Black Pride is Powerful & Beautiful

This powerful video was made by students at Asheville High School last month. Its byline is “spread love – not only this month, every month. to everyone.” The students wanted to show it at a school assembly to celebrate Black History Month. They were told they couldn’t because there was too much black power expressed […]

Creativity is Essential

This morning I was feeling in my body the absence of creative projects that integrate my activism, anger, passion and imagination into creative outlets. I want theater, street art, creative video/photo/journalism projects, “meetings” where we don’t just talk but we enact and play with this BS in embodied ways, imagining creative solutions forward in non-linear […]

Being A Sanctuary

What I learned at Sanctuary: A Partnership Between Immigrant & Faith Communities in Asheville. The call to faith communities was to: 1. Provide sanctuary for the most vulnerable (including those who are undocumented, Muslim, Blacks, LGBTQ, Trans folks) 2. If you can’t provide sanctuary, be the people who are supporting those who are providing sanctuary 3. Listen […]

Money Has Power

MONEY is a huge factor in this fascist state we are quickly shifting into and a powerful component of successful strategies. The majority of the players in power are invested in making money and the majority of the players on the ground cultivating freedom and justice are in need of money. ACTION involves making choices […]