2017-027-E Arts - Ephesus Elementary School PTA - Fall 2016 Arts Grant Agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID: 1FB3C60E-686F-4434-8500-FE7D2516331E r,1r101 This anthology breaks down the muted walls and bears witness to the reversal of norms, traditions, histories and herstorie.s forced on the unwilling. No longer are these voices nailed to the cross by a conquering power or awaiting some Dante to portray them. Clearly and effectually vindicated,gallant sistahs raise up hoes,shovels, pens against on oppression that would destroy their grand occasions of singing and dancing their lives_ I am a Intinhle ally offering wounded but strong hands and heart, offering home and hearth,a safe refuge for rest,laughter,grief, healing,birthing,and dancing, I offer a grateful heart to my :Sista!), Poet On Watch who-shows up" knowing where and when the balm is needed. Writing these words is a blessing of healing on my own path of self-renewal, re-affirming my spiritual and scribing intentions. Thank you for the invitation to write and ride with you. The words in this anthology are clad in new vestures, with renewed hope and courage, moving majestically away from the habiliments of mou R.LTS, carry the memories of deep loss and longing fora distinct -southerness" that continues to inform my own unraveling as"other," Writers, poets,artists, dancers, singers have always been the"other in the back room." This tragicomic awareness delivers afris Raised In The Smith from specific socio-historicat situations that could have been all the more tragic if not for the connection to our voices the strength to speak power into our truths. It is time for this anthology: an invitation to release the fears that separate us, the self-pity that holds us hostage and replaces the noose for umbilical cord. The verses here represent choice to choose paths that flow hack to our authentic voices, No longer do we need to teethe on broken glass. Our words are the sharp extensions of us; midwives always carry their sharpest knives. This anthology delivers numerous truths. One of the most powerful threads running throughout is that sometimes we the G,R,I,TS, must teach the mothers and the grandmothers how to P.ji[Ot(.1 FA-dt.',J1 [;