This Great Cloud of Witnesses: Black Perseverance and the Power of Everyday Afrofuturism

11/02/2022 42 min Episodio 46
This Great Cloud of Witnesses: Black Perseverance and the Power of Everyday Afrofuturism

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Episode Synopsis

Faith Organizers Kelley Fox and Terry Williams talk about Black perseverance and Black History Month, calling to mind the powerful witness of ancestors who daily dreamed & worked for a positive, joy-filled future. Kelley and Terry address Afrofuturism in everyday situations, calling to mind the extraordinary power in ordinary acts of resistance, resilience, and reproductive rebellion.
Emergent Strategy, by adrienne maree brown: www.akpress.org/emergentstrategy.html
Pleasure Activism, by adrienne maree brown: www.akpress.org/pleasure-activism-e-book.html
Reproductive Justice definition from Sister Song: www.sistersong.net/reproductive-justice
Appalachian Elegy, by bell hooks: www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/148751/appalachian-elegy-1-6
Join our Restorative & Transformative Justice Training on April 14th: www.faithchoiceohio.org/trainings
Read a wrap-up of our 2021 Restorative & Transformative Justice Book Club: www.faithchoiceohio.org/blog/building-safe-and-sustainable-communities-one-book-and-practice...
Read a wrap-up of our 2021 Abolition Reads Book Club: www.faithchoiceohio.org/blog/abortion-access-and-abolition-how-to-cultivate-hope-in-2022

Music by Korbin Jones

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