Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa: Black life at the intersection of birth and death
미윈드 캇위와(Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa): 출생과 죽음의 교차점에서의 흑인의 삶
Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa is a storyteller, a truth-teller, a builder and breaker trying to figure out what it means to be human in a world that removes so much of our humanity in order to survive. Full bio
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about Reproductive Justice.
처음 듣게 되었습니다.
일하고 있었습니다.
was defined by Sister Song as:
재생산 정의를 배웠습니다.
if and when she will have a baby
under which she will give birth.
결정할 수 있는 여성의 권리
to decide if she will not have a baby
or ending a pregnancy.
결정할 수 있는 여성의 권리
to parent the children she already has
all about the joys of motherhood.
들으며 성장했습니다.
weave wonder into this world.
경이로움에 대해 꿈꾸곤 했습니다.
for something so big, so early.
계획한다고 나쁠 건 전혀 없다고요.
to stomach motherhood in this country.
견뎌낼 능력이 있는지 모르겠습니다.
has taught me more about parenting
많은 것을 알려주었습니다.
give birth to babies
사실을 가르쳤죠.
that this body will birth kin
to be held in prison cells
about being Black in America
아이들을 올바르게 키워
to raise my kids right
because it is wrong,
하면 안 된다고 말해야 할까요?
to justify his death?
하면 안 된다고 말해야 할까요?
for his Skittles and sweet tea
who will watch him
기다리는 이들이 있다는 사실을요?
and not wait for them to come.
when I consider calling 911.
머릿속을 스쳐 지나갑니다.
that they will not come and kill my son.
of the nooses,
when they murder Black boys
방치한 것은 린치였습니다.
for four hours in the sun.
about being Black in America
들리게 만듭니다.
반복되고 있음을 알고,
of last week's story.
안된다는 것을 깨닫고 말죠.
wouldn't even be newsworthy.
is the only Black woman
폭력사태로 우리의 침묵을 깼던
more than our silence.
말하지 마세요.
dark-skinned daughters in distress
비통함은 어떻게 하죠?
between the lives of your genders?
부합하지 않는다면요?
nothing is a great protector
보호자가 될 수 없죠.
that looks like this.
about being Black in America
무엇인가가 있습니다.
I look forward to.
숱하게 많은 시를 썼습니다.
about dead Black children to be naïve
시가 쓰여질 수 있다는 생각은 못했죠.
be a poem written about my kids.
어머니가 되고 싶지 않습니다.
who gave birth to poems.
who doesn't fit into this world.
각주를 원하지 않습니다.
who will live forever
TED Women에 초대받았습니다.
about art and performance.
예술과 공연이 아닙니다.
about Black Lives Matter.
말을 들었습니다.
about Reproductive Justice.
다루자는 뜻이었죠.
my inability to separate the two.
저의 본질입니다.
when Trayvon Martin was murdered.
트레이본 마틴이 살해당했습니다.
트레이본 마틴,
actually values Black life.
경시하는지 상기시켜주었습니다.
소중하다(BlackLivesMatter)
and healthy communities
or the state or government.
위한 움직임이었습니다.
was not held responsible
말을 듣게 되었습니다.
큰 영향을 주었습니다.
in the United Stated of America
어떤 의미일까요?
동의어인 사람들에게,
the Reproductive Justice framework
about Reproductive Justice
재생산 정의에 관해 더 알게 되면서,
in the Movement for Black Lives,
to see and feel these similarities.
이 두 개념의 유사성을
바람이 생겼습니다.
누구의 일인가?
바치고 싶습니다.
라말리 그레이험
어려움을 느꼈을 때,
파내는 데 있습니다.
다음과 같은 글을 썼습니다.
to remain silent.
portion from my talk,"
our stories were being denied
거부당하고 있다는 두려움이었죠.
they deserve to be told on.
무대에서 조차도요.
the words I had just spoken.
기억했습니다.
to remain silent.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa - Writer, youth worker, freedom fighterMwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa is a storyteller, a truth-teller, a builder and breaker trying to figure out what it means to be human in a world that removes so much of our humanity in order to survive.
Why you should listen
Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa is a Kenyan Queer Womyn speaker and performer. Katwiwa is an award-winning, internationally touring poet, author, host, youth worker, social-justice speaker, teaching artist and workshop leader who has spent her life at the intersection of arts, education and activism. Her work in Reproductive Justice, the Movement for Black Lives, LGBTQ+ advocacy and poetry have been featured on Upworthy, OkayAfrica, the New York Times, For Harriet, Everyday Feminism and more.
As a writer, Katwiwa has always centered storytelling as an avenue to create change and believes in "speaking things into existence." Her work is heavily influenced by her heritage and her pan-African upbringing, and centers "the other" and "the in between," places she has often found herself occupying as a black, queer immigrant and emigrant. Her experience of the power of words and stories to impact the lives of those sharing and receiving has pushed her to share and teach the craft as a tool of resistance and advocacy.
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