The C.O.W.S.

The C.​O.​W.​S. w/ Nikki High: Octavia's Bookshelf & The Racial Dislocation of the 2025 California Wildfires #DeloresJackson 🔥🔥


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The Context of White Supremacy welcomes Nikki High (http://OctaviasBookshelf.com). Classified as a black female, Ms. High opened an independent bookstore in her native Pasadena, California in 2023. She envisioned the literary hub as an homage to science fiction icon and Victim of White Supremacy Octavia Butler. Octavia’s Bookshelf transmogrified it’s mission after this year’s apocalyptic wildfires in Altadena and Pasadena. Although Octavia’s Bookshelf was spared, many of the black residents in the area were not. In fact, Ms. High and her husband were forced to evacuate and watched in horror as theirs was one of twelve houses that survived. Undaunted, Ms. High repurposed her store to become a donation center for wildfire victims. We’ll talk about her spectacular effort and the impact of the wildfires on black homeowners some six months later. We're even treated to some of the ways Ms. High experienced Racism (and support) as a black entrepreneur. #ClimateChange #Kindred #INVEST in The COWS - http://paypal.me/TheCOWS Cash App: http://cash.app/$TheCOWS
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