Recap of virtual 2020 Juneteenth Celebration: Knowledge For Power session 2 led by the incredible, Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa FreeQuency aka FreeQ Tha Mighty , @Mwendeinsuspenders, who is a storyteller, a truth-teller, a builder and breaker trying to figure out what it means to be human in a world that removes so much of our humanity in order to survive. For more information on FreeQuency check out http://www.freequencyspeaks.com
Title of Session: Being Black at the Intersection of Birth & Death.
"It is the artist's job to unearth stories that people try to bury with shovels of complacency and time," says poet and freedom fighter Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa. Performing her poem "The Joys of Motherhood," Katwiwa explores the experience of Black mothers in America and discusses the impact of the Movement for Black Lives -- because, she says, it's impossible to separate the two.
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Podcast Recorded & Edited by: Dionna Fletcher & Monique Harper-Desir.
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WTUL News - Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa
Mwende Katwiwa aka Freequency talks with Gahiji on her book and experience “Becoming Black.”
TEDtalk
https://www.ted.com/talks/mwende_freequency_katwiwa_black_life_at_the_intersection_of_birth_and_death/discussion
