How to Knock Down a Neighborhood, by Lee Lee McKnight (Cohort 27)
"What makes me most angry is that a decree was handed down rather than a conversation being had.”
IfeMichelle Gardin – Writer, Playwright, Elm City LIT Fest Creator/Coordinator (Cohort 2)
“I intend to live the rest of my life with Love, in all the definitions of the name I selected for myself over 30 years ago. I am living intentionally in my Love of all aspects of the Culture of the African Diaspora.”
Meeting Our Needs Through Restorative Practices, by Cameo Thorne (Cohort 27)
“It allows the members of a community to be heard, for their needs to be addressed, and to come to an understanding about how to prevent harm.”
Asian American Art, Activism, and Allyship, by Annie Lin (Cohort 19)
“In places like this conversation, I feel the light of hope and the power of community standing in solidarity together against systems of oppression.”
Moments, Movements, CLP Alum Commitments (a community-wide invitation to respond)
How are you showing up? How will you show up? What commitments are you living or evolving into right now? Please share...
Made for These Times: Dr. Estes’ Reminder, from Niyonu Spann (Cohort 15)
"Especially do not lose hope... Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach."
Faith and Redemption, by Dr. Karen DuBois-Walton (Cohort 9)
"Politicians may feel outrage over what happened in Minneapolis, but racism is happening everywhere. If you are listening, hear this: bring your outrage home and let it fuel your actions. And let it fuel all our actions..."
Ode to Breathe, by Marian A. Evans (Cohort 19)
“Is there herd immunity from hatred and racism?... I wrote this poem after three straight days of holding sacred space for black sisters to write... Students asked, why do they hate us so? So, myself and others feel the pressure ever the more to continue to do anti-racism work."
Our New Superhero is Everyday Man, by Bruce A. Lee Trammell Sr., CFLC (Cohort 29)
“We need a village, yes, and a village of all superheroes. Impossible? Not when we realize that the superheroes are You. Me. Him…”
A COVID-19 Heroine’s Daffodils, by Laura Altshul (Cohort 6) [1941–2024]
"She reminds me that humanity and kindness will see us through."