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• 🌈Today is the day! The Mosaic Literary Conference is happening at 12pm EST on zoom! ❣️⚡️This year’s theme “Revolution of Radical Change” is about acknowledging and naming the ways that activists, community organizers, poets, archivists, photographers, and writers are confronting and creating new ways of resistance and creating joy against fascism, historical erasure, and oppression.💥Today a brilliant group of people will share their experiences, thoughts and questions about what revolution of radical change means in each of their respective fields and places. We will hear from folks based in North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Queens, NY and of course The Bronx.🌞

Spanish interpretation by: Nancy Torres and Maria Alvarez

I’m honored to bring together:
Host: Tasha Dougé
Joselia Rebekah Hughes
Kayla Hamilton
Ash Williams
Mohagany
Lia Bascomb
Sierra King
John Stephens
Delphine Sims
Dr. Beverly Guy-Sheftall
Milton Trujillo
Yessica Martinez
Adrian Lara

Our keynote speaker is the legendary Dr. Cleo Silvers Someone close to my heart for close to 17 years and a living revolutionary of our times. 💐

We gather understanding the double edged sword that exists from living in the United States, the worlds leading imperialist country and the impact that has on social justice movements globally. Thinking about the Black and indigenous movements in Brasil, Haiti, Ecuador, Iran, Palestine and the ways the United States playbook of imperialism plays out in the Global South to squash movements of radical change. Today we speak from the belly of the beast with our hearts on our sleeves. 🎤❤️‍🔥

Thank you to Ron Kavanaugh for your passion for literature, community and vanguard leadership of The Literary Freedom Project. 📚

Flyer design by Ana Jahannes ✨✨

Now available: 'Fight On' A Visual Interpretation of African American Spirituals by at
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It was a great experience working on this book project with my mentor, Aaron F. Henderson. I have worked under his creative guidance for more than 7 years on my journey in the arts. He has continued to tell me during this endeavor "I want you to be present every step of the way so you will be ready when it's your turn."🙏🏽I heard & recieved---->Tell Your Story! It was a honor to serve as photographer and photo editor for the book.
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Fight On by Aaron F. Henderson artist and author is a visual interpretation of the African American Spirituals and brings together three dynamic elements to tell the story of the African American Spirituals Tradition: Sixty-two paintings from a series by artist Aaron F. Henderson, the lyrics of fifty-six spiritual songs, and narrative writings by scholars of art and culture, and Henderson himself. The elements come together to make this more than an art book, a lyric book, autobiography or cultural commentary. Fight On is a celebratory document of African American Culture, giving evidence to how Black People in a nation that grew rich and powerful on the strength of their unpaid labor survived and liberated themselves.
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Creating is very much so a form of meditation for me. As I continue to stretch my creative wings I am grateful that there is no ceiling above my head to limit me on my journey as an artist.
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It was a pleasure to share in one of those meditative experiences recently w/ for her "New Moon" shoot with the support of and ! The sky is just the beginning------> Tell Your Story!
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