POP QUIZ! When a black womxn is murdered by the police and nobody screams can we still mourn her? If we ignore the news will their names stop sounding like my cousins and little black girls I used to share Vaseline with? Are our bodies worthy of coverage? Are they worthy of soil? Are we worth a city of ashes?
Answer: ______________
Pop Quiz…How many of these names sound like kin to you?
Alberta Spurill
Michelle Washington
Breonna Taylor
Rekia Boyd
Shantel Davis
Shelley Frey
Kayla Moore
Kyam Livingston
Answer: All of em
Are we worthy enough for our rallies?
Answer: _______________
Miriam Carey
Michelle Cusseaux
Tanisha Anderson
Korryn Gaines
FREE SPACE (Put your cousin’s name here)
Marielle Franco
Does this not feel redundant to you?
Answer: _______________
Jessica Williams
Pamela Turner
Kisha Michael
Gynna McKillen
Mya Hall
Alexia Christian
Meagan Hockaday
Sandra Bland
Natasha McKenna
Pop Quiz…if a black womxn is murdered by the police and it’s only us who screams, can we still be worthy of a movement? Will you still call us magic even if our womb swallows us too?
#SayHerName (Continued)
Kindra Chapman
Symone Marshall
Raynette Turner
Aiyana Stanley-Jones
Eleanor Bumpurs
Ralkina Jones
Joyce Curnell
Tanisha Anderson
Barbara Dawson
Alesia Thomas
Yvette Smith
Kathryn Johnston
Kendra James
Melissa Williams
Tarika Wilson
Shereese Francis
Jessica Williams
Briana Ojeda
Pamela Turner
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