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Monthly Archives: February 2012
INTERVIEW WITH INDIGENOUS WAVES RADIO PRODUCER JAMAIAS DACOSTA AND CO-HOSTS LINDY KINOSHAMEG AND SUSAN BLIGHT
Jamaias DaCosta aka “Jams” is a musical artist, writer and activist journalist, and is mixed identified of Jamaican (Colombian, African, South Asian, Portuguese and Jewish), Kanienkehaka (Mohawk), Irish and Cree background. Jamaias is Host and Producer of The Vibe Collective … Continue reading
FEBRUARY 2012: THOUGHTS ON BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND THE FEBRUARY 14TH RALLY FOR THE 800+ MISSING AND MURDERED ABORIGINAL WOMEN IN CANADA
February 2012: Thoughts On Black History Month and the February 14th Rally For the 800+ Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women in Canada By Jorge Antonio Vallejos We’re two days away from the end of February. It’s been an interesting 27 … Continue reading
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Tagged "Mixology" by Adrian Matejka, "Three Cities" by Whitney French, Adrian Matejka, Black Coffee Poet, Black Coffee Poet talks with Wanda Whitebird, February 14th Rally for Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, Honouring and Rememering Indigenous Women, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Indigenous Waves Radio, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women in Canada, Wanda Whitebird, Whitney French, Zainab Amadahy
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MESHACH HARVEY READS “A RUDE AWAKENING”: A MEMOIR PIECE ABOUT MIXED-RACE IDENTITY AND RACISM
Meshach Harvey Was Born in Toronto, Canada in 1988. He is of mixed race ancestry. His father is of Black Jamaican descent and his mother is of Finnish descent. Meshach is currently a fourth year Honours History major at York … Continue reading
INTERVIEW WITH 2008 USA NATIONAL POETRY SERIES WINNER ADRIAN MATEJKA
Adrian Matejka is the author of The Devil’s Garden (Alice James Books, 2003), Mixology (Penguin USA, 2009), and The Big Smoke(Penguin USA, forthcoming in 2013). His work has appeared or is forthcoming in American Poetry Review, Ploughshares, andPoetry among other journals and anthologies. You can find him at www.adrianmatejka.com or on Twitter: … Continue reading
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Tagged "Colloquialism" by Adrian Matejka, "Do The Right Thing" by Adrian Matejka, "Mixology" by Adrian Matejka, Adrian Matejka, Allison Hedge Coke, Black Coffee Poet, Black History Month 2012, Chuck D, Crab Orchard Review, Etheridge Knight, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Gaby Calvocoressi, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Kevin Neireiter, Lucile Clifton, Major Jackson, Makalani Bandele, Miles Davis, National Poetry Series, National Poetry Series Winner, Penguin Books, Public Enemy, Quraysh Ali Lansana, RUN DMC, Sean Singer, Sherwin Bitsui, Spike Lee, Terrance Hayes, Yusek Komunyaka
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MIXOLOGY
Mixology By Adrian Matejka Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos I remember hearing the compliment of compliments in terms of writing a couple of years ago. It was about Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk. A writer (whose name I can’t remember) … Continue reading
HONOURING AND REMEMBERING INDIGENOUS WOMEN: POETRY BY JANET MARIE ROGERS, JAMAIAS DACOSTA, AND DALLAS GOLDTOOTH
Janet Marie Rogers is a Mohawk/Tuscarora writer from the Six Nations band in southern Ontario. She was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, and has been living on the traditional lands of the Coast Salish people (Victoria, British Columbia) since 1994. Dallas … Continue reading
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Tagged 1491s, Aboriginal poetry, Black Coffee Poet, Dallas Goldtooth of the 1491s, Honouring and Remembering Indigenous Women, Honouring and Remembering Indigenous Women Week 2012, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Indigenous Waves Radio, Jamaias DaCosta, Janet Marie Rogers, Missign and Murdered Aboriginal Women in Canada, Missing and Murdered Native Women in Canada, Mixed Race poetry, Mohawk Poet Janet Marie Rogers, Native poetry
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HONOURING AND REMEMBERING INDIGENOUS WOMEN: INTERVIEW WITH BRIDGET TOLLEY OF “FAMILIES OF SISTERS IN SPIRIT” + PHOTO ESSAY OF THE FEBRUARY 14TH 2012 RALLY AND FEAST (TORONTO) FOR MISSING AND MURDERED ABORIGINAL WOMEN IN CANADA
Bridget Tolley is Algonquin from the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg in Quebec, Canada. Her mother Gladys Tolley was struck and killed by a police car in October 2001. Bridget is a committed activist in the family-led movement to end violence and … Continue reading
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Tagged 30 Days of Justice, 600 Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, AIDS Committee Ottawa, Beverly Jacobs, Black Coffee Poet, Bridget Tolley, Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime, Carleton University, Evidence To Action, Families of Sisters In Spirit, First Nations Peoples, First Nations Women, Gladys Tolley, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement Ottawa, Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg, Kristen Gilchrist, Missing and Murdered Aborginal Women, Missing and Murdered Native Women in Canada, Native Men's Residence, Native Women's Association of Canada, Native Youth Sexual Health Network, No More Silence, No More Silence February 14th Rally, OPIRG, Ottawa Coalition to End Violence, Ottawa Coalition to End Violence Against Women, Prostitutes of Ottawa-Gatineau Work Educate Resist, Sagatay, Sisters in Spirit loses funding, Stolen Sisters, University of Ottawa Women Resource Centre, Wanda Whitebird
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HONOURING AND REMEMBERING INDIGENOUS WOMEN: INTERVIEW WITH WANDA WHITEBIRD + REVIEW OF “FIREWEED # 22: NATIVE WOMEN”
FIREWEED #22: Native Women Edited by: Ivy Chaske Connie Fife Jan Champagne Edna King Midnight Sun Reviewed by Susan Blight Traditionally in Ojibwe culture, as in many Indigenous North American cultures, women’s voices were valorized and their contribution to society … Continue reading
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Tagged "Fireweed #22: Native Women", "Fireweed: A Feminist Quarterly", "Government Boarding School, "Interview with the Social Worker" by Chrystos, Bernice B Levchuk, Black Coffee Poet, Black Coffee Poet talks with Wanda Whitebird, Carlisle, Chrystos, Connie Fife, Edna King, Honouring and Remembering Indigenous Women 2012, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Ivy Chase, Jan Champagne, Midnight Sun, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women in Canada, No More Silence February 14th Rally, Pennsylvania" by Bernice B. Levchuk, Stop Violence Against Aboriginal Women, STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, Susan Blight, Wanda Whitebird, Winnona LaDuke
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3 CITY POET WHITNEY FRENCH READS HER POETRY
Whitney French is always a pleasure to hang with. When meeting to talk about featuring Whitney we chatted for two hours that were filled with lots of laughter. Equally fun was taping Whitney for this weeks video. As we stood on … Continue reading
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