This year, Sons and Brothers is honoring the heroes and hundreds of individuals that have fought and

This year, Sons and Brothers is honoring the heroes and hundreds of individuals that have fought and continue to fight the injustices faced by our communities. Throughout this month, we will recognize their journeys and the ways in which they have made TODAY possible and are working to create a more just FUTURE.In a time when oppression Olympics get a lot of play on our timelines and marginalized communities are not united, it’s important to lift up examples of solidarity like shero and ancestor Dr. Grace Lee Boggs,Ph.D.Boggs was a published writer, activist, and philosopher born to Chinese immigrant parents in Providence, RI. Growing up in the early 1900s with a family that struggled economically was not easy. At one point Grace was sold into slavery but was able to escape. Boggs was able to attend Barnard College on scholarship and graduated in 1935; she later earned a doctorate in philosophy from Bryn Mawr College. In the 1930s, Boggs began her political activism, notably working with activist A. Philip Randolph, who proposed the first March on Washington in 1941, and later in Chicago organizing communities against slum housing. Boggs was deeply involved in the Black Power movement and other Black issues. So much so, that Angela Davis once said, “Grace has made more contributions to the Black struggle than most Black people have.” In 2014, PBS debuted the documentary “American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs.”Passing away just months after her 100th birthday, Grace had over 70 years of social justice work to her name. She devoted her life to labor and civil rights, Black Power, feminism and environmental justice movements. Throughout her life, Boggs inspired new generations to be innovative and think creatively to redefine revolution so that it could be always relevant in present day. Her legacy reminds us to come to this work with love, “Love isn’t about what we do yesterday; it’s about what we do today and the day after.”Art by Shizu Saldamando (http://www.shizusaldamando.com/) -- source link

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