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Author Archives: Black Coffee Poet
EMBRACING DIVERSITY: LETTER FROM A CALGARY READER
Monday December 10, 2012 Dear Jorge Antonio Vallejos aka Black Coffee Poet, My letter addresses the need to embrace diversity within the individual. Only after diverse individuality, and individual diversity, is cultivated can social justice begin. As a recent graduate … Continue reading
SUBMIT A LETTER OR AN OPINION EDITORIAL TO BCP!!!
Monday December 10, 2012 Dear Readers, Do you have something to say about activism, academia, blackcoffeepoet.com, current events, literature, life, or politics? Is there something on your mind that mainstream media is not covering? Have you written something that has … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, Black Coffee Poet, Letter to blackcoffeepoet.com, Literature, Opinion Editorial, poetry
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A POEM BY CHRYSTOS FOR THE FORGOTTEN WOMEN OF DECEMBER 6TH
Hundreds of candlelight vigils were held yesterday for the 14 white women that were killed by Marc Lepine in 1989. It was a horrible, sexist, misogynist killing. Thousands of Aboriginal Women, Women of Colour, Queer Women, Disabled Women, Transgender … Continue reading
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Tagged "Not Vanishing" by Chrystos, 14 women killed December 6th 1989, Chrystos, December 6 1989, December 6th Candle Light Vigil, Ecole Polytechnique, feminism, First Wave Feminism, Marc Lepine, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, The Forgotten Women of December 6th, Violence Against Women, Women Won't Forget
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HONOURING THE FORGOTTEN WOMEN OF THE DECEMBER 6TH VIGIL: INDIGENOUS, OF COLOUR, DISABLED, QUEER, TRANSGENDER, SEX WORKER…
Every year in the land now known as Canada a vigil is held for the 14 white women killed in 1989 at Ecole Polytechnique in what is called The Montreal Massacre. These women should be, and are, remembered. So … Continue reading
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Tagged December 6th Vigil, Ecole Polytechnique, feminism, First Wave Feminism, Marc Lepine, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, Montreal Massacre, National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, Racism in Feminism, Toronto Rape Crisis Centre, Transphobia, Violence Against Women, Women Won't Forget
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CHALLENGING THE WHITENESS OF THE DECEMBER 6TH VIGIL
This video interview with Deb Singh of the Toronto Rape Crisis Centre Multicultural Women Against Rape was filmed in 2010. It was part of a special week challenging the whiteness of December 6th called Remembering The Forgotten Women of … Continue reading
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Tagged December 6 1989, December 6 Vigil, Ecole Polytechnique, feminism, First Wave Feminism, Marc Lepine, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, Montreal Massacre, National Day of Remembrance and Action Against Violence Against Women, Racism and Feminism, Toronto Rape Crisis Centre, Violence Against Women, White feminism
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BCP ON “ONE VOICE RADIO” WITH MALIKAH AWERI AND DANE SWAN
Earlier this month I had the pleasure of being on One Voice Radio hosted by the ever talented poet and singer Malkah Aweri. My co-guest was Toronto poet Dane Swan, author of Bending The Continuum. We all participated at … Continue reading
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Tagged 28 Seconds by Michael Bryant, Aboriginal poet, African Canadian Poetry, Black Coffee Poet, class, Dane Swan, Darcy Allen Sheppard, Latino Poetry, Malikah Aweri, Metis Nation, Michael Bryant, Native American Poetry, One Voice Radio, poetry, racism, Red Slam Collective, Resistance Poetry, Violence Against Women, White Power, white privilege
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WRITING FOR THE SAKE OF STORY: NOTES FROM A FICTION WORKSHOP BY RICHARD WAGAMESE
Writing For The Sake Of Story: Notes On A Fiction Workshop By Richard Wagamese By Jorge Antonio Vallejos Photo by Jorge Antonio Vallejos In October 2012, Richard Wagamese, an Ojibway who is a member of the Sturgeon Clan, gave a … Continue reading
DECLARING AND TAKING BACK THE POWER OF WORDS: NOTES FROM A TALK BY DANIEL HEATH JUSTICE
Declaring and Taking Back the Power of Words: Notes From a Talk by Daniel Heath Justice By Jorge Antonio Vallejos Photo by Jorge Antonio Vallejos This past October I attended the 5th Indigenous Writers Gathering at First Nations House University … Continue reading
STEFOKNEE WOLSCHT READS A POEM
Stefoknee Wolscht is fun to hang out with and watch in action. The documentary based on her life, Living 2 Lives/Dying 1000 Deaths, sheds much light on who Stefoknee is and where she came from. My interview with Stefoknee … Continue reading
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