Comments on: m@ke my day!

By: Rox Sirando

Rox Sirando — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:55:08 +0000

Hey. I met you at that silly college we did and you were very very nice. I googled esinam bediako out of the blue who i took some poetry workshops with hoping to find out she was a distinguished poet. I was quite fond of her. Anyway, I came across her manifesto at the barnard site and then read yours, and followed some of your links and realized we had sort of met outside of the library–you said you liked my shoes and i sort of ran away. You ma’am are really doing it out there. Im way impressed and look forward to the rest of your work.

Best best best
-r.sirando

By: swandiver

swandiver — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:09:57 +0000

I wanted to stop by and leave a thanks for your interest in our online book club.

To answer the questions in your comment. It’s going to be open forum so as many women as possible can participate. Just check back the first of each month for the book selection and reading schedule.

As far as promotion, it really has been just word of mouth and/or type. The initial blog entry should give the basics and if you have any questions or suggestions, just leave comments. This is my first stint at moderation so I’m just trying to make it good.

Thanks again for your interest and support. I’ve been looking through your blog and am already making notes of further reading.

By: Ruby-Beth

Ruby-Beth — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:13:25 +0000

I am so blessed that I get to cross paths with you every so often and in such beautiful spaces. Atl any time soon?
love

By: Zakiya

Zakiya — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:05:42 +0000

This site is inspiring. Thanks sistah

By: Gaurav

Gaurav — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:48:27 +0000

Hi,

We met at the (A)POC conference in Ashville a ways back, and then spoke briefly at the Sarah Lawrence conference recently. I gave you all the Assata cards from Ashanti, and then told you I’d like to put you all in touch with Mothsquad, a slightly defunct group in Richmond, VA that worked to amass resources for survivors and do other, related work. I worked with a couple of groups in Argentina around issues of sexual violence from April 2006-07, and recently finished a piece about that which I’d love to send your way. Also, if you know Sendolo, I think it’s going to be in the (maga-)zine that he’s doing together with a friend of his right now.

I’d like to talk to you about the work you’re doing, and also, I’d like to speak very specifically about SONG and Ubuntu in a different context. I’m working on a project with a couple friends right now, and we’re trying to finish up the list of groups that we’re trying to get money for. You can see the very rough version at 100forjustice.org, but basically I have a few questions as I try to sort out the interwoven orgs of Durham and the surrounding area. If you could get in touch with me, I’d really appreciate it. You can email me, and I’ll send you back my phone number.

Thanks so much, and hope you’re doing wonderfully well,
Gaurav Jashnani

By: Jalan

Jalan — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:51:16 +0000

Alexis,

My sister, my Homie, my love – sending you soo much love, strength, and peace. Your website revolution is soo fierce!!! It is amazing!!!

Can’t wait to see you again . . . hope our paths cross again sometime very soon.
Peace and numerous blessings, Jalan

By: Intisar

Intisar — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:51:26 +0000

Dear Alexis,

Ha, just stumbled upon this site. Beautiful. I am going to send you a message cause I love this site! Fierce.. plus I’m tripping cause I know the aforementioned Fallon personally and it makes so much sense that she would’ve found this site.

Beautiful here!

-intisar

By: fal25

fal25 — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:23:50 +0000

Hello Alexis,

Also, If you can’t do the phone conference would you be interested in being a part of the Women of Color Bloggers Breaking the Silences Contingency on the Web which would mean inundating the web with information about Wearing Red Campaign on the October 31, 2007 as well as circulating clips and other media trying to get stories of violence committed against women of color out on the web?

I look forward to connecting with you,
Fallon

You can email me at beboldered@gmail.com.

By: fal25

fal25 — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 04:07:10 +0000

here’s the link to the movie clip, http://www.jumpcut.com/view?id=E44BFBCE67BF11DC9030000423CF037A

By: fal25

fal25 — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 04:06:29 +0000

Hello Alexis,

My name is Fallon and I’m organizing with other women of color around the the Dunbar Gang Rapes and West Virginia Torture/Rape case. Well, I was wondering if you have time to participate in a phone conference on Friday, September 28, 2007 at 9pm/central about organizing to end silences surrounding Megan Williams’ torture and rape in Logan and the gang rape of several Black women in West Palm Beach Florida.

Well, I’ve been circulating a 2 minute movie entitled, “How do you keep a Social Movement Alive.”

This movie documents the silence surrounding Megan Williams’ torture and rape in Logan and the gang rape of several Black women in West Palm Beach Florida. The purpose of this movie is to document the silences within our relationships, within our homes, within our families, within our communities, within our jobs, within our schools, within our churches, temples, and synagogues, within our governments, and within our world.

Also, I love the energy of your blog and was wondering if I could speak with you about tips on designing a blog that will be dedicated to documenting silences. But given the organizing we are trying to do, I need to reorganize the blog and use wordpress instead of blogger. This is the current blog,

http://documentthesilence.blogspot.com/

I look forward to connecting with you,
Fallon

PS I sent an email to brokenbeautifulpress@gmail.com with the agenda of the phone conference.