BWWAD* PRESENTS: TRANSGENERATIONAL TRAUMA, IDENTITIES AND RESISTANCE

A panel discussion and documentary screening of the award winning animation short film about African/Black women “BUT SOME ARE BRAVE” followed by an exploration of resistance through creative interaction and dialogues with community members.

Featuring:
Grace Channer, Artist, Community Activist and Film Director
Mercedes Umana, Ph.D. Candidate. Therapist, Consultant, Activist
Dr. Marilyn J. Professor and Diversity Leadership Expert.
Aba Akyianu, Counsellor, Mother, Grandmother and Spirit
Moderated by Roberta K. Timothy, Ph.D.

When: Thursday, June 11th, 2009 from 6 to 8 pm
Where:Women’s Health in Women’s Hands
2 Carlton St. Suite 500 (College Subway Station)
Please RSVP by June 8 E-mail: bwwad@yahoo.com
call (416)884-0138

*BWWAD: Black Women/Women of African Descent

COMING UP!

Coming up: bi-weekly question and dialogue.

ONE MINUTE OF RESISTANCE*, FROM FEB. 26TH, 2009, BWWAD'S POETRY/SPOKEN WORD EVENING

THE PATH OF THORNS IS MANY.

OH AFRICAN WOMAN,

WHEN YOU’RE TIRED LIE DOWN.

WE’LL FIGHT TOGETHER

BECAUSE WE ALL BLEED THE SAME.

RESIST! RESIST! RESIST!

GET UP STAND UP!

SAY NO!

EYES GLINTING, DARING ALL OTHERS,

WHO DOTH PROTEST.

I WILL NOT RECLAIM LANGUAGE,

THAT WAS USED TO HURT MY ANCESTORS.

I DON’T CARE HOW YOU SPELL IT.

I MAKE NO APOLOGIES FOR LOVING MY AFRICAN PEOPLES,

I MAKE NO APOLOGIES FOR LOVING MY AFRICAN WOMEN,

I MAKE NO APOLOGIES FOR THE COLOUR OF MY FOLK,

NO TRUER WORDS EVER HAVE I SPOKE.

I WILL NOT APOLOGIZE FOR BEING ME.

CAN AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN, BLACK WOMEN WORK IN ALLIANCE

WITHOUT STANDING ON TOP OF EACH OTHERS LOCATIONS?

I WILL DIG DEEPER TO FIND MY COURAGE AND STRENGTH TO BE ME.

I WILL NOT BE SILENCED.

I WILL NOT BE SILENCED.

RESIST COLONIZATION, MARGINALIZATION AND EXPLOITATION.

WE LIVE TO BE FREE.

WRITTEN BY A GROUP OF AMAZING AFRICAN/BLACK WOMEN ON

FEBRUARY 26^TH, 2009 AT BWWAD’S POETRY/SPOKEN WORD EVENING
*One minute of resistance is a collective action that occurs with a group of people using poetry and spoken word to actualize a struggle by collectively developing an artistic, politicized pieced. (See Timothy, 2007)