Isabel de Olvera: I Demand Justice.
“I am going on the expedition to New Mexico and have some reason to fear that I may be annoyed by some individual since I am a mulatta, and it is proper to protect my rights in such an eventuality by an affidavit showing that I am a free woman, unmarried and the legitimate daughter of Hernando, a Negro, and an Indian named Magdalena….” 1600 AD
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Poem: Death is passive. Killing is not.
Poem: Death is passive, killing is not. by LaShawnda Jones
Breathing is active.
Breath is sacred.
Air is life.
We are all created beings
with the same Right to Life
and unhindered breathing.
Access to air should not depend on
Assumptions, opinions, political views,
Occupation, wealth, social status,
Skin color, mood, hatred of fellow humans
or self-hatred. Access to air should
not require legislation.
Yet here we are.
Pamela Turner: Two for the Carnage of One
Do this in remembrance of me. It’s psychological warfare physical murder spiritual bondage. Our sanity means nothing to the intentionally persistent assassins of our humanity. Our humanness has no value in the confrontation of violent entitlement& and moral disregard that assumes murder of “others” is the white person’s right – a privilege awarded toContinueContinue reading “Pamela Turner: Two for the Carnage of One”
Quote: Two things are wanting in America…
The nation that has no reverence for man is also lacking in reverence for God and need to be instructed.
ACAD – Remnant: 2 Samuel 21
Now the Gibeonites were not of the people of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; although the people of Israel had sworn to spare them, Saul had tried to wipe them out in his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.
A ‘Quest for Justice’ for a Murdered Civil Rights Pioneer, 52 Years Later
“She spent her whole life fighting for others. It’s time somebody started fighting for her.”
ACAD – Rejected: Hosea 4
Israel’s unfaithfulness to God is liked to adultery. He rejects their children. “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.”
ACAD – Rejected: Jeremiah 2
Israel is judged guilty of two evils: forsaking God and making broken vessels for themselves to worship. ” What wrong did your ancestors find in me that they went far from me, and went after worthless things, and became worthless themselves?”
Right to Life: Protest=Love
A series of portraits and signs carried in marches and rallies protesting police brutality. The images were taken in New York City and Baltimore between 2014-2015. Click here to purchase any of the below prints. Click here to purchase any of the above prints.
The right to life.
Life. Witnessing the wanton destruction of life has deeply impacted me these last few years. Every life I’ve witnessed killed on a video…every life I’ve heard was destroyed… everyone who has their right to life taken from them by someone who believed their right to kill trumped another’s right to live…all of those lives have changed me. PeopleContinueContinue reading “The right to life.”