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  • Ujima 2018

    29 Dec 2018
    Truth & Foster Care

    Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility): To build and maintain our community together and make our brothers’ and sisters’ problems our problems and to solve them together.

    United we stand

    Divided we fall

    Our historical and ancestral African community

    Cried together

    Ate together

    Worshipped together

    Laughed together

    Watched children for one another

    Not one was a stranger, and everyone is family

    No matter the texture of your hair

    No matter how light or dark your skin

    No matter level of intelligence

    We stood and we stand together

    Our Black lives mattered before it became a statement

    We were proud of our roots

    The curve of our hips

    The broadness of our back

    Together we were

    Together we are

    When one succeeds, we all succeed!

    No one is greater than another

    We aim to become a being of wisdom

    The next one to tell the littles our history

    How we fought the good fight

    How we persevered and sacrificed

    I am proud of being Black.

    I am proud of my curly afro

    Proud of my locs

    Thick thighs

    Multi complexion

    Proud of those who went before me

    I am the answered prayer of a slave

    I am FREEDOM

    I am INTEGRITY

    I am GRACE

    I am who I say I am

    I am BLACK

    I am TRANS

    I am GAY

    I am SMART

    I am a fighter

    Our dreams will be conquered

    We History’s maker

    And, World Changers!

    Until I return to dust

    I rise!

    We Rise

    I am not one without the other

    United We Stand

    Divided We Fall

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  • Kujichagulia: 2018

    28 Dec 2018
    Being African American, Great Quotes By Ordinary People, My Story, Journal Style!

    Kujichagulia (Self-Determination): To define and name ourselves, as well as to create and speak for ourselves.

    Kujichagulia:

    What I’ve learned this year:

    Recovery isn’t linear

    Recovery is different for everyone

    There’s no one correct way walk

    Each pathway is personal

    Design by the heavens

    Guided by our ancestors

    We learned that:

    Black is Beautiful

    Trans people are beautiful

    I do not have to be quiet because I have a vagina

    Masculinity and Femininity are fluid

    Degree’s mean shit

    Money is not a cure for problems

    Mental Illness is not a defect

    There’s no correct way to be Black, Hispanic, Woman, or LGBTQ

    Your life is not my life

    I took the path less chosen

    I walked the road less traveled

    I am strong

    I am sexy

    I am divine

    I am unique

    I MATTER!

    Never let your vote be taken

    Never lay idle

    Boys can wear dresses, and little girls can play with trucks

    I am black and educated

    I work to play harder

    Kujichagulia means self-determination

    Joyous Kwanzaa

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  • Umoja 2018

    26 Dec 2018
    Being African American, Journal Style!

    (Umoja) as “a principle and practice of togetherness in all things good and of mutual benefit” and as “a principled and harmonious togetherness, not simply a being together.”

    Umoja:

    Two Doors

    One Opened

    My kin exited, never to look back

    The Door closed

    So, what’s left?

    Left were questions, subjection, incoherence, fear, and abandonment

     “why”

    The Second Door Opened

    True entities

    True spirits

    Enter and abided

    Beings of different races

    Beings of different religions

    Beings of different occupations

    Beings, designed for me and my journey

    Beings who were my answer to the question asked: “Why”?

    For

    Why no longer matter

    The Angels of heaven said:

    “These beings are your family”

    “These beings hold your heart”

    Not because of a job

    Not for accolades

    Just because! Just because, they see your heart!

    This is your unity, the village God has chosen for you

    These being are your connections

    Examples to keep living

    These beings are your examples of”

    UMOJA! Joyous Kwanzaa

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  • I am never alone.

    14 Mar 2018
    My Story, My Story, Journal Style!

    With the many faces, I see

    The many voices I never hear

    As long as the season change

    As long as children still play and laugh

    As long as babies are born

    As long as trees give shade in the sunlight

    Days are longer, not shorter

    And the Sun rises as the Moon Sets

    I am never alone

     

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