GET READY

THE SPEAK CD IS OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friends Loved Ones


Amused people who deal with my bonkers behind on the regular.

At some point in the past year I have spoken about this and told you about this and played you some of this and

IT'S OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

* boggles*

Recorded on some of the best days of 2008 ( where I was so happy i forgot lotion)

The SPEAK CD is our story.

our questions

It is our love letters to each other, to our bodies , to our spirits , to our homelands, to our lives to our futures.

and most of all

in some way

every single one of you

Funny amazing angry we dare to do what people have said should never be done by us.

Bare witness aloud to our lives

with no apologies

and it's got a learning guide

and

ALL PROFITS GO TO SUPPORT

Bringing mothers to the AMC also known as ONE OF THE 50 THINGS CHANGING YOUR LIFE!!!!!!!!!!

I love these women so much because for me they are what is good in the world

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March 7, 2009
SPEAK! WOMEN OF COLOR MEDIA COLLECTIVE RELEASING SELF-TITLED DEBUT CD
UNITED STATES — March 7, 2009– SPEAK! Women of Color Media Collective, a netroots coalition of women of color bloggers and media-makers, is debuting March 7, 2009 with a performance art CD, accompanied by a collaborative zine and classroom curriculum for educators.

Compiled and arranged by Liquid Words Productions, the spoken word CD weaves together the stories, poetry, music, and writings of women of color from across the United States. The 20 tracks, ranging from the explosive “Why Do You Speak?” to the reverent “For Those of Us,” grant a unique perspective into the minds of single mothers, arrested queer and trans activists, excited children, borderland dwellers, and exploring dreamers, among many others.

“We want other women of color to know they are not alone in their experiences,” said writer and educator Alexis Pauline Gumbs of Broken Beautiful Press, one of the contributors to the CD. “We want them to know that this CD will give sound, voice and space to the often silenced struggles and dreams of women of color.”

The Speak! collective received grant assistance from the Allied Media Conference coordinators to release a zine complementing the works featured on the CD, as well as a teaching curriculum for educators to incorporate its tracks into the classroom environment.

“Speak! is a testament of struggle, hope, and love,” said blogger Lisa Factora-Borchers of A Woman’s Ecdysis. “Many of the contributors are in the Radical Women of Color blogosphere and will be familiar names… I can guarantee you will have the same reaction as to when I heard them speak, I was mesmerized.”

To promote the initiative, the Speak! collective is coordinating listening parties in communities across United States, creating short YouTube promotions illustrating the CD creation process, and collaborating with organizers and activists online and offline.

The CD is available for online ordering at http://speakmedia.wordpress.com/ on a sliding scale beginning at $12. All inquiries for review copies should be directed to us at speakcd@gmail.com. Proceeds of this album will go toward funding for mothers and/or financially restricted activists attending the 11th Annual Allied Media Conference in Detroit, MI from July 16-19.