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Shelia Bland lives in Midtown Phillips. She has been writing most of her life to help herself understand the experiences and people in her shared world.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives March goes down 24th Street on a rainy February 14. Photo Credit: Peter Molenaar
By PETER MOLENAAR
Three years before my mother’s mother was born, a young man named W.E.B. Du Bois took note: “Among the most corrosive effects of racism is its tendency to make its victims see themselves through the eyes of people who hold them in contempt.” Yet today, we ponder the death of Tyre Nichols. Indeed, ‘The Souls of Black Folk’ was Du Bois’ seminal work.
Thankfully, our nation’s book banning movement is resisted by the good librarians at Franklin, Hosmer, East Lake and Walker. ‘GO FREE OR DIE: A Story about Harriet Tubman’, has begun to circulate among our children. Yes, it is from within the ranks of the oppressed that the most transformative individuals emerge. 38th and Chicago, not long after…
I recall the convening of indigenous drums and dancers there.
February 14, 2023…
The gymnasium of the East Phillips Park Cultural and Community Center sheltered a fortitude and eloquence which rallied hundreds to march in the name of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives. The rain and slippery ice faltered no-one, as we walked down 24th to head south on Cedar Avenue, before looping around 26th and then down Bloomington back to 24th street and the Center.… Read the rest “Raise Your Voice: Stop Toxic Harm”
Raise Your Voice: Stop Toxic Harm
By PETER MOLENAAR
Three years before my mother’s mother was born, a young man named W.E.B. Du Bois took note: “Among the most corrosive effects of racism is its tendency to make its victims see themselves through the eyes of people who hold them in contempt.” Yet today, we ponder the death of Tyre Nichols. Indeed, ‘The Souls of Black Folk’ was Du Bois’ seminal work.
Thankfully, our nation’s book banning movement is resisted by the good librarians at Franklin, Hosmer, East Lake and Walker. ‘GO FREE OR DIE: A Story about Harriet Tubman’, has begun to circulate among our children. Yes, it is from within the ranks of the oppressed that the most transformative individuals emerge.
38th and Chicago, not long after…
I recall the convening of indigenous drums and dancers there.
February 14, 2023…
The gymnasium of the East Phillips Park Cultural and Community Center sheltered a fortitude and eloquence which rallied hundreds to march in the name of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives. The rain and slippery ice faltered no-one, as we walked down 24th to head south on Cedar Avenue, before looping around 26th and then down Bloomington back to 24th street and the Center.… Read the rest “Raise Your Voice: Stop Toxic Harm”