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Blog by Dr. LEW
Creative Expression...The Arts
Creative expression—whether in the visual, performing, literary, or film arts—has always served as a barometer of a society’s health and...

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Apr 93 min read
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America was the price of eggs worth it?
Youtube image The so-called election loss was largely attributed to the rising cost of eggs—along with other consumer necessities—and...

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Mar 272 min read
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Fiction or Reality
Have you read Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, first published on October 1, 1993? Butler, the first African American science...

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Mar 12 min read
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RESISt
Google Images: Threads I haven’t posted in weeks—frankly, because I’m exhausted. Trump-tigue, I call it. Ironically, it hasn’t even been...

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Feb 112 min read
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Oh Freedom
Today, millions of Americans from all ethnic backgrounds, socio-economic statuses, and gender identities are participating in a day of...

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Jan 202 min read
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When we fight we win!
On January 14th, the most diverse delegation of Black women’s organizations convened at the Georgia State Capitol, following the recent...

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Jan 142 min read
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GRAVITY part II
Image Forbes It’s been two weeks since I last posted and I will begin with the beginning paragraph of my original post for context. This...

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Jan 44 min read
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Gravity: I can fly
This "Why are you always causing a commotion?" Wicked This past weekend, I had the pleasure of watching Wicked —not the play, but the...

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Dec 26, 20242 min read
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WOKE...Ism?
Credit to: Black outdoor art Brotherhood Media I recently listened to Wake Up Suite by Bill Lee & the Natural Spiritual Orchestra, a...

jnwashington0905
Dec 15, 20243 min read
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Who is Leon Sullivan and why should we care today?
kinfolks image Leon Sullivan was an African American minister from the Philadelphia area and an appointed board member of General Motors...

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Dec 3, 20243 min read
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How do we move forward
I have been on a bit of a hiatus during the election process and now we have the results and frankly I am still processing my thoughts...

jnwashington0905
Nov 11, 20241 min read
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The Lie
The Art of the Lie by John Grant google images Obama's speeches, especially in moments like campaign rallies, are often powerful because...

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Oct 19, 20244 min read
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Pink Frog??
Medical News Today Google Image Image: Medical News Today https://www.thepinkfrogfoundation.org/ October is Breast Cancer Awareness...

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Oct 7, 20242 min read
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“Black women when they go to the polls they think more about others” Simone Sanders Townsend
Black Women's Fight for Suffrage/Atlanta History Center Last night, MSNBC hosted, Black Women in America : The Road to 2024. I want to...

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Oct 1, 20242 min read
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It's all in the Womb?
In her recent New York Times news analysis, "The Politics of Motherhood Become a Campaign-Trail Cudgel," Katie Rogers delves into the...

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Sep 24, 20244 min read
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Motherism in Praxis (Motherism in western context in the current political environment).
image Instagram Motherism in Praxis ( Motherism in western context in the current political environment). The question has been raised:...

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Sep 20, 20243 min read
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Voter Suppression Beware
The New York Times reported yesterday on three women and their individual efforts in the electoral process on the behalf of voters in the...

jnwashington0905
Sep 17, 20242 min read
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The Narrative
How we tell our stories is important. Ngugi Wa Thiong'o noted, "Sharing stories is the oxygen of the human spirit." Telling our stories...

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Sep 11, 20242 min read
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My Life hasn’t changed
Yesterday, my parish administrator and I went around the neighborhood distributing flyers for voter registration. We stopped by the local...

jnwashington0905
Sep 5, 20242 min read
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Enough is Enough
Image: Google images Today in Winder, Georgia, a mass shooting occurred at Apalachee High School, where a 14-year-old killed four people...

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Sep 5, 20242 min read
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