#BlackHistoryMonth
#100thAnniversary
Day 6.
#AudreLord was a warrior poet who devoted her life to addressing & confronting injustices of racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/audre-...
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#BlackHistoryMonth
#100thAnniversary
Day 6.
#AudreLord was designated Poet Laureate by Governor Mario Cuomo.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audre_L...
"We are powerful because we have survived"
#AudreLord
#quote #queer #LGBTQ #transrights #lovewins #brighton #sussex #quoteoftheday
Quote of the Day:
“We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit.”
- Audre Lorde
#QuoteOfTheDay #AudreLord #Tenderness #Compassion
Quote of the Day;
“Oppressors always expect the oppressed to extend to them the understanding so lacking in themselves.”
- Audre Lorde
#QuoteOfTheDay #AudreLord #Oppression #Understanding #Compassion
QuoteOfTheDay:
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”
- Audre Lorde
#QuoteOfTheDay #AudreLord #SelfCare #BlackHistoryMonth #PoliticsArePersonal #EverythingIsPolitical
The use of many (many!) points of order during the #CMAagm to dispute the legitimacy of new governance structures to increase diversity and inclusion...
...has me and a few others thinking about this quote from the inspiring #AudreLord @CMA_Docs
19 pillars when considering what the 19th Amendment (my own personal vision board, blueprint, constellation). Also, there are 19 pillars in this frame. IJS
1. #IdaBWells
2. #FannieLouHamer
3. #ElaineBrown
4. #HarrietTubman
5. #SoniaSanchez
6. #AudreLord…...
