BLACK Lawrence stands for: Black Literature & Arts Collective of Kansas, Lawrence
Lawrence, KS
Joined June 2020
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Also! We're hosting an open mic on Saturday between 6-7pm. Come show us what you've got (or are working on)! Virtual sign up sheet: forms.gle/KRv5xinG183tKyMe8
Looking for inspiration? Check out our new website at the QR code below, or clicking on blacklawrence.org
We're excited to celebrate Earth Day 2023 & The Annual Poetry Fair THIS SATURDAY at the 10th Street Studios location of @LawrenceArtsCtr 🥳 Join us for interactive activities, live performances, & amazing vendors like @sarahngoh & The Native Chef!
You won't want to miss this at @SpencerMuseum ✨Performances of poetry, music, & a creative workshop from members Anthony Boynton, Tai Amri Spann-Ryan, Alex Kimball Williams, & Leah Evans 🖤
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We'd love to share content this month related to what our community is most interested in learning about. Please let us know in the comments or our DM's ✨
Donations received between Feb. 1st-28th will be equally distributed among our active members: paypal.me/BLACKLawrence
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A reminder that #MLK stood for nonviolence AND civil disobedience- not just nonviolence ✊🏽
Did you know we debuted a website last year in honor of our 5-year anniversary as an artist collective? 🖤 Check it out!
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Lots lined up in celebration & honor of MLK ✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽
Fri. Jan. 13th, 12pm: Alex Kimball Williams performing & presenting at the Gordon Parks Museum in Fort Scott
Mon. Jan. 16th, 2:30pm: Mercedes Lucero leading a zines workshop at the @lawrencelibrary
More events to share!
BIPOC Perspectives x Climate event next Tuesday, January 10th at the @lawrencelibrary 🖤 Thanks @douglascountyks for creating space for community members to weigh in on the process. Registration: arcg.is/GPzGz
Join us for BLACK Lawrence own, @taiamri, in a special reading of his poetic memoir "beautiful ashe," exploring the juxtaposition of American Hyper-Capitalism (Babylon) & the beauty of the African-Self (beautiful ashe).
This event is FREE.
Link below:
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Black Americans have a precarious relationship with the US flag. We fought and died for it, under it, & b/c of it. It's our American dreams & nightmares. It's the constitution w/ the 3/5 clause. It's our journey… instagram.com/p/CCW6CrwJlsO/…
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Rontarus Washington Jr. left the Douglas County Jail tonight on bond after 5 years awaiting trial.
Today we joined a coalition with @WonderFair, @repetitionks, and @theburgerstand to help with collateral for the cash bail.
But this is not a story about The Raven.
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Today, BLACK Lawrence salutes and honors elder and recent ancestor and Kansas Icon, Richard Pitts. Baba Richard Pitts was an educator’s educator. Working outside of the confines of the school system, Baba Richard… instagram.com/p/CB0U-hGpV8X/…
In Black culture, scars often represent our collective *and* individual experiences. It can refer to transgenerational trauma, like slavery, like the "chokecherry tree" in Toni Morrison's "Beloved," eyebrow "cuts"… instagram.com/p/CBy_qVcpT0q/…
“Caring for myself [and creating art] is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” #audrelorde #artissurvival #blacklivesmatter #blackliberation