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❤✊🏿🙏🏿🕊📰 #ArtIsWeapon Read @repjohnlewis' final essay in today's @nytopinion. Even as his life in this realm was ending, he was still encouraging and inspiring us. President @barackobama will eulogize our beloved #JohnLewis at a celebration of his remarkable life this morning, 7.30.2020, @ebenezer_atl. The service will be televised on most major news networks and will livestream from numerous platforms. _______________________ Reposted from @nytopinion Shortly before his death on July 17, civil rights leader and U.S. Representative John Lewis wrote an essay for the nation, to be published on the day of his funeral. “Though I may not be here with you, I urge you to answer the highest calling of your heart and stand up for what you truly believe,” Mr. Lewis wrote. “Now it is your turn to let freedom ring.” Click the link in our bio to read his final essay. 📷Mark Makela for The New York Times #WordsHavePower #JohnLewis #AmericanHero #civilrights #raceinamerica #nytopinion #service #socialjustice #SaintJohn #FreedomFighter #freedom #equality #TraScapades #ArtIsAWeapon https://www.instagram.com/p/CDRR42KAN-W/?igshid=uxobfhv0mnkk

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✊🏿⚖🎻#ArtIsWeapon #JusticeForElijahMcClain #ViolinVigil video by @carlosjavierortiz. Reposted from the @nytimes #Violin vigils across the country honor the memory of #ElijahMcClain, a Black 23-year-old who played the violin and died while being detained by the police in Colorado last summer. On June 27, dozens of string musicians gathered in Aurora, Colorado, to play songs including “Amazing Grace” and “Hallelujah.” Onlookers recorded videos of the performance, which members of the McClain family attended, and also captured footage of the Aurora Police Department intervening with riot gear and tear gas canisters after officers declared the gathering unlawful. Demonstrators locked arms in a circle around the players. Two days later, a similar vigil was scheduled in New York; then there was one in Boston the next day, and another in Portland, Oregon — a dozen in 2 weeks. In cities including New Orleans and Bowling Green, Ohio, musicians and community organizers have continued to host violin vigils — almost 20, and counting — in honor of McClain, attracting hundreds, sometimes thousands, of participants. Because the pandemic has shuttered concert halls and events, there are hordes of classically trained performers at the ready, and audiences eager to listen. In the video above, musicians in Chicago played “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which is important to the Black community. “We had no idea this was going to happen,” said Ashanti Floyd, who helped organize the Colorado event. “We didn’t think we’d create these waves. But I guess that’s what happens when you’re a musician and all you have is time on your hands.” #EndPoliceViolence #BlackLivesMatter #TraScapades #ArtIsAWeapon #MusicIsLife #LiftEveryVoiceAndSing https://www.instagram.com/p/CC01iZpgljv/?igshid=1ptw31tw3ly6i

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👩🏿‍💻🎨❤#ArtIsWeapon #ArtistTalk #IGLive One of my favorite #artists @bisabutler will be on @instagram LIVE tomorrow, 3/25 at 12PM ET! Reposted from @bisabutler I’m going IG live y’all! Join me Wednesday 3/25 from 12pm-1 ( eastern time)for an art break🤗 Pull up with a cup of coffee or tea and let’s chat while I take a break in my studio. I’ve been getting great questions from friends and art lovers but since my hands are always moving it’s hard to keep up with my emails and dm’s. I’ll be speaking about my #inspirations, new #artworks, and exhibits. I missed seeing many of you at my postponed exhibit and this way I can answer those art questions that may have been on your mind💡! #bisabutler #contemporaryart #quilt #ArtLovers #claireolivergallery #textileart #fiberart #BlackArtists #BlackWomenArtists #BlackArtCollectors #TraScapades #BlackArt #ArtIsAWeapon #BlackGirlArtGeeks🤓 https://www.instagram.com/p/B-IjHf2g7Os/?igshid=1oc6hux8r11ne

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💃🏾🎶🎧 Two favorite DJs @djlisamoody @djdonnaedwards celebrating @deepsugarparty 's 15th Anniversary, and our girl @lisagottagetitin's birthday. Celebrate life y'all, and do you some serious dancing to shake off the madness! #MusicIsLife #DancingIsFreedom #ArtIsWeapon #FindTheJoy #MakeLove #Vote #DeepSugar #BaltimoresFinest #ULTRANATÉ #NYNightlife #TraScapades (at Le Bain at The Standard, High Line) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpv0LlsF4oe/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=f986f0ee19px