Within the last decade, Boykin has written many poems detailing some of her life experiences. She recently gathered the confidence to compile the poetry and publish her anthology “Love, Lyric, and Liberation.”
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Day 5 of our poem series
#ArtIsResistance
“I am not a poet / This is not a poem...” Asantewaa Boykin, reminds us reminds us: truth doesn’t need to rhyme to be revolutionary.
Vulnerability is resistance.
#APTP#PoetryAsResistance#Incantation215
Here is my statement on the cowardly actions of politicians in the state of California regarding Reparations! #ReparationsNow#TruthJusticeLove
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🌈 Celebrate Pride with Team Flo!
#TeamFlo will be marching in the parade beginning at Southside Park on Sunday at 10 AM and hosting a booth at Pride June 8-9 to connect with the community. Let’s show our support for an inclusive Sacramento!
#GoWithFlo#SacramentoPride
I hope to follow in the footsteps of trailblazers like the late Shirley Chisholm and Ron Dellums, and @BarbaraLeeForCA. I will take the stories of our people with me to Washington so that we can be heard by the most powerful leaders in the nation.
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The same way we audit our writing, audit our taxes, sometimes you need a people audit... right? 🤔😝
Check out this preview featuring @ShaunLMurphy
and check out this FULL EPISODE, Sunday March 17th!
One more for the haters, this time from @ByRobinEpley:
"It must be a punch to the leather wallets of some to know they spent big on [IEs], just to see the field trailing behind a progressive Black woman without a lick of traditional political experience"
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