ALL OUR CHILDREN

As the school year is coming to an end, for kids in Atlanta Schools, I find myself reflecting on our first year unschooling. It has been more fun than I expected. And I had high hopes. Teachable moments really are abundant in the day to day. But I think our love of stories and reading has been essential. The dialogue that comes from sharing stories together, I believe are teaching us all.

History and stories lead us to conversations about the perspective of the storyteller. Who interpreted the artifacts? How did their beliefs shape their understanding. Noticing how for so long the storytellers who have made their way into written word were conquerors and artists. Contemplating how those stories differ.

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the revolutionary stories that remain when/if we lose the internet. And how with shadow bans and the speed of the media machine, powerful stories get lost. So I want to keep trying to archive revolutionary moments, highlighting current and interconnected struggles, within the boundaries of a single page, folded into 8 panels.  

Here is my latest mini zine for Weelaunee Coalition Press, ALL OUR CHILDREN, a mini archive of March 1, 2024, when a collective of Black Women and femmes, dressed in white, gathered outside the residence of Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, to protest Cop City, the ongoing genocide in Palestine and his repression of 116,000+ voters, who signed a petition to put the 120 million dollar Cop City lease on the ballot. Archived and illustrated by me, available to read, download, print, and share below.

The zine is formatted to print on a single 8.5 x 11 page. no color needed for this one.

Here are instructions to fold, cut, and fold it again, into a little pocket sized zine/book.

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