The For FREEDOM Project aspires to lift up the cause of freedom through this poetic call to action for all generations to stand up and be counted among those who are committed to the fight for human rights, dignity and justice. The For FREEDOM Project is the call of our ancestors to rise up and “do something”.
ABOUT the "For FREEDOM" poem . . . My childhood friend, Dr. Millicent E. Brown, in 2024, published an inspiring, MUST READ memoir, Another Sojourner Looking for Truth: My Journey from Civil Rights to Black Power and Beyond. This book touched my very soul. As the last page was turned, I grabbed a pencil and paper and penned the poem, "For FREEDOM", in her honor. The muses spoke; I responded and waited to know when the time was right to share it with you.
The video reading of the poem flows from my heart through the voices of my iconic sisters, the Wise Women Freedom Collective, who bring the spirit of the freedom movement to each verse through their own living legacies. Our hope is that you will be inspired by this call to action to “do something”. As you feel into this video experience with us, consider: What freedom means to you?
