Tag Archives: "Litany for Survival"

Coming Out, Better than Remaining Silent

By Robin Bates | Published: October 12, 2022

Audre Lorde has a powerful poem for those LGBTQ folk wrestling with whether or not to come out.

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Banishing Fear by Standing Tall

By Robin Bates | Published: December 1, 2014

Police officer Darren Wilson, whom a Ferguson Grand Jury refused to indict last week for shooting Michael Brown, is the latest in a long line of police and vigilantes who have gone free after killing unarmed black men. Upon hearing the decision, one National Public Radio columnist turned to an Audre Lorde poem for comfort. […]

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