditions,
With Actions and In Truth: An introduction to OPP’s new racial justice position
“If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. “ — I John 3:17 In 2007, the Church of