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37 suns. Grateful you were born on this day. Superhero on + off the court 🖤
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#wcw My sister + longtime shero Ayanna Pressley. You did it sis! You’re not new to this, you’re true to this ✊🏾
Remember us talking about a day like today many years ago in Boston. Your bold vision for the kind of leadership our people need + deserve has been inspiring us from your first historic run in ‘09. Your integrity, compassion, fortitude, brilliance, love for the people and example have been a joy to witness from near and far. Keep soaring my dear sister. Love you DEEP 🙏🏾
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Come thru this week!
Join @ati_maafa_series for the AfroAtlantic Theologies & Treaties Institute’s 2018 Vodoun Fest! As part of the International Decade for People of African Descent, we host 2 days of exploring African-based traditions.
Day 1: 8/16 African Spirituality Roundtables @cccadi w/ various African-based spiritual leaders + @manolialive
Day 2: 8/18 Music of the AfroAtlantic for the Americas (MAAFA) Concert #MesierPark w/ performances by @fanmiasotobk @sirenedantor @sabineblaizin @oyasound
#VodounFest2018
RSVP: Link in Flyer
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Why does the history of America separating families of color matter in this moment? kudos to @mic for sharing this info. people need to know the full truth, and that isn’t possible w/out history
#freeourfamilies
flashback of the incomparable Gina Athena Ulysse in #Haiti welcoming the ancestors @ the Caribbean Studies Conference in 2016. the renown anthropologist + performance artist has been sounding the call that “Haiti Needs New Narratives” through her prolific writing, scholarship and creative works.
grateful to have her as a mentor + big sister 🙏🏾🇭🇹❤️
#HaitianHeritageMonth
starting my celebration of #HaitianHeritageMonth with this tour de force: Manbo Dòwòti Désir. my #wce is a respected ambassador of #Vodou + other African spiritual traditions, a global leader in human rights advocacy and institution building for African descendants.
grateful to be her pitit fèy 🙏🏾🇭🇹❤️
Remembering Maya:
she saved my life with her gift
this day belongs to her too
she certainly earned it
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The glorious Dr. Maya Angelou would have been 90 today. She told the story many times of how she avoided celebrating her birthday after her friend, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated on her 40th birthday in 1968. Instead, she and her friend, Coretta Scott King, would “meet or talk or send each other flowers.” In this clip, Dr. Angelou is reciting her poem, “Weekend Glory” in 1987 at the Lewisham Theater in South London. You can watch the entire 37-minute performance on YouTube. #MayaAngelou