Indigenous Resistance
KPWR People Will Radio: For the People By the People, A conversation with Radio Rasquacho
Today I dropped by the KPWR studios, in a little room in a series of warehouses sits the KPWR People WIll Radio Studios. KPWR is an urban community web based radio project based out of East Austin what my long time compa El Capitan calls "occupied East Austin".
Mama Said Knock You Out Benefit: Mamas of Color Rising "Assisting the Birthing of a Movement"
Tonight was an amazing time! I spent the night volunteering at (and enjoying) the Mamas of Color Rising benefit for the Sankofa Birth Companion Project I will be participating in. The mamas linked forces with Detroit based artist Invincible and organized an all women in hip hop showcase at Austin's historic Victory Grill.
After the Round dance...
After the round dance (4am), I received the chance to interview two youth round dance singers, Fidel Wounded Head and Quinn Benally. They were very shy and when I interviewed them there were a bunch of other round dance singers watching. Big ups to these two singers for holding it down being interviewed when everyone else was scared to. The Above pic is of my homeboy Wayne and Giovanni from Ft. Hall!!! One Love!
“If There Were a Reactor Meltdown or Major Leak at Fukushima, the Radioactive Cloud Would Likely be Blown Out … Towards the US West Coast”
“If There Were a Reactor Meltdown or Major Leak at Fukushima, the Radioactive Cloud Would Likely be Blown Out … Towards the US West Coast”
Washington’s Blog
March 13, 2011
In Mourning and Prayer for all of our brothers and sisters, babies and elders in Japan and Across Pachamama
With the deepest love and prayers for our families in Japan and all across Pachamama...
in the eye of Pachamama's anger,
Yemaja's turmoil,
Creator's warnings,
ancestors scolding,
and corporate media lies and ongoing poison -
our hearts and minds fall into dark places,
with no traces
of hope or joy or strength to keep holding up
Bunche House Afternoon: Semillas of Community
After spending the day with my sista Kellee Coleman, Austin native, organizer with Mamas of Color Rising, and supa mama to 3 fierce little ones, I arrived at my sister's house (called the Bunche House) and found a wonderful surprise. The house smelled delicios my sister was in the kitchen cooking, squash, black beans and rice and the house echoed with voices and laughter. Outside I saw the backyard had transformed in to a huge play space and there was a group of young people playing dominoes at the table with housemate Chelsea.
Season Changes
When I started this journey, I asked my Pops to give me a blessing. I didn't call this journey the Indigenous Peoples Highway at the time but I knew I was about to enter a journey deeper into the rabbit hole. I was asking myself "How far in the rabbit hole do I want to go?" So this weekend was that for me...
I faced one of my belief systems head on... and cried because I knew that belief that I had wasn't authentic to whom I really am.
Mamas of Color Rising: Sankofa Birth Companion Project, beginning of a journey
Today was my first orientation for the birth companion project and training I am participating in. My sisters with Mamas of Color Rising (MOCR) have been organizing tremendously around birthing access in Austin for poor women of color. Mamas of color rising is a collective of working class and poor mothers of color based in the Austin, TX area.
Danielle Bear speaks about Round Dance and sings a song!
I met Danielle Bear at the Healing the Spirit Round dance and we both looked at each other and I felt I was looking at a younger version of myself. That I was staring into myself as a little kid. I knew there was a interview there...
