When the Good in US Leads

20170129_150344aa

If hope can be measured in the number of feet walking pavements this weekend, then there is Hope for the Good in US as first through fifteenth generation immigrants from across the country took to the streets in peaceful protest against the tyrannical ban of seven Muslim counties. And, I believe peoples of First Nations were among the crowd of protesters, though I do not have first-hand confirmation. Collectively it appears that protesters understand, and have read enough history to know, that this moment in US history mirrors the most recent precedent in Nazi, Germany.  Yet each immigrant making up the tapestry of this nation-wide protest, has a singular and a collective narrative of oppression – both subtle and individualistic and/or globally acknowledged and/or ignored. These narratives may not have reached history books or earned chapters in creative non-fictions but nonetheless are important weaves in identities forged on these adopted shores.  These narratives compel a nation-wide call for the Good in US to lead.

Published by: Dream Without Borders

Artist| Scientist| Creative Entrepreneur| Activist: working at intersections of arts, health, healing, and activism, my practice focuses on the performance and performative articulations of vulnerable bodies, exploring and examining expressions of identity and belonging. I hold particular interest in the lives and aspirations of the African Diaspora/Black Atlantic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Categories Uncategorized