Black Women and Women of African Descent (BWWAD): ONE MINUTE OF RESISTANCE*, FROM FEB. 26TH, 2009, BWWAD'S POETRY/SPOKEN WORD EVENING

Sunday, March 22, 2009

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.

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)

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ABOUT BWWAD

BWWAD, Black Women and Women of African Descent started in 2003, to provide support for women of African descent who were pursuing or thinking about pursuing graduate studies at OISE University of Toronto and other universities. It is an autonomous advocacy, support, and resistance-centered group for differently located women of African ancestry and has since grown to provide a voice for women in and outside of educational institutions.

“ALONE WE SURVIVE, TOGETHER WE THRIVE”

BWWAD was started due to the lack of inclusion and integration into mainstream educational system. It is a place where Women of African descent can get to know each other and share information and knowledge about various aspects of their academic and professional endeavors. This space of resistance was needed to combat the very real experience of racism, sexism, colonialism and other oppressions experienced by African women at the university and throughout our varied communities.

BWWAD’S INCLUSIONARY, REVOLUTIONARY VISION:

BWWAD is dedicated to providing a space for all Women of African descent. An anti-oppression approach is taken in all aspects of the Gathering, which includes African/Black women from various class backgrounds, sexual orientations, religion/spirituality, abilities/ (dis) abilities, ages, languages, educational, and community affiliations. We are committed to ongoing critical engagement and interaction with learning and unlearning “oppressions” in order to strengthen a collective stance that supports emancipatory and social justice for all Black/African women.

Specifically, we are committed to an anti-racist, anti-sexist, anti-classist, anti-heterosexist, anti-ableist, anti-ageist, political and social praxis.

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Sunday, March 22, 2009

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

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