Melissa's Mela

Welcome to my mela, my gathering. A mellifluous flow...

[betterthankanyebitch]

[melissathornton]

Breathe deeply.

[nayyirahwaheed-deactivated20180]

poem.  from nejma. by nayyirah waheed.

[melissathornton]

Imani Uzuri has plenty of reasons why she rocks!

I have waaaaay more than 8 reasons why @imaniuzuri rocks, but this is a good start!

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[melissathornton]

“We have nothing to lose but our chains!” The most poignant exclamation point to end this incredible week! breenewsome #TOOKITDOWN  #FreeBree

[beyondvictoriana]

The Forgotten Girls Who Left the South and Changed History

The girls of the Great Migration shaped regions, cities and even the White House

“Among these dream-seekers who put pen to paper to plan their great escapes were scores of girls and teenage women. These letters, printed in the pages of the Defender, and other reflections from African American girls who settled on Chicago’s South Side, fueled my scholarly search to understand how girls experienced, shaped and understood the mass exodus that roughly spanned 1917 to 1970, during which an estimated 7 million blacks settled in urban corridors.”

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[nevver]

Girls with Books, Max Ginsburg

[theneverlandproject-blog]

iconic

[melissathornton]

Girl With Butterflies #4 by Walter Henry Williams #sooncome

[40acresandamulefilmworks]

See my newest joint ‘Da Sweet Blood of Jesus’, FRIDAY, March 13th at Harlem’s number one venue for independent Black films, ImageNation’s RAW SPACE Culture Gallery. My leading man Stephen Tyrone Williams will be there, plus you get a free drink and house music all night long. That’s this Friday, March 13th at 7pm at ImageNation’s RAW SPACE Culture Gallery located at 2031 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd between 121st and 122nd Streets in Harlem. Seating is limited, so get your tickets in advance at www.imagenation.us

[melissathornton]

Haitian Women Artists donate work to the Save A Museum Collection to repair the Musée d'Art Haitien in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Women artists participating in the Save A Museum effort include: Bresilla, Colette [Kokko] Brintle, Patricia Cadet, Marie-Lucie [Malou] Cadet, Vonette Charlier, Vladimir Cybil Demosthene, Florine Dupoux, Marie-Thérèse [Marithou] Felix, Denise Garoute, Michele Claude [Klode] Gousse-Allen, Marie ClaudeHall, Myrtha Lahens-Esper, Genevieve [Iris] Laplanche, Tiffany Latortue, Odile Legrand, Yolene Marcelin, Michele Voltaire Nadal-Gardere, Marie-Jose Phipps-Kettlewell, Marilene Piquion, Elisabeth Moscoso

http://toussaintlouverturefoundation-or.doodlekit.com/home/women

[melissathornton]

Class in session @CineInstitute, Haiti's only free college for art & technology. Support them tmrw: http://bit.ly/1FDH5hT #HaitiOptimisteNYC #etidyans #students marcbaptisteunpublished

[decolonize-all-the-things-deact]

The only way we’ll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world. We are blood brothers to the people of Brazil, Venezuela, Haiti… Cuba - yes Cuba too.

Malcolm X (via afro-dominicano)

[melissathornton]

"Respect God. Pray working. Pray learning, planning, doing. Pray creating, teaching, reaching. Pray working. Pray to focus your thoughts, still your fears, strengthen your purpose. Respect God. Shape God. Pray working."

Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower

[theijeoma-deactivated20180827]

Start now. Start where you are. Start with fear. Start with pain. Start with doubt. Start with hands shaking. Start with voice trembling but start. Start and don’t stop. Start where you are, with what you have. Just…start.

Ijeoma Umebinyuo (via theijeoma)

[melissathornton]

¨I keep falling into these invisible women¨ ~Kimberly Becoat, artist (via @ishkadesigns)

http://www.ishkadesigns.com/blog/2014/6/26/art-and-design-studio-meet-kimberly-becoathkadesigns.com

[melissathornton]

sun salutations/prostrations + vedic mantras #yoga