Boston City TV, MA Equity and Inclusion Cabinet, 1 Jun 2023

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A SHORT DOCUMENTARY HIGHLIGHTING BLACK HISTORY, PROMOTING HEALING AND DISPLAYING THE WORK OF THE MAYOR’S OFFICE OF EQUITY & INCLUSION CABINET: RACIAL JUSTICE FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON.
THIS SHORT FILM DISPLAYS HOW AFFIRMATIONS, DIALOGUE, INTENTIONS AND THE RIGHT ACTIONS CAN LEAD TO HEALING OUR COMMUNITY FROM RACIAL AND ECONOMIC INEQUALITY AND ALSO TEACH EVERYONE HOW TO CULTIVATE THEIR INNER POWER.
THE STORY FOLLOWS THE CITY OF BOSTON AND THE OFFICE’S OF RACIAL JUSTICE’S EVENTS THROUGH-OUT THE CITY DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH (2023).
THIS DOCUMENTARY FEATURES BOSTON MAYOR MICHELLE WU , WORLD RENOWNED SCHOLAR : DR. EMMET G. PRICE III , INTERNATIONAL ARTIST: AMANDA SHEA, HIGHLY-RESPECTED ART CURATOR AND NCAAA DIRECTOR: BARRY GAITHER AND MANY MORE LEADERS AND INDIVIDUALS FROM THE CITY OF BOSTON AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS. IT ALSO FEATURES THE VISUAL ARTIST: SAGIE VANGELINA AND HER AMAZING ARTWORK.

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She speaks with wisdom and faithful instruction is on her tongue.

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Happy Black, History Month.

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This year for Black History, Month.

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The city of Boston's office of racial Justice carried around a blank canvas to every event that they have.

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I have the chance to be surrounded by black Excellence black Joy black Brilliance black resistance every single day here, working for the city of Boston.

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They called it the intention board.

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So when I make an intention, I always make sure that I follow through that until it comes into fruition. Anything you manifest. It comes into reality. Now self-affirmations I'll say a few I'm present I'm here I am alive, I am breathing, I am beautiful, I am creative.

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At each event, everyone was invited to write down a personal affirmation or positive intention, ultimately creating one final Masterpiece that will live forever.

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uh Intentions and affirmations are almost the hope that allow me to continue to navigate in a world that doesn't tell me to have faith in myself. Believe in myself. Love myself, love the people that I am a part of the diaspora that I represent.

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People don't say proud of you or I'm so happy for you.

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Anything that we think we can come into reality and actually actualize it into real time, so be careful with how we speak, how we think how we talk to our inner Sons, because spirit's always going to tell us okay.

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And this is the hard thing, but I challenge you all to it.

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Important as people that we understand the power of our words, the power of our thoughts, the power of our dreams once upon a time they wouldn't even let us read or speak if it was considered out of turn.

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We also need to be cognizant and mindful and when we say this word Grace, what does grace mean, meaning that I don't look like what I'm going through and maybe, if I was wearing it on the outside, you would treat me with Grace.

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You wonder how how socialized shall I deal with the hatred and the heinous vitriol of racism and Prejudice? You don't run from it.

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Teach them about it, but here's the thing. We all know that we're not we're not even close to what racial Equity looks like.

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Tell our story: let it Echo far and wide make them hear you make them, hear you how Justice was about to learn how Justice was denied, make them hear you you make them, hear you and say to those.

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Are more than black and white.

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I could not put down my sword when Justice was my right. Make them hear you make them here.

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The whole house and tell our story to your daughters and your sons make them heal. You make them.

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And tell them in our struggle, we were not the only ones make them make them hear you, your sword can be a sermon or the power of the pen teach every child to raise his voice, and then my brother.

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Will Justice be demanded by 10 million righteous men? Make them hear you when they hear you I'll be near you.

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Black history, what is that? We are the best contributors that we've changed the world, that the African-American has paved the way that hip-hop has done it, that our culture have done it, that our Beauty has done it. And then here we are me, a black Muslim immigrant, African woman that I'm able to be here because of you sis, because of you, brother,.

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So it is important for us to recognize the contributions of the ancestors, the places where we have fought and we have struggled and we have made progress.

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But our resistance must remain until we get to the place that our city, our country and our world looks like it should in terms of Justice.

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You can't make a history like that and we're counting on you and your generation to move that forward.

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My blackness is not just the pigmentation of brown coloring, but it's the representation of every black sister and brother that has fought for all the other black sisters and brothers that have to live in a world of a system of racism and discrimination.

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My blackness represents the wounds that have to constantly be reopened. When you hear of another traumatizing story about a black man, woman or child that got killed, brutally attacked by a racist cop, my blackness is bigger. I am constantly reminded of how powerful I am by every black owned business becoming successful. When they say we can't, but we do, they say we won't be anything but I promise you we are. My blackness is the voice I had inside of me because they chained our people and we were left with no voice suffered in silence.

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But yet, with the loudest cry- and here we are facing the same stem of systemic racism, my blackness is survival. I am a young black girl surviving this world with the portrayed Vision that black people are immoral. My blackness is having a dream and chasing those dreams and finally seeing those dreams. In reality, because ain't that what MLK said my blackness is old, negro spirituals to create to reconnect with my ancestors African incense white sage rituals prayer connected with my gods and goddesses, my blackness is culture, my Heritage Bongos drums and rattles.

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My blackness is the trails of steps to success and freedom through trial and Revelation. My blackness is proven every point wrong and depicted envisions of black people. So no, my blackness is not just the pigmentation of brown coloring. But let me tell you it's an infinite abundance of power.

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And to have the chance to try to use the platform and the moment that we have now to take real stock in ways that this structure and this building hasn't always and our and still has much work to do. In acknowledging our role in deepening disparities in our city, in setting up systems that haven't seen, everyone don't work for everyone and that can feel really heavy that there's decades centuries and we as individuals in this moment it can. It can feel daunting. How much is in front of us to do.

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And you know what that's what government is about is about listening and hearing and making sure that this building feels safe to have these conversations.

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We look to build a Boston that is not just looking ahead charging forward as urgently as we can, but also addressing where we've been acknowledging and being real about our role in that as well.

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When the tough get going, the going get tough must and I have met. My mama.

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The scars she bears are invisible. Only those with the third eye could see you see her body is strong, agile Begin by her experiences. Black women are to only be strong. No complaints, no check-ins only checkups to ensure the body is intact. Heavy the head, who wears the crown but I, see it slipping weight on her shoulder. She carries worlds around. We simply orbit in her Universe, even when she's lost in her own space, but who who will carry her burdens? I mean her anger, her depression, her anxiety, her bipolar, her wallet.

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She don't need no partner, but society's price tags tells her different stories. Fairy tales unbeknownst to her for she's, a dollar in a dream mentality. Don't worry, I got this swag I can do bad all by myself, no two cents to rub together, but she rubbed out meals who will nourish her soul. It's tired, been beaten, but not just by Life by family and Society, who cast her away, didn't want to help her rewrite her wrongs. Running away from generational trauma, she's out of breath, panic attacks, her nervous system like a baby.

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She Burns she's, so serious resilient black and brown women overcome so many obstacles and when asked, how are you they replied.

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My mama replies I.

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Reply, I'm fine resilience.

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I am powerful, I am healed, I am healing, I am present, I am love.

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Because, at the end of the day, is All About Love and what happens when we have the courage to love one another.

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