Wendell Phillips, as quoted by The Revolution, boldly called for a president who would pledge “not [merely] his words,” but his “life” to the betterment of Black lives. Phillips is, of course, referring to Andrew […]
No poem about Malawi
I have not written a single poem about Malawi.It’s been more than a yearsince I journeyed thereon a missionto help girls stay in school. It makes no sense. The whole country is a sonnetof wandering […]
Engage! Educate! Empower! Planting the Seeds for Revising History
We’re creating intergenerational and intersectional safe spaces where individuals, driven by justice and a deep love for themselves and their communities, could use archival knowledge to preserve their history and dismantle the power structure that […]
Writers For Migrant Justice (WFMJ): The Power of Poetry as Resistance
It started as a tweet by poet and activist Christopher Soto. Soto, along with Javier Zamora, Jan-Henry Gray, and Anni Liu, were organizing a reading in New York, and he was calling for poets and […]
WFMJ: Phoenix
Dear old world, ~after L.M. Montgomery dear brave, fluttering, flowing old world, dear hungering world, cracked and blistered world, dear world embarrassed at yourself, at what you are capable of, bursting open in spring with […]
WFMJ: Salt Lake City
It was truly was a privilege to organize the Salt Lake City reading with Paula Mendoza, JP Grasser, and Willy Palomo. They are fierce advocates for our community and the power writers have in bringing […]
WFMJ: San Antonio
Poet Faylita Hicks reached out from San Marcos, TX about Writers for Migrant Justice and partnered up with Write Art Out Inc. and Manos Amigas, a San Marcos based nonprofit dedicated to helping migrants navigate […]
WFMJ: San Diego
Call Kindness an Anti-currency Call kindness sweat or carbon dioxide expelled. The essence of exchange between organisms. A natural resource that can’t be stockpiled or charged interest. Call it a setting free, not a paying. […]
The Liberating Work of Trans Queer Pueblo
Trans Queer Pueblo, formed in 2016 as a merger between Arcoiris Liberation Team and the Arizona Queer Undocumented Immigrant Project, is a grassroots group working for the liberation of trans/queer migrant communities in Phoenix, both […]
