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Nominated for the Oral History Association Council
My time on the Social Justice Principles and Best Practices Task Force has added to my cultivation of ethical imperatives for connecting with the communities for which our work is accountable.
#HistoricalGeography Thoughts
Historical geography, however, studies the “series of changes which cultural landscapes have undergone and involves reconstruction of past cultural landscapes.”[2] Its primary objective is to “establish a critical system which embraces the phenomenology of landscape...
I Started a #Birding Blog!
And the first post went up today! I am beginning this blog as part of my #selfcare and #griefwork. Now that Spring is here my heart is opened even more. I am sending my son's spirit forth in love through sitting in nature and being grateful for this beautiful Earth. Here is the blog logo … Continue reading I Started a #Birding Blog!
A History of a Life with its Deepest Intentions: The Analog/Digital After-life of Moses Grandy’s Narrative of Enslavement
Today those voices out of bondage seem to transmit what is now meant by “soul.”[1] Arna Bontemps
Celebrating my Son in Heaven on his Birthday #Griefjourney #LifeafterLoss
I love my son Ricky so much. I wake up thinking of him and he is my last thought before falling off to sleep each night. Now that he is in Heaven...
Upendo Rising: On Gratitude— #NewYearsDay
***Upendo means love in Swahili The above picture was taken on December 26, 2020 when I was doing some winterbirding on Mattamuskeet Lake, Hyde County, North Carolina. Birding is something that I have recently come into as I navigated my grief journey. Birding makes me happy because my son loved birds very much. His favorites … Continue reading Upendo Rising: On Gratitude— #NewYearsDay
Grieving in the Time of the Pandemic- How Cyber-organizing Can Help Communities of Grievers| Grief Support Protocols
Hold space. Holding space means be with the griever in a nonjudgmental way. Be there but do not push, listen, and make statements that show your support. Avoid the wording “I understand” unless you have suffered the same loss. Try to say “I am so sorry you are going through this and I am here to help you with what you need.”
Punitive Landscape: Geographies of Escape and Concealment
This essay assesses relevant sources in the account of Ann Clarke’s escape from slavery with a view to examining how the political landscape of the Kansas Territory impeded or facilitated her escape. In identifying the zones of containment, concealment, and wayfinding this paper will illuminate how enslaved freedom seekers and their abolitionist allies circumvented the punitive landscape of Kansas Territory.
1857-Ann Clarke Escapes Slavery in the Great Plains
The hope? To illuminate how enslaved freedom seekers and their abolitionist allies circumvented the punitive landscapes within the antebellum Great Plains.
#Grief 60 Day Check-in
But beyond the many beautiful things I know of my son from his time on Earth I now know that as his mother the ways that I cope with Ricky's transition will mark my transformation in the After.
#Geography and Institutional Barriers: GEO’s Elimination at Harvard-1948
The publication of “Academic War Over the Field of Geography” by Neil Smith sent shock waves through the discipline of geography’s academic community. Smith’s purpose in writing the piece was to begin a conversation about the state of geography through reclaiming the history of the Harvard debacle.
