January 19, 2009

On Monday, Covered and Bound was done through an air of anticipation.
Anticipating the Inauguaration of Barak H. Obama, the 44th President of the United States of America, the "first" recognized Black president.

So much so that I forgot that January 19th was the birthday of MLK, so I am going to share a few thoughts on the man that espoused his life for equality and believed that as humans, We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools" MLK's "I have a Dream Speech" is the greatest speech ever on love and hope. To his death fought against the violence meted out to our forefathers, when he said that, "It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me and I think that's pretty important." But this quote is placed where my life and ideas are right now this one that says, " We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobile rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to mankind."

I played some more of the George Elliot Clarke's lecture from 2008, when he appeared at York University these lectures are FREE! They happen once a month, and I hope the TA's that are on strike get what they deserve soon so that the lectures might continue.

For 2009 they are promising Peter Robinson author of Piece of my Heart, David Chariandy and his novel Soucouyan, which takes place in "Scartown" Scarborough, and Makeda Silvera and her novel, The Heart Does Not Bend. I just love the way that title feels.