Why we should stop using slurs like “coon” (and others) to dehumanize other Black people.

We should stop using racial epithets as weapons against other Black people. Various words like “slave”, “coon”, “mammy” and “bedwench” are often wielded [...]
Patriarchy and Black National Liberation

Patriarchy and Black National Liberation [...]
Diaspora Wars in the Black Community: A Catalyst for Division

“The only difference is a boat stop.”, something that is said to remind us of the differences within the African diaspora, but there are other ways in which we are [...]
Black Lives Matter and The Black Panther Party: Understanding Their Similarities, Differences, And Their Impact On Society

Today’s Black Lives Matter Movement and the 1960s and 1970s Black Panther Party have achieved so much progress over the years. Both Movements were conceived 50 years apart, [...]
Reassessing Political Education

We are truly living in an age when information has become more easily accessible than it has ever been, but concurrently, a disdain for knowledge has become all the more [...]

February 2014

In Defense of Moral Monday, GA – The Needed Revival of the Mass Coalition

February 28, 2014 // 4 Comments

After moving back to Georgia mid-last year, I took some time to think about what next in my organizing activities. I decided to refocus on coalition building hoping to [...]