tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post3284938835796992476..comments2024-03-29T09:30:50.280-06:00Comments on La Bloga: Poetry Equals Power: the Resistance Calls on PoetsContributing Bloguistas:http://www.blogger.com/profile/13054190814722049711noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-17991711205904498672017-01-27T22:59:19.624-07:002017-01-27T22:59:19.624-07:00Thank you Katey. I greatly appreciated Selma'...Thank you Katey. I greatly appreciated Selma's friendship and I admired her work in the community. Thia poem was initially requested by my friend, Caesar Trujillo, for the occasion of a Caesar Chavez Holiday Celebration. He asked that I include MLK, and Mahatma Gandhi. I read the poem publicly at the Earth Day Celebration where she was being posthumously celebrated as CEC's Environmental Activist of the Year. The Mother of Earth Day.Sojourner The Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15143983379365745422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-56199910273911535442017-01-27T12:56:14.849-07:002017-01-27T12:56:14.849-07:00Wonderful poems and videos! Thank you! I had the p...Wonderful poems and videos! Thank you! I had the pleasure of admiring Selma Rubin's activism in the 70s as we both worked with the Ecology Center/Community Environmental Council, and I was especially thrilled to read Sojourner's homage to her in her powerful poem.--Katey<br />Kateyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834689842650922999noreply@blogger.com