psychology. spirituality. postcolonial critique. racial identity.
I love food metaphor. With that, I love 'setting the table' for friends and strangers to feast and feel safe enough to have meaningful and courageous conversations. On the evening of August 17th in downtown Seattle, I had the immense delight and privilege to 'set the table' for people to bear witness to a lineup …
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FREE ADMISSION. Invite your friends! Through music, storytelling, and poetry, we will explore the dynamics and issues exclusive to the minority experience in the United States. While it is necessary to talk about immigration, systemic oppression, stereotypes, etc., we easily get "in our heads" with these matters and still miss the person's face by focusing …
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I reckon a handful of people will call me sacrilegious as I make the connection between Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé and Holy Saturday. And yet, without a hint of doubt: watching the film during Holy Week felt no less timely and well-suited. In Homecoming, I was mesmerized by a legend whose formidable force did not …
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https://soundcloud.com/gabestorres/phenomena-gabes-torres Note from creator: Here is a poem I address to white North Americans about what they might expect when they pursue or when they are already involved in dating, marital, et al. relationship with a person of color or an immigrant/mixed race identifying person. In most of my dating life in the United …
Oh, the complexities of being a woman. While it is truly my greatest honor and joy to be one, it is also my greatest obstacle and heaviest burden as I get by in a man’s world. It is a world where people find it more acceptable to recognize me as a singer or artist than …
