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#ad I’ve been asked to promote things in the pas

#ad I’ve been asked to promote things in the past, but I was never with it unless I could genuinely stand behind the product. I’m all about self-care & holistic wellness, and @goligummy #ashwagandha is one of my favs. Between my doctoral program (almost done!!), working on creative projects, and balancing a crazy schedule, stress is REAL...so natural ways to relax, calm the nervous system and stay healthy from the inside out are a must. LINK in BIO.

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Non-GMO ✔️— it’s a company that gives back. For every sale, they donate a 6 month supply of essential vitamins to a child in need through their partnership with @vitaminangels 💜✨

What’s Ashwagandha? It’s an adaptogen—a plant that helps the body maintain balance and adjust to stress. It’s rooted in Ayurveda, holistic eastern medicinal knowledge based on the concept that wellness is a balance between physical and mental health by utilizing natural medicine 🌱

#ashwagummies #ashwa #ashwagandha #healthyliving #wellness #selfcare #goligummy #golipartner #golinutrition

If you haven’t been following the saga, just kno

If you haven’t been following the saga, just know @nikolehannahjones is fierce, courageous and necessary. #wcw #blackgirlmagic #academia

Heyyy look mom, I’m in ShoutOutLA Magazine 🙌🏽 Thank you @shoutoutlaofficial for highlighting LA’s independent artists & always showing so much love 💫 ✨
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If you haven’t already, join my mailing list to stay in the loop on the poetry workshops & creative projects I’m cooking up (in my bio link tree). Don’t worry, I only send stuff out every now & then 😉

Poetry Keynote for commencement. Watch the full vi

Poetry Keynote for commencement. Watch the full video on my IGTV☝🏽Congrats to the class of 2021 🙌🏽💫 #poetry #writing #creative #speech #commencement #inspiration #spokenword #spokenwordpoetry #flow
PS. MU, Hair & Styling by Moi 😉 Necklace by @bfly1 ✨

No truer words! ✨With that in mind, my Art-As-Ac

No truer words! ✨With that in mind, my Art-As-Activism poetry workshop series last month went so well, it gave me an idea. Drumroll please 🥁….
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I’m tailoring my #SOULSPEAK premium online writing workshops to be a creative approach to DEI initiatives. What’s DEI? Diversity, Equity & Inclusion programs — they’re super prominent right now, created to improve cultural & social issues on a micro level. Creativity, culture, self empowerment & racial equality are my passions, so rolling them into one meaningful venture is super exciting 🙌🏽
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It takes a village! If your school, organization or company has a DEI department, DM me & let’s build! I can’t wait to share what I’m cooking. 💫
PS. Be sure to join my mailing list to stay in the loop (in my bio link tree). Don’t worry, I only send stuff out every now & then 😊

Happy heavenly birthday to the best cousin/uncle/G

Happy heavenly birthday to the best cousin/uncle/Godfather a girl could have. I am still learning from your example — your independent spirit, your wit, your humor, your creativity, your unapologetic way of being. Growing up knowing you & my dad were cousins gave me a clearer sense of myself and why I was an artist at heart. I wish we had connected sooner because in the few years we had, you championed me, you encouraged me, you showed me so much love. I can still hear you introducing me to people at events — “This is my beautiful and talented niece. Don’t you have a part for her in your movie? If not, write one.” 😄

To say I wish you were still here would be an understatement, but I know you are soaring where you are, and I’m eternally grateful for the friendship we shared. I love you 💜
#PaulWinfield #OscarNominee #Artist #Actor #Family

“An animal’s eyes have the power to speak a gr

“An animal’s eyes have the power to speak a great language.” ~ Martin Buber

Another fun birthday adventure with @drlisaupshaw 🙌🏽 Is horseback meditation a thing?? That’s what connecting with these beautiful animals felt like 🐎 🧘🏽 Happy born day to my dear sister friend & thank you for a super fun outing ☀️

#Repost from @drlisaupshaw ✨
I love this 🙌🏽 I can’t wait to feel all the light TOMORROW in my #SOULSPEAK Art as Activism writing workshops. It’s your last chance to register! Join us 💙
Link in bio✨

Workshop descriptions:

💥Sat. April 10, 2021 (11am pst/2pm est)
#1: You’ve Got The Heart Of A Poet: Revolutionize Your Voice
This workshop focuses on reclaiming personal power, building confidence, reviewing politically driven poetry of the Black Arts Movement (circa 1960s), unpacking the concept of “revolution,” and writing from a place of radical honesty.

💥Sat. April 17, 2021(11am pst/2pm est)
#2: Find Your Truth & Speak it Out Loud: Your Voice is Your Liberation
In this workshop, students are encouraged to think outside the confines of social conditioning, re-examine definitions and labels, explore and celebrate cultural identity, communal and cultural inheritance, and generational liberation.

💥Sat. April 24, 2021 (11am pst/2pm est)
#3: From Fannie Lou Hamer to Marielle Franco: #SayHerName
This workshop focuses on honoring and celebrating womxn whose legacies live on through their courageous work. The attempt to silence these voices is countered here as we say their names, speak their stories, and write about the issues they fought for as examples of true activism.

Registered for my new online writing workshop yet?

Registered for my new online writing workshop yet? Link in bio 💫

Activism doesn’t always look like marching, protesting or boycotting. It can also look like laughing, like being in nature, like praying, like playing, like being fully self expressed through poetry, music, and art. 💜

Last month I had a great experience teaching a workshop for UC Santa Cruz's Practical Activism Conference featuring Angela Davis, and she said something that stayed with me: "Activism is a practice." That got me thinking about the many forms activism takes, and how my form of activism is poetry.

With that in mind, I created my new #SOULSPEAK workshop series focused on art as activism. It's all happening April 10th, 17th and 24th. Reserve your spot now before it fills up. Looking forward to sharing creative space with you ✨
📸: @bfly1

I love this line from the poem “What I Will” b

I love this line from the poem “What I Will” by the brilliant @butterphoenix. What does independent thinking vs. communal consciousness look like? As we move through this continuum of tragedies informed by color, class, gender and xenophobia, what do you think has become normalized that you know intuitively is anything but normal? Share in the comments👇🏽
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We’ll be unpacking these kinds of themes in my #SOULSPEAK online writing workshop series ~ Art as Activism ~ April 10th, 17th & 24th. Let’s share creative space, practice radical honesty & independent thought. Link in bio to register✨

🌟SAVE THE DATE🌟 In honor of National Poetry

🌟SAVE THE DATE🌟 In honor of National Poetry Month, I’m offering a special #SOULSPEAK online writing workshop series ~ Art as Activism ~ April 10th, 17th & 24th. If you have a heartbeat, you have a voice! No experience necessary. Spaces are limited so reserve your spot now. Registration link in bio. 💫

✨Happening tomorrow! ✨UC Santa Cruz online eve

✨Happening tomorrow! ✨UC Santa Cruz online event FREE & open to the public 🙌🏽 Register now (link temporarily in my bio). Dr. Angela Davis is the opening featured guest at 11am pst & I’ll be the closing performer at 3:30pm pst, with all kinds of dope workshops in between.
See you online ✌🏽
P.S. Omg you guys, Angela Davis!!

#Repost from my soror & dear friend @drlisaupshaw

#Repost from my soror & dear friend @drlisaupshaw 🙌🏽

Remember this exercise? Do it with me real quick:
•Think of the thing you’ve never said out loud.
•Think of the thing you want with your whole heart.
•Think of the thing that happened years ago that still bothers you. 💥THAT IS YOUR TRANSFORMATIVE POEM WAITING TO BE WRITTEN.💥
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I’m updating my premium online course #SOULSPEAK to include writing prompts about the current state of the world...and it’s not just for poets, it’s for everyone. Our voices are sacred tools and I’m here for it. What have you been whispering that you are finally ready to say out loud? What’s something you’d want to write about in the course? Let me know below 👇🏽

When @JaneFonda & @GreenpeaceUSA ask you for a poe

When @JaneFonda & @GreenpeaceUSA ask you for a poem about the environment, you deliver one 🙌🏽 🌎💫 Tune in this Friday to hear my new piece “Enough: A Poem for Mother Earth.” Follow @firedrillfriday for deets. ✨
Here’s a few lines 👇🏽
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Her voice is there
beneath the breeze if you listen
she is speaking with each sunrise
child, she says
do you not feel my heartbeat
pulsing beneath your feet
my veins the rivers you drink from
I am your daily bread
the sky your grandfather’s
grandfather prayed to
my ocean my trees my mountains
there is no life without me
yet you so carelessly
swing your selfishness
wounding worlds beyond what you can see

Heyyy look mom! I’m in VoyageLA Magazine 🙌🏽 Not sure how I missed this last month, but I truly appreciate the love! If you’re an Angelino, @voyagelamag is a great resource for all things LA. Link in bio. 📸: @bfly1
P.S. We have a new President! Hallelujah! 💙

Paramahansa Yogananda with that good word. May the

Paramahansa Yogananda with that good word. May the new year bring a higher vibrational reality for us all. Stay up, family. As G-ma @marlagibbs4real always says, “God loves you, and so do I.” ✨

It’s said that the first seven years of life set

It’s said that the first seven years of life set the foundation for our identity and self esteem. During that time, Rafer Johnson gave me something most fatherless kids never have: love, kindness, and affirmation from a strong male figure.

He was an Olympic gold medalist, philanthropist, and pillar of the community, but I knew him as Jenny and Josh’s dad. As a family friend, his presence in my childhood created some balance to the emotional injury of my father’s absence, and where I felt unclaimed and rejected, he made me feel protected and loved. I realize now, presence is far more powerful than absence, and his choice to show up in that way was a blessing beyond measure.

As a little girl, he was the sun, moon and stars to me, an angel God placed in my life when I needed it most. Now as he joins the ancestors, I grieve his departure, but am filled to overflowing with gratitude I will hold sacred in my heart, until we meet again.
Thank you, Rafer. I love you always.

As a kid, my mom gave me books about Native Americ

As a kid, my mom gave me books about Native American art & culture because she wanted me to be proud of my heritage. I didn’t grow up with my dad, but I knew that he took pride in being Black, and also in being Native. It was part of his identity, so it has always been part of mine. When my brother and I met later in life, one of the things that bonded us was that connection. We used to say, “Our mom’s are white, our dad is Black, and us, we’re Indians.” That was who we were, who we resonated with spiritually, who we saw in ourselves.
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📷: @bfly1
Earrings: @by_neeko from @beyondbuckskin
Necklace: Local pow-pow #SupportNativeArtists #SupportNativeBusinesses #FirstNations #afroindigenous

Wise words from @wiisaakodewinini 🙏🏽Check ou

Wise words from @wiisaakodewinini 🙏🏽Check out his work at dylanminer.com #supportnativeartists

What is it to be a woman the breath of the planet

What is it to be a woman
the breath of the planet
alchemizing the wind
making music from mayhem
galaxies in each palm
spinning prayers to gold

📷:@Bfly1

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