Just Sayin’

Read forward. Listen up. We’ve got a lot to say from the state of our families to the state of the world. We share commentaries, profiles, poems, podcasts and essays.

Profiles and Posts

A Radically Imagined Black Future
A Radically Imagined Black Future
A Radically Imagined Black Future
The Dance Mission Theater of San Francisco hosted a showcase that reckons with the 30 years between Rodney King and Breonna Taylor.
The Power Of The Sister Vote: Georgia Makes History
The Power Of The Sister Vote: Georgia Makes History
The Power Of The Sister Vote: Georgia Makes History
The stunning upset in Georgia was met with the swift enactment of voter restrictions that mirror the Jim Crow era. But, Black women on the ground are fighting back, confident they won’t be stopped.
Sisters-in-Service: The National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs 125-Year Legacy
Sisters-in-Service: The National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs 125-Year Legacy
Sisters-in-Service: The National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs 125-Year Legacy
Over a century before Black women sent one of their own to the Vice Presidency, their foremothers gathered in numbers before unseen to harness their collective power and fight for the rights of all.

Poetry Corner

Breonna Remembered
Breonna Remembered
Breonna Remembered
One year after Breonna Taylor's senseless murder, poet Bernadine "Dine" Watson pays tribute across space, time and sameness.
Movement Song
Movement Song
Movement Song
Do not remember me as a bridge nor a roof / as the maker of legends / nor as a trap
Phenomenal Woman
Phenomenal Woman
Phenomenal Woman
Now you understand / Just why my head’s not bowed / I don’t shout or jump about / Or have to talk real loud.
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