Poem for Black Lives

Charlotte Achieng-Evensen

Summary: This poem was written by Achieng-Evensen after scholar-activist Tajuan spoke out on need to remember the many Black lives lost at a #ScholarsStrike teach-in organized by Chapman University students and the Paulo Freire Democratic Project via zoom – Editors.

The Call from Tajaun

 

Collective Remembering

the collective body

              myself turned inward

              myself turned outward

              Love as commitment to others (Freire).

 

collective re- member-ing

              

Love as a commitment to others (Freire)

transformation

              the names of the fallen…

 

Breonna. transformation. George Floyd.

transformation. Chadwick. Inspiration

transformation: Daniel Prude. Collective.

remembering: Emmett.

 

You ask us to disrupt. Resist. Transform.

A moment of JOY.

              Name. Speak. Learn. Act.

              Love as a commitment (Freire)

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