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An upcoming talk: The Weeping Time: Why It Matters
Hello Baileyblog Readers, This week I invite you to a talk that I am giving on Wed, June 2 at 6pm called, " The Weeping Time: Why It Matters." Here is the Facebook event invite: https://fb.me/e/WJn1Kesk I hope one and all can listen in. I also want to share with you...
Harriet Tubman Center’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission concludes
Dear Baileyblog Readers Watch this space for further updates. For now, see recent Pipe Dream article on the work of Binghamton University's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. https://www.bupipedream.com/news/121601/auto-draft-1137/ Anne C. Bailey
Reparations Update and a Poem for George Floyd by Brenda Cave-James
This is what I wrote about it a couple of months ago about the history of reparations and the ways in which America could lead by example: https://theconversation.com/revisiting-reparations-is-it-time-for-the-us-to-pay-its-debt-for-the-legacy-of-slavery-151972 And...
A POEM FOR GEORGE FLOYD; A POEM FOR EASTER by Brenda Cave-James
La-tee-da Are you well pleased Mr. Some-kind-of-sicko, Anointed squasher of humanity. Squeezer of life blood arteries. Bare down. Full weight. See what happens... cracks or splats like black shellbug on pavement. Looks like you were whistling in your head......
Solidarity with the Asian community
Dear Baileyblog readers, I hope you are doing well and continuing to stay safe. It's been over a year and maybe you too are feeling pandemic fatigue. We are all tired. We are all longing to see one another again in a normal pre-pandemic way. It seems like a long...
Revisiting Reparations: Is it time for the US to pay its debt for the legacy of slavery?
Some 156 years after the end of the Civil War and the official abolition of slavery through the 13th Amendment, the idea of reparations is gaining currency in Washington. On March 1, Cedric Richmond, a senior adviser to President Joe Biden, suggested the White House...
