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Originally Published on August 12, 2013. BNV 2013 Prelims - Move! Brave New Voices 2013 - PYPM poets Alex Santiago, Jasmine Johnson, Nayo Jones and Kendall Allen perform Move You may have read or head the history before it was re-written. It was May 13, 1985 when [...]

MotherFather: A Poem by Travis Reginal I wake up at 3 in the morning with a pile of work I haven’t touched and deadlines that stand as daunting as skyscrapers and I think about you mother. I’m reminded of how at the end of [...]

In the city of brotherly love, there seems to be little love for our youth. Through their actions it is evident that Lawmakers think the cost of having children in the city is a burden, one that be cut. Philadelphia policymakers slash budgets and programs. When asked [...]

Stop crying. Stop with the tears. Don’t cry. Pick yourself up. Stop with the emotions. Don’t be a pussy. Don’t let anyone disrespect you. Be cool and be kind of a dick. Always keep your mouth shut. Nobody likes a tattletale. Rose come before hoes. [...]

‘Solutionaries are today’s Revolutionaries ~ Grace Lee Boggs Originally Published at Conversations That You Will Never finish October 26, 2013 The Evolution Never Ends and is Now Captured on Film The first time I even heard the word Solutionary [...]

What does it mean to be American, to be Black or Brown, Red or Yellow? Soon, in the United States the majority of people will be mixed and/or people of color. The question we must ask ourselves is what does this mean? Will equality be realized? Is [...]

By Paul L. Thomas | Originally Published at The Everyday Motion of Artifacts May 24, 2013 it simply happened one day when the teachers decided enough was enough all the boys with OCD spent the day playing drums or riding their bicycles and the introverts sat quietly [...]

By Paul L. Thomas | Originally Published at The Everyday Motion of Artifacts May 23, 2013 I was a white girl in a crowd of white girls in the park “Pink Rabbits,” The National “They’re such beautiful shirts,” she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick folds. [...]

Sha'Condria "iCon" Sibley understands all too well that each of us is given a name at birth. Some of us ask and some never do, but we wonder. "Why?" "Why was this name chosen?" We ask our parents. Did you anticipate that my life would be [...]