Category: The Art Of Culture & Community
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This Black August: A Ferguson, MO 2014 Reflection
Almost ten years later, here we are making known another Black August, bringing attention to another Black August as the same dangers exist for Black women and men as they did when Mike Brown was shot down in Ferguson, MO.
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How African American Culture Influences Community
African American culture is a bedrock of our democracy. It is what has shaped this land from Western Carolina, to Vermont, to Kansas City, to California. Western Carolina gets to benefit from a people who are connected to what they know deeply for the sake of justice, as well as equity.
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A Filipino Man & A Black Man Eat Thai Food In Hendersonville
Poet and writer Tony Robles and I decided to have a meal after a small house concert in Hendersonville after a planned Juneteenth event was canceled due to inclement weather.
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Multicultural Poetical & Cultural Magic in Hendersonville
Hendersonville provided magic and culture as I perused as a poet for the first time in the beautiful North Carolina continuous backdrop of clear blue skies and black mountains. Befriending fellow writers Tony Robles and Robert Zachary engaged me in conversations about our shared People Of Color status in ways that were engaging and familiar…