‘Miscellany’ Archives
Letters to Philando Castile Family and slain Dallas Police and Families by Youth
BY PATRICK CABELLO HANSEL I”'ve been teaching a writing class with the youth from our Young Leaders Program at St. Paul”'s this summer. Last Wednesday we wrote letters to Philando Castile and his family, and to the slain Dallas policemen and their families. Really powerful writing by African-American and Latino/a youth. A lot will be in the next issue of The Phoenix of Phillips literary magazine. Here is one of my offerings, an epistolary poem to the 4-year old girl who saw her mother”'s boyfriend killed by the police. Dear Dae Dae, BY PATRICK CABELLO HANSEL Dear Dae Dae, Not every sound will scare you forever. Not every voice will be a weapon so loud it will shatter the ear drums of your heart. There will be birds singing for their friends from that special tree in the playground you love, the ice cream truck will saunter down your street on summer evenings, and you will hear your own voice saying, “Mommy, can I have one, Mommy, please, [...]
Juxtaposed photos as two events were Juxtaposed Sunday July 24th at 2019 E. Lake St. during OPEN STREETS
Juxtaposed photos as two events were Juxtaposed Sunday July 24th at 2019 E. Lake St. during OPEN STREETS; left, a Shrine honoring people killed by police and challenging us to solve our divisions; above the Save Shave Campaign requesting historical Burma-Shave Historic Vine Church building to be studied and perhaps reused somewhere else. Yes! Our lives are Juxtaposed as we seek. “Peace, if possible and Justice at any rate.”
