WMMN-AF Blog
Real stories. Bold action. Powering all women & their communities to dismantle oppression.
Stop Killing Black Men, Women and Children
Daunte Wright was 20 years old. He was a father. He was with his girlfriend when he was pulled over for a traffic stop. He called his mother during that traffic stop. He had a life in front of him. And that was taken away needlessly when he was shot and killed by former police officer Kim Potter, long-time veteran officer, and former union president. Daunte should be alive today.
Black Mothers
Black mothers
We lay in bed
we cry and rock ourselves
To sleep with the lulling hums
of our great grandmother's rocking chairs
that sat on hot sweltering
Mississippi porches
March For Our Lives - an update
In the words of the students; “Revolution is coming.”
Hundreds of thousands of students from across the country participated in a march for their lives on March 24. In Saint Paul they took to the streets 20,000 strong in order to have their voices heard on gun control.
The event, organized by students with guidance from organizations like Protect MN, Mom’s Demand Action, Students Demand Action, Women’s March Minnesota, and Black Lives Matter featured several local student speakers and a few surprise guests from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who were in town for a national hockey tournament.