By Ashlynne (Martin Luther King Freedom Center student) Representation is the basis of democracy.A lack of representation forces the need for liberation.Democracy is the basis of this country,And representation is the basis of democracy,Yet 250 years after …, A...
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Authentically and Compassionately Loving People
What matters is authentically and compassionately loving people. Remembering this is one ofthe biggest struggles we as humans face worldwide. We live in a society that urges us to reachfor position and wealth instead of serving the community and building relationships...
Commitment Before Chaos
My words are a weapon non-physical but emotionally.My voice is faster than a silver bullet.I live in an environment where there are violent and quiet bang bangs An ant stays in a single file line with the rest of the colony.Knowing its purpose full well.Just like a...
Beyond Busyness: Rediscovering Our Role in a Shared World
All around me are responsibilities, things that I should do, something that I must do. Every day, we have choices, things we must choose; some conscious others less noticeable. Every day, I get up at 6 or 7 am, go to school, get home, do chores, do homework, help the...
Brahms’ Requiem: Movement 1 Reflection
The night moonlight died Mountains trembled their cedar trees bowed the little stems that cascaded like stars between rivers Now to gather the tree trunks boulders, burdens the fog Legend are the fish all dead together in a cauldron of death Stiff smiles push tears...
Beyond Busyness: Rediscovering Our Role in a Shared World
All around me are responsibilities, things that I should do, something that I must do. Every day, we have choices, things we must choose; some conscious others less noticeable. Every day, I get up at 6 or 7 am, go to school, get home, do chores, do homework, help the...
Brahms’ Requiem: Movement 1 Reflection
The night moonlight died Mountains trembled their cedar trees bowed the little stems that cascaded like stars between rivers Now to gather the tree trunks boulders, burdens the fog Legend are the fish all dead together in a cauldron of death Stiff smiles push tears...
Against the Current: Reclaiming Power in a Profit-Driven World
We decide what we see and yet we do not control it. We truly do choose our poison. Red or Blue, Black and White. No matter where you stand, we are fed whatever is the most profitable. Deaths, atrocities, and crime is shoehorned into our minds and seeps into the...
In town from Alabama, Gee’s Bend quilters share their art works
https://localnewsmatters.org/2023/03/10/in-town-from-alabama-gees-bend-quilters-share-their-art-works/
The Loss of Culture in American Society
– Desire for Evolution – A new life. A fresh start. Opportunities just waiting to be grasped. To envision one’s life (As well as their children's life) being an existence surrounded by possibility. Immigrants come to the United States for a myriad of reasons; but, the...
Daily Californian: Gee’s Bend quilter, Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center board members discuss cultural participation, preservation
Democracy, Climate Crisis, and Our Shared Responsibility
By Fynn (Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center student) In our current democracy, people get left behind. Democracy is a word that we often define one-dimensionally, a simple statement of “government of, by, and for the people,” but it is more complex than that. Some...
Brahms’ Requiem: Movement 5 Reflection
This story arrives at a place of contentment With life and death sleeping in the same bed. Let me tell you of a storyteller. Early in life no choice but despair. The mud and muck between water and dirt Has no stone. Here, everything growing is sweet....