By K. James D’Agostino “When Bees Used to Do This” is part of a new series at Multiplicity focusing on writers and their craft. Each blog publication features original work followed by commentary from the writer on its genesis, giving us unusual insight into both […]
This Doorbell Is a Protest Anthem by Fareh Malik Don’t the windchimes sound likeshattering windows?This fireplace isa car ablaze in the street,every wall hanging, a picket sign.The carpet is still wet fromhoses and blood,K-9 slobber and tear gas, incense, condensation.You ask them,When did this stop […]
What Comes Up When You Think About Breonna Taylor? a collaborative poem created by Erin Binney, Jennifer Laurenza, Aprell May, Jasmin Rivas,Amy Stonestrom, & Erin Sadler Black and brown bodies hunted down. A book that changed my life: War Against All Puerto Ricansthe King of the […]
I Stand with You by Hayley Fife Growing up, I never imagined I would have to post #BLM to help fight for my Black friends. As an 18-year-old member of Generation Z, I didn’t think that in my lifetime, we would still be fighting for […]
Holding Vigil for George Floyd by Cindy Stewart Under a nine-foot bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the Pacifist Memorial in Sherborn, Massachusetts Eight middle-aged women held space for the life of George Floyd. When he cried out for his mama as his neck […]
Flight by Kamil Czyz Cop’s knee on his neck,phones bore witness while he pleaded,but we stood back,obeying the badge.Believing the pledge. The next day,unyielding, unmovable rage.We overflowed streets with furyand fire,a pageant of soot and angst,a sacrifice of torched cars and golden buildingsto cleanse the […]
Speaking Up, Finally by Susan Barry-Schulz I am by no means an expert on racial justice issues. I grew up in a mostly white town and moved to another mostly white town in the Hudson Valley region of New York State with my husband and […]
It Took One Week by Ramon Jimenez It only took a week for peopleto come out of quarantine into the streets of Seattlemustering the will to face baton beatingsand gas blasting through the nighttime sky. Police officers armed to the teethwith military grade artillery,and a […]
Crying for Water City by Amy Stonestrom A strong gust of wind rattles the windows and shakes the house with such force that I wonder if I need to gather my chicks and hurry to the basement. Then nothing. All is calm. Minutes later I […]
Social Justice Today by Aprell May Breonna Taylor. Delano Walker Jr. Dominic May. Mark Scalise. Lenny Brown. Benjamin Schoolfield. Sandra Bland. Rodney King. Melvin Jones. George Floyd. Ramona Africa. John Africa. Emmett Till. Colin Kaepernick. Darryl Moss. Philando Castile. Atatiana Koquice Jefferson. Kendrick Johnson. Ahmaud […]