Cynthia "Daughters of Harriet" Parker-Ohene

@LATimesBookPrizeFinalist, @BestAmericanPoetry2022, @The Rumpus, @PoetryDaily, PoetryReader-The Adroit Journal, Sarah Lawrence Alum

#BLACKLIVESMATTER

[Ben Crump @AttorneyCrump]

A judge ruled that Derek Chauvin’s lawyers may test preserved samples of George Floyd’s heart, challenging his federal conviction. Nothing changes what we all watched: His knee on George Floyd’s neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds. https://t.co/z1UsDldxJ9

[Kentah Gwanjez @GWANJEZ]

Our Ancestors will never be forgotten ✊🏿

[Dr. Omar Suleiman @omarsuleiman]

Today a righteous man was killed by the most wicked army on earth. Khaled Nabhan who we watched bid farewell to his beloved Reem, the soul of our soul, has joined her in the realm of souls where the wickedness of this so called humanity will no longer reach them. The man had an angelic presence to say the least. He smiled in the face of a genocide, and went around hospitals and camps comforting people despite his own pain. A man who seemed too good to be here. I longed for the day to meet him in person. I imagined the day the genocide would be over and he would be celebrated with awards around the world on the biggest stages. The demonized turbaned Muslim man who was everything they said he couldn’t be. Kind. Loving. Righteous. Resilient. Too good for this world. Our hearts are broken. I won’t post the picture of his bloodied face, just the smile they tried to make the world unsee. May Allah have mercy on you our brother and join you with your beloved Reem and Rasul ﷺ, and may we join you there one day too.

[Lauren Allison @cecild84]

🇧🇫Burkina Faso's Agricultural revolution :

For decades, Burkinabes were told they can't grow Pineapples, and that they had to import it from overseas.

Now domestically trained Burkinabe scientists, have conducted research on the soil and what organic fertilisers would derive better yields, and the result is phenomenal. They have cracked the nuts.

So far, over 100 tonnes of Pineapples have been harvested, better quality and taste.

The government invested CFA 9 million, and they have made a profit of over 25 million.

With great leadership there is no impossibities for Africans. Sky is our limit.

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[ment @mentnelson]

I love filming the culture that raised me. In the Lowcountry of South Carolina, many traditions live on today. Meet the Carolina Cowboys, a community of cowboys in the small town of Yemassee, South Carolina.

[Adémọ́lá. @OgbeniDemola]

“They will pay one of us to kill one of us just to say it was one of us”

~ Malcolm X

[Hampton Institute @HamptonThink]

This may seem like a joke, but it is perfectly consistent with a society that has allowed its rich to rob the masses. As people become more vengeful, more laws will be passed to classify the rich as a protected class. This is another aspect of capitalism's shift to overt fascism.

[susan abulhawa | سوزان ابو الهوى @susanabulhawa]

it is right and righteous to fight against Israel in every way that you can. Israel is a loathsome political invention that has nurtured the darkest parts of humanity and is unleashing them now in terrifying ways. the harm they do is not just a Palestinian issue. it is an earth issue. a humanity issue.
first they killed his beloveds, now they killed this gentle soul whose life was pure light and goodness on earth.
rest in love, Abu Diaa. rest in power, beloved indigenous son of the land.

[Dorothy Roberts @DorothyERoberts]

I appreciate this in-depth interview by @NathanJRobinson for @curaffairs giving me the opportunity to explain why we must abolish family policing & reimagine family support & safety.

[Read Jackson Rising @JPHilllllll]

A lot of people are working very hard right now to distract you from this, to distract you from the fact that denying you healthcare is making a few people very rich.

[Kehinde 🇳�� @kalonge93]

Nikki Giovanni and Toni Cade Bambara 🖤

[Abier @abierkhatib]

When people say Israel has the right to defend it self”
you must say, What is it defending?

When people say Israel has the right to exist.
You must ask, to what end?

As a Palestinian, this was therapeutic to listen to.

[Dr. CBS @drcbs_]

Celebrity culture means obsessive, concentrated attention on an individual to deter us from focusing on our structural and material conditions and developing a collective consciousness. We are inundated with inane personal details to foreclose any meaningful political engagement.

[African Hub @AfricanHub_]

In only 4 yrs in power (1983-87), Thomas Sankara built 350 schools, roads, railways without foreign aid Increased literacy rate by 60%. He also banned forced marriages and gave poor people land, Vaccinated 2.5 million kids, Planted 10 million trees, Appointed females to high governmental positions, encouraged them to work, recruited them into the military, and granted pregnancy leave.

He also sold off the government fleet of Mercedes cars and made the Renault 5 (the cheapest car sold in Burkina Faso at that time) the official service car of the ministers. He reduced the salaries of all public servants, including his own, and forbade the use of government chauffeurs and 1st class airline tickets.

As President, he lowered his salary to $450 a month and limited his possessions to a car, four bikes, three guitars, a fridge, and a broken freezer. He opposed foreign aid, saying that “he who feeds you, controls you.”

He also drove out French imperialism & withdrew Burkina Faso from IMF

Your thoughts on this

[Dr Fadel Naim @fnaim65]

As doctors in Gaza, our bodies are breaking under the weight, and our minds are shattered by the endless atrocities. We’ve had no rest since the war began, no supplies, and only a few hospitals left barely functioning. Hundreds of surgeries are waiting, and lives are lost daily due to the lack of resources.

International laws protect healthcare, but in Gaza, it’s the first target.

This is our final plea: Stop the war now!

[Maha Hussaini @MahaGaza]

Not only are Palestinians continuing to study under Israel's genocide, but they also hold Palestinian cultural activities in schools in displacement camps.

Good morning from central #Gaza, where I met these beautiful girls wearing their Palestinian thobe on their way to school

[Rashida Tlaib @RashidaTlaib]

The images of Palestinians being burned alive, children carrying dead children & the unimaginable human suffering in Gaza are unbearable. Our country is funding this genocide. It's disgusting. The inaction of @POTUS & his administration will be remembered in the world.

[Cynthia "Daughters of Harriet" Parker-Ohene @djenne]

When Nikki Giovanni Was Young, Brilliant and Unafraid https://t.co/nWcUKc9xaq

[Cynthia "Daughters of Harriet" Parker-Ohene @djenne]

Thanx so much for all you have done, Nikki Giovanni! Rest In Power.

[Cynthia "Daughters of Harriet" Parker-Ohene @djenne]

The EPA Is Mandating Removal of Lead Pipes. What Will Replace Them? https://t.co/RZNAiWZrFL via @truthout