The Community

by N. Jamiyla Chisholm

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. —Martin Luther King Jr. You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul. —Swami Vivekananda

the need to find the good in something is universal, even when what is found has devastatingly harmful effects.

Just as my memories don’t always jibe with my parents’, theirs are just as selective.