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truthtelling
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June 30th, 2009women of colordoesn’t matter if you’re disabled or gay or whatever, if you’re white and rich you can dream
people will call you a visionary
do what you do
in the end they will always respect youbut if you’re hustling to keep it together
if english is not your native tongue
if you don’t have the privilege of later,
if you are unbossed & you know that your name is your own
if you act like you deserve love
do what you do want to do, say what you want to say
be shut down, called crazysister you taught me that everything is a resource
when i say we are on the threshold of infinite potential
i mean i got you and i know you got me. i believe in your dreams
you shape mevoice shaky, don’t let me question the experiences that have created me
your truth is everything
2 responses to “truthtelling” 
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What a moving piece… that line about infinite potential is just beautiful.
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“sister you taught me that everything is a resource
when i say we are on the threshold of infinite potential
i mean i got you and i know you got me. i believe in your dreams
you shape mevoice shaky, don’t let me question the experiences that have created me
your truth is everything”
______That made me shake. I have to go write that on a post-it and stick on it on a wall to read over and over.
So beautiful and raw.
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cripchick
Cripchick is a queer disabled corean-american living and loving in North Carolina. Cripchick is a 22 year old youth organizer who has been working in the youth arm of the Disability Rights Movement since high school. She is most interested in using poetry, community organizing and media as a way to cut through isolation that marginalized people often face. Cripchick is a radical woman of color feminist and believes in the power of people coming together.
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A Few Projects Cripchick Is Involved With
Cripchick is facilitating a satellite campus in her local community for School of Our Lorde. School of Our Lorde is an effort to bring people together to study the poetics, pedagogy, politics and publishing of feminist warrior poet Audre Lorde. You can join an existing campus, participate by distance learning or start your own campus! To find out more, visit: http://summerofourlorde.wordpress.com/
Disability Justice Track at the Allied Media Conference
The Allied Media Conference is an annual gathering where artists, media makers and activists come together to talk media strategies for community building. Cripchick is working with other disabled people to create the first ever Disability Justice track--- a space where we people will dissect a disability justice analysis and have time to talk about the way disability shapes our work as cultural activists, media makers and activists. You can find out more at http://alliedmediaconference.org
Disabled Young People's Collective's first ever Activism, Community, Empowerment Summit
Cripchick is an active member with the Disabled Young People's Collective, a crew of disabled youth working to get free in NC. DYP is organizing a 6 day event in August for disabled youth between the ages 16-24 to come together and learn about disability justice, organizing, and community building. To get an application or find out more, visit http://thedypcollective.org
NTE July 20th, 2009 at 21:43