Today I have the pleasure of chatting with Ryan Jafar Artes, the host of adoptee Open Mic Tuesday zoom events and an award winning poet. We discuss:
- The act of Reparenting ourselves
- And how through the clear lens of sobriety, Ryan chose the community that poured into him.
- We touch on the imperative of supporting younger generations of adoptees,
- Afrofuturism and endofuturism that has inspired a more authentic existence where we can make mistakes and explore numerous outcomes.
- And we talk about what communities make us feel safe.
- Ryan also teaches us how to put our stories down with each other not in each other.
- And we finish with a course on how to give yourself the love language you desire.
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@ryanartespoet
@theadopteeopenmic on IG
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ADOPTEE CONVERSATIONS WITH PARENTS:
14 through18, and episode 28, and 29.
WATCH PANELS: Here!
JAMES BALDWIN'S ESSAY ON "WHITENESS":
HISTORY of the word “Colored”:
NYC ARTICLE ON THE USE OF "BIPOC":
RESOURCES ON HOW TO TALK ABOUT RACE: