Athena Persephoni

Author of "Secret Insurrection: Stories from a Novel of a Future Time." Publisher of Amoja Three Rivers' "Cultural Etiquette: A Guide for the Well-Intentioned."

[Athena Persephoni @blackathenapm]

#environment #environmentaljustice #shutdownherc
#zerowaste #pollution #zeroburncoalition
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[Athena Persephoni @blackathenapm]

My sonnet "Slumber" is included in this upcoming book. #blackmentalhealth #mentalwellness #poetry #essays #blackwriters
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[Athena Persephoni @blackathenapm]

#environmentaljustice #environment #pollution
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[zeroburncoalition @zeroburnmn]

They have staff reports and industry talking points. We have experts and community. Join us today at 12:30pm at the Hennepin County Govt. Center and take a stand for the #FreedomToBreathe clean air: https://t.co/K1G519pFmQ

[zeroburncoalition @zeroburnmn]

(4/5) That's why we're here, and why Natasha, Nazir, and Joshua are still on hunger strike. The power to close this burner exists today. The votes exist. What's missing is the will. #FreedomToBreathe

[zeroburncoalition @zeroburnmn]

(5/5) We're not stopping until the board delivers: A public vote to close the HERC trash burner by December 31, 2027. Establish a community-led just transition task force toward a zero-waste future. #FreedomToBreathe

[zeroburncoalition @zeroburnmn]

(3/5) Chair Irene Fernando, Commissioner Conley, Commissioner Greene: you consider yourselves environmental justice champions. You can do the moral thing. Take the lead and make the right call. #FreedomToBreathe

[zeroburncoalition @zeroburnmn]

(2/5) The data is there. The harm is documented. The only thing standing between this community and clean air is a small group of elites who decide whose neighborhood absorbs the pollution and then look the other way.
#FreedomToBreathe

[zeroburncoalition @zeroburnmn]

🧵 This is what community looks like.

Scientists, students, neighbors and organizers. From every part of the county and every walk of life. Singing songs, chanting, showing up together in the shadow of the HERC trash burner to say: 37 years is enough.

#FreedomToBreathe (1/5)

[Athena Persephoni @blackathenapm]

This is a good friend of mine who I've personally rendered aid to. #fuckcancer #mutualaid #Minnesota
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[Athena Persephoni @blackathenapm]

#ICEOutOfMinnesota #iceoutofminneapolis #ICEOutMN #ICEOUTNOW
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[Athena Persephoni @blackathenapm]

#lego review of a now-retired (that's BS!) set. #jazz #music #ninasimone #robertaflack #stanleyclarke #sheliae
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[Athena Persephoni @blackathenapm]

I was picked to fill a cancellation at @mnfringe, so I will be doing five performances at @OpenEyeTheatre in #Minneapolis July 31 and August 2, 6, 9 and 10! #blackwritersmatter #afrofuturism #BlackWomen
#humor #sciencefiction #blacklesbian
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[Athena Persephoni @blackathenapm]

It's mislabeled, but here's my #KFAIPride show link. It'll be available for online listening for two weeks. #blackwriters #blacklesbian #scifi #afrofuturism
#poet
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[Athena Persephoni @blackathenapm]

I will be on @livestudiofive this Thursday at 10 am as part of their 24 hours of #KFAIPride #tcpride2025 ! #blacklesbian #afrofuturism #poetry #scifi #blackwriter

[Athena Persephoni @blackathenapm]

Suspend Yves Klein Exhibitions Until His Estate Stops Suing Living Artists https://t.co/UXrimJuIr5 via @UKChange

[dUg pinnick @dUgpinnick_]

Happy birthday! EAR CANDY

[Athena Persephoni @blackathenapm]

#MNlegislature wants a "recycling facility" in #BrooklynParkmn, but there has been a lack of public input & it would actually add more #pollution. Contact your reps to demand they either add amendments or pull the bill. #environmentaljustice https://t.co/5pX2rI6SkP

[Okayplayer @okayplayer]

Detroit will officially recognize February 7 as Dilla Day in honor of J Dilla’s legacy. 👏🏽💐

Ahead of the late producer’s birthday, the family of J Dilla shared words of gratitude with the Detroit city council about the official day of honor.

In October, it was announced that five Detroit natives—including J Dilla—would be honored with street names in their hometown after a recent vote by the Detroit City Council. His honorary street sign is set to be located at the intersection of Nevada and Charest Streets near his family’s home, where he recorded in a basement studio.

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Learning how, after a Black girl won a spelling bee in 1908, they canceled spelling bees for 20 years reminds me how, after electing a Black president in 2008, conservatives are ready to completely chuck democracy if that’s what it takes to keep it from happening again.