#amplify voices

[browngirl9diary]

Hey, I’m starting a new series on here about stories from across the South Pacific.

This new series will be called:

🐚 The Saltwater Series ~ Stories from the Pacific

Stories that aren't talked about enough, stories that aren't adequately taught in our institutions, and barely get the appropriate media coverage they deserve. Feel free to stick around. Reblog. Ask questions. Share with your friends. ⋆｡˚𖦹

𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘺 𝘑𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘺 𝘕𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 “𝘈 𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘈𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥” – 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘚𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 20, 2018. 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦: 𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵.𝘤𝘰𝘮

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What Do You Do to Be Involved in the Community?

What do you do to be involved in the community? Let’s be real — being involved in the community ain’t all cookouts, feel-good panels, and Instagram-worthy service projects. It’s work. It’s showing up when nobody’s watching. It’s caring enough to get uncomfortable.Me? I stay involved by refusing to look away. When something’s wrong — injustice, ignorance, neglect — I don’t just whisper about it…

What Do You Do to Be Involved in the Community?

[jomiddlemarch]

The Radical Quilting of Rosie Lee Tompkins

A triumphal retrospective at the Berkeley Art Museum confirms her standing as one of the great American artists — transcending craft, challenging painting and reshaping the canon.

“Tompkins was an inventive colorist whose generous use of black added to the gravity of her efforts. She worked in several styles and all kinds of fabrics, using velvets — printed, panne, crushed — to gorgeous effect, in ways that rivaled oil paint. But she was also adept with denim, faux furs, distressed T-shirts and fabrics printed with the faces of the Kennedy brothers, Martin Luther King Jr. and Magic Johnson.”

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Our Voices Have Been Heard

📣 NEW POEM OUT NOW OUR VOICES HAVE BEEN HEARD ✍️✨

Just released on my Substack — a powerful piece about amplifying the voices of those too often silenced or ignored. This poem is a reminder that every story matters, and every voice deserves to echo.

Read it now and let it speak to you.

Our Voices Have Been Heard!

by Michael Coulombe

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What Do You Do to Be Involved in the Community?

What do you do to be involved in the community? Let’s be real — being involved in the community ain’t all cookouts, feel-good panels, and Instagram-worthy service projects. It’s work. It’s showing up when nobody’s watching. It’s caring enough to get uncomfortable.Me? I stay involved by refusing to look away. When something’s wrong — injustice, ignorance, neglect — I don’t just whisper about it…

What Do You Do to Be Involved in the Community?

[jomiddlemarch]

Author’s Prayer

By Ilya Kaminsky

If I speak for the dead, I must leave this animal of my body, I must write the same poem over and over, for an empty page is the white flag of their surrender. If I speak for them, I must walk on the edge of myself, I must live as a blind man who runs through rooms without touching the furniture. Yes, I live. I can cross the streets asking “What year is it?” I can dance in my sleep and laugh in front of the mirror. Even sleep is a prayer, Lord, I will praise your madness, and in a language not mine, speak of music that wakes us, music in which we move. For whatever I say is a kind of petition, and the darkest days must I praise.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53850/authors-prayer

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Author Interview with Danielle Cotton

Interview with Danielle Cotton the Author or Tajja and the Legend of the Queen

Welcome to my blog interview with children’s author, Danielle Cotton, author of Tajja and the Legend of the Queens. I’ve been friends with this wonderful woman for a decade and am always amazed at her strength and passion. She’s written a delightful book with a poignant message about embracing your heritage and taking responsibility.

Danielle Cotton is a children’s author, history teacher,…

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