I remember back/before Kennedy, King and Malcolm were assassinated
back when/journalist had an overall presentation of protocal around truth telling/I remember
many childhood evenings/sitting on the floor in the living room at my great aunt’s house in Memphis TN
as the adults gathered to witness and discuss the current affairs of the day/I remember
feeling that change was coming. Tonight is the first time since those days that I have felt such a sense possibility…

Daniel and I cried/shouted/fanned ourselves/rocked in our chairs
and had a moment of silence as
Obama not only won SC
but gave a speech was everything we know to be critical, true and relevant.
I’m sure that speech will be available for downloading soon
meanwhile
check Obama out at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia
(where he encouraged them to embrace the LGBT community/yep he said it in not only a Black church/but in Dr. King’s Church)

Carolyn Kennedy endorses Obama in the NY Times article titled, A President Like My Father

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I was Blessed to facilitate a retreat for allgo’s ROOTED: Queer Writer’s Group at Alma de Mujer last weekend. Alma is a project of The Indigenous Women’s Network. I hadn’t been to Alma since my dear buddy/mentor/sista-the baddass sculpter/activist Marsha Ann Gomez was caretaker of Alma. That was back when Genevieve Vaughan the brilliant feminist behind the The Gift Giving Economy (which is dedicated to shifting to a woman based economy as a means for social change) owned Alma. I was excited to experience pure Joy and Wonder Being on the land again…Here is a photo Marsha’s Madre del Mundo which now sits in tribute to Marsha at Alma

The first life-size Madre del Mundo was placed on Western Shoshone Land, across from a missile testing site in Nevada, as a protest of what was being done to the land. Click HERE to find our more about Marsha and the Madre

Maria Limon, Antonio Lopez and I were surprised but delighted when we realized that we are elders now/kinda…

Antonio used to be the main cook when Marsha was there….and mannomann can he throw down! Antonio is now the caretaker for Alma. Call him about booking 512.258-3880. It really is quite beautiful.

Alma is a center for social change. There are several cabins/it sleeps a total of 27 people
but there is space for MANY more to camp out.

Here are the beautiful amazing ROOTED: Queer Writers with the Madre:

Standing L to R:
Senalka McDonald, Samiya Bashir, Me, Matt Richardson. Maria Limon
Sitting L to R:Jennifer Margulies, Wura Ogunji, Ana-Maurine Lara, Cheryl Coward, Anel Flores Not pictured: Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano

*Anel took some of these photos and I took some.

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