Quirky Black Girls

When We Free: A Meditation on Faith and Liberation Saturday August 1, 2015 4pm-7pm Full Frame Theater, Durham, NC We are proud to present the world premiere of When We Free a medit...

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Yesterday I had the honor of bringing Black Feminist Breathing  to the BOLD National Gathering which took place on a reclaimed plantation here in North Carolina.  Sister-Comrade Genius Facili...

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"Frontispiece Remastered" Collage by Alexis Pauline Gumbs Last night after laying our bodies in the street in protest, while advocating and praying for our comrades who had been arrested, whi...

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Last night was the first Brilliance Remastered  Bright Black Broadcast and it was miraculous.   Guided by the brilliance of Benjamin Banneker, and some of his enduring texts we engaged the...

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from Brilliance Remastered The Spill Intensive: Sustainable Strategies for Exceeding the Boundaries of the Academic Industrial Complex   WEBINAR OCTOBER 20TH-24TH 9PM EST Rodney Ewing, M...

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WE ARE THE FACILITATORS.  Compact, anachronistic speakeasies of the justice movement.  We make it smooth, entertaining, energizing and cool to do the impossible in a t wo hour workshop.  In ...

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 “I love the word survival, it always sounds to me like a promise.  It makes me wonder sometimes though, how do I define the shape of my impact upon this earth?” – reflection cut from ...

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"All I want to know for my own protection is are we capable of whatever whenever." Essex Hemphill "For My Own Protection" Black Love Oracle Day #3: Power #whateverwhenever #blacklivesmatt...

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"All I want to know for my own protection is are we capable of whatever whenever." Essex Hemphill "For My Own Protection" #whateverwhenever #blacklivesmatter oracle day #2: For My Own Pro...

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"All I want to know for my own protection is are we capable of whatever whenever." Essex Hemphill "For My Own Protection" The #whateverwhenever oracle is Eternal Summer of the Black Fe...

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It is Ida B. Wells Day!!! SHIELD. For Ida B. Wells by Alexis P. Gumbs.  In honor of Ida B. Wells Day (July 16th), here is an encore presentation of a meditation comes from this warrior ...

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We making a film. (So) We passing the hat! Check out this online revival and get some soul-stirring perks when you donate towards cast, crew, location, costumes and food for When We Free's u...

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Happy Birthday June Jordan!!!! In honor of June Jordan's Birthday (July 9th)  Here is an encore release of our first meditation is based on June Jordan's "Poem for South African Women." T...

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WHEN WE FREE – CASTING CALL http://whenwefree.jroxmedia.com/current-projects/when-we-free-the-film/when-we-free-casting-call/ . TITLE: WHEN WE FREE 30 MINUTE NARRATIVE (SHORT) IND...

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From the Black Feminist Breathing Retreat 50 years ago Fannie Lou Hamer and Ella Baker were making sure all eyes were on Mississippi.  They were standing up in Mississippi churches that ...

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Join Black Feminist Film School Summer Session for our opening screening at Center for Documentary Studies!  This screening is open to our entire community and will give you an opportunity t...

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MY PEOPLE ARE FREE HARRIET TUBMAN Today Harriet Tubman teaches us how to speak our dreams in the present tense.   May we continue to breathe in the presence of our freedom.  Special th...

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from http://blackfeministfilmschool.wordpress.com/2014/05/27/registration-now-open-to-audit-black-feminist-film-school-summer-session/ "SHE TOLD THEM THAT THE ONLY GRACE THEY COULD HAVE WAS...

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BLACK WOMEN ARE INHERENTLY VALUABLE COMBAHEE RIVER COLLECTIVE On Memorial Day I am remembering the world-reorganizing truth that Black Women Are Inherently Valuable.  Today’s mantra affir...

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from http://blackfeministbreathing.tumblr.com/ I Have Hopes For Myself Today Queen Poet Laureate Gwendolyn Brooks offers us what I call an “accessible affirmation.”   Something great is ...

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We Are the Ones We've Been Waiting For From http://blackfeministbreathing.tumblr.com/ Our first meditation is based on June Jordan’s “Poem for South African Women.”  Remember the ...

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Sign up  for the Black Feminist Breathing Chorus a series of meditations drawing on the wisdom of Black feminist ancestors. Every day for 3 weeks starting Friday May 23rd  you will get an o...

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Description THE POETICS OF BLACK FEMINIST FILM SCHOOL - SUMMER SESSION Black Feminist Film School Summer Session is the answer to a prayer whispered by storytellers, film school students,...

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"We can impose beauty on our future." -Lorraine Hansberry Today is the birthday of Lorraine Hansberry,  brilliant a brilliant Black feminist prophet that we lost too soon.   As an affirmat...

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The complexity and crucial energy of Mother's Day is too big to fit in just one holiday.   This post-mother's day week as we all take the opportunity to meditate on what aspects of our experien...

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