Joshunda Sanders's Blog, page 49
August 5, 2013
utnereader:
Nonwhite Americans more likely to live with...
Nonwhite Americans more likely to live with excessive urban heat.
Lacking trees and green spaces, many inner city neighborhoods rely heavily on concrete and asphalt. And as climate change intensifies, the problem will only worsen.
"If you’re trying to figure out why the poorest of black and brown communities continue to procreate..."
“If you’re trying to figure out why the poorest of black and brown communities continue to...
blackpoemusic:
Won’t you celebrate with meWhat I have shaped...
Won’t you celebrate with me
What I have shaped into
a kind of life? I had no model.
born in babylon
both nonwhite and woman
what did i see to be except myself?
i made it up
here on this bridge between
starshine and clay,
my one hand holding tight
my other hand; come celebrate
with me that everyday
something has tried to kill me
and has failed.
Won’t You Celebrate With Me by Lucille Clifton
(Picture: Mother defending her son during a police raid in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
"He was there during segregation and during integration. Unlike the others, he had no power behind..."
“He was there during segregation and during integration. Unlike the others, he had no power...
August 4, 2013
For a talk about mental health and poverty around the world
In addition to telling the personal story of growing up with a mentally-ill single mother in NYC,...
August 2, 2013
"It is astonishing that in a country so devoted to the individual, so many people should be afraid to..."
“"It is astonishing that in a country so devoted to the individual, so many people should be...
"People don’t have any mercy. They tear you limb from limb, in the name of love. Then, when you’re..."
“People don’t have any mercy. They tear you limb from limb, in the name of love. Then, when...
