Moments and Movements: Black Lives Matter in Louisville
We must work to contextualize the current moment of social and political emergence taking place in Louisville, Kentucky. Moments and movements do not happen within a vacuum; the organizing and...
View ArticleStand Up for Black Lives in Louisville
Sometimes you don’t think you can do it. To be honest, most times you don’t think you can do it. When you put something on yourself so beneficial, it becomes a daunting task; rather more like an...
View ArticleBlack Trans Lives Matter
Members of Louisville’s community gathered to recognize a national call to show up for Trans life and justice. The convening took place in Central Park and was collaboratively organized by Black...
View ArticleRecap of the 45th Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference
The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Incorporated held its conference September 16-20, 2015 in Washington, DC. The theme of this year’s conference, “With Liberty and Justice for All?” posed a...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Denise Bently and Other Misguided Black Folks on the...
Ms. Bently: You asked a few questions of the local #BlackLivesMatter movement on Facebook and we were looking forward to answering them for you, but the way your profile is set up, we can only read but...
View ArticleScreaming In Soundproof Rooms
Shanita Jackson is an accomplished poet and performer hailing from Asheville, North Carolina. She currently attends Berea College in Berea, Kentucky. Jackson is one of the many Black women who...
View ArticleMy Leaders Look Like: Rev. Gail Bowman
“My Leaders Look Like //” is an independent series of profiles archiving moments of black love, light, and leadership in candid spaces. During a City Council meeting / March 15th 2016 Berea, KY....
View ArticleA Short Case for Radical Publishing
I’d like to thank Stand Up Sundays for publishing this comment because our critiques should articulate frustration with the aim of gaining rebellious neighbors and we often find them strangled by a...
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