Category: Survivors

• For Juneteenth

  Today marks much more than the 154th anniversary of Union ships entering Texas to inform those still enslaved of their freedom from bondage. It is, and has always been, another duality of celebration and grief for Black Americans. How can we celebrate the end of slavery in the States when we still have not fully…

  Calandra

  June 19, 2019

  Detroit, Modern Mulatto, Social Conflict, Survivors, Uncategorized

• Learning to Accept Silence

  

  I am often resistant to accepting advice from others. Like Prince, I perform a graceful embodiment of an air of casual arrogance – a talent, I think, as women continue to face pressure to be overtly malleable especially to the opinions of men and men-centric society. Every once in a while, however, there is a…

  Calandra

  October 1, 2018

  Brett Kavanaugh, Grand Rapids Art Scene, Grand Rapids, MI, Local Rappers, Sexual Assault, Social Conflict, Survivors, Uncategorized

  Advice, Emotional health, free, Mental Health