Mariposa Fernández
@lapoetamariposa.bsky.social
Poet, Artist, Free Thinker who likes to laugh and loves to fly! Remember, butterflies are free!!
In deep sadness, I'm sharing news of the loss of Mimi Carrion-Loucks, a dear friend. My condolences to her husband Doug Loucks, her daughter Maya & all her loved ones & friends. We are doing a fundraiser to support her family in this time of sorrow, see below. www.gofundme.com/f/support-do...
Donate to In Memory of Mimi: Support Her Family, organized by Nidia Pena-Atristain
This gofundme is in memory of Edwina "Mimi" Carrion-Loucks, daughter, siste… Nidia Pena-Atristain needs your support for In Memory of Mimi: Support Her Family
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May 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
In deep sadness, I'm sharing news of the loss of Mimi Carrion-Loucks, a dear friend. My condolences to her husband Doug Loucks, her daughter Maya & all her loved ones & friends. We are doing a fundraiser to support her family in this time of sorrow, see below. www.gofundme.com/f/support-do...
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Don't forget to read the comments section and listen to the tunes folks are posting - and if you have an account, post the songs that you remember
Black Music Sunday: Musical tributes to our fallen soldiers
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Black Music Sunday: Musical tributes to our fallen soldiers
Black Music Sunday is a weekly series highlighting all things Black music, with over 260 stories covering performers, genres, history, and more, each featuring its own vibrant soundtrack. I hope you��
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May 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Don't forget to read the comments section and listen to the tunes folks are posting - and if you have an account, post the songs that you remember
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#CaribbeanMatters: Commemorating Indian Arrival Days.
Explore Indo-Caribbean history and contemporary communities
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Explore Indo-Caribbean history and contemporary communities
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Caribbean Matters: Commemorating Indian Arrival Days
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May 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
#CaribbeanMatters: Commemorating Indian Arrival Days.
Explore Indo-Caribbean history and contemporary communities
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Explore Indo-Caribbean history and contemporary communities
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Given the Trump cabal’s denialist stance on climate change, this battle has never been more critical. We need to deal with environmental issues here at home but we also need to be cognizant & supportive of organizations, initiatives, & leaders in our neighboring Caribbean region
April 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Given the Trump cabal’s denialist stance on climate change, this battle has never been more critical. We need to deal with environmental issues here at home but we also need to be cognizant & supportive of organizations, initiatives, & leaders in our neighboring Caribbean region
Myrna Pagan is a member of The National Coucil of Elders & a resident of Vieques. She's going on this journey to learn how the people of Vietnam have coped w/ the environmental damage of the war. Vieques continues to be impacted by military waste & contamination. Please read more below.
Support Myrna Pagan's trip to Vietnam to rep the children of Vieques. The National Council of Elders' intergenerational trip Viêt Nam to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the reunification of Viêt Nam / End of the War in Viêt Nam. Please repost, donate what you can.
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From Vieques to Vietnam: Support Myrna in Building Global Solidarity
Support the National Council of Elders inter-generational delegation to Viet Nam in observation of the 50th Anniversary of the Reunification of Viet Nam/end of the U.S. war on Viet Nam!
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April 12, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Myrna Pagan is a member of The National Coucil of Elders & a resident of Vieques. She's going on this journey to learn how the people of Vietnam have coped w/ the environmental damage of the war. Vieques continues to be impacted by military waste & contamination. Please read more below.
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Sunday morning thought:
“You must never stop being whimsical.
And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for your life."
― Mary Oliver, Upstream: Selected Essays.
Image: © Rachel Giese Brown from www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-o...
“You must never stop being whimsical.
And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for your life."
― Mary Oliver, Upstream: Selected Essays.
Image: © Rachel Giese Brown from www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-o...
March 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Sunday morning thought:
“You must never stop being whimsical.
And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for your life."
― Mary Oliver, Upstream: Selected Essays.
Image: © Rachel Giese Brown from www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-o...
“You must never stop being whimsical.
And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for your life."
― Mary Oliver, Upstream: Selected Essays.
Image: © Rachel Giese Brown from www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-o...
Support Myrna Pagan's trip to Vietnam to rep the children of Vieques. The National Council of Elders' intergenerational trip Viêt Nam to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the reunification of Viêt Nam / End of the War in Viêt Nam. Please repost, donate what you can.
fundrazr.com/12WOJf?ref=a...
fundrazr.com/12WOJf?ref=a...
From Vieques to Vietnam: Support Myrna in Building Global Solidarity
Support the National Council of Elders inter-generational delegation to Viet Nam in observation of the 50th Anniversary of the Reunification of Viet Nam/end of the U.S. war on Viet Nam!
fundrazr.com
April 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Support Myrna Pagan's trip to Vietnam to rep the children of Vieques. The National Council of Elders' intergenerational trip Viêt Nam to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the reunification of Viêt Nam / End of the War in Viêt Nam. Please repost, donate what you can.
fundrazr.com/12WOJf?ref=a...
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Love the theme of this week's Black Music Sunday! @deniseoliver-velez.bsky.social @dailykos.com
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Black Music Sunday: Some tunes about time as the times are a-changin’
It’s that time again, when most of the United States begins to observe daylight saving time , in which we “spring forward;” setting our clocks ahead for an hour, with exceptions : Arizona ...
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March 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Love the theme of this week's Black Music Sunday! @deniseoliver-velez.bsky.social @dailykos.com
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Thank you Denise! I'm honored to be included in your tribute to Caribbean women writers in Caribbean Matters! Maryse Condé, Jamaica Kindcaid, Julia de Burgos, Edwidge Danticat and Mayra Santos Febres who
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Caribbean Matters: Celebrate International Women’s Day with these writers
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March 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Thank you Denise! I'm honored to be included in your tribute to Caribbean women writers in Caribbean Matters! Maryse Condé, Jamaica Kindcaid, Julia de Burgos, Edwidge Danticat and Mayra Santos Febres who
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Mon, March 10, 2025, 2:30pm - 4:30pm, Lehman College!
The Women's & Gender Studies Program & Africana Studies Dept hosts Fiercely Uplifting HerStory, A Celebration of Black History and Women's History! Featuring Linda La & Open Mic! Faculty, students and community welcome!
FREE event RSVP Required.
The Women's & Gender Studies Program & Africana Studies Dept hosts Fiercely Uplifting HerStory, A Celebration of Black History and Women's History! Featuring Linda La & Open Mic! Faculty, students and community welcome!
FREE event RSVP Required.
March 6, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Mon, March 10, 2025, 2:30pm - 4:30pm, Lehman College!
The Women's & Gender Studies Program & Africana Studies Dept hosts Fiercely Uplifting HerStory, A Celebration of Black History and Women's History! Featuring Linda La & Open Mic! Faculty, students and community welcome!
FREE event RSVP Required.
The Women's & Gender Studies Program & Africana Studies Dept hosts Fiercely Uplifting HerStory, A Celebration of Black History and Women's History! Featuring Linda La & Open Mic! Faculty, students and community welcome!
FREE event RSVP Required.
"Black History is American History is 339 years of trauma is prologue to today's trauma is your History is unforgettable is unmistakenly uneraseable " - Mariposa,verse ekphrastically inspired by this dialogue. #blueskypoems #poetry #poems #writing #poets #poetsofbluesky
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February 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
"Black History is American History is 339 years of trauma is prologue to today's trauma is your History is unforgettable is unmistakenly uneraseable " - Mariposa,verse ekphrastically inspired by this dialogue. #blueskypoems #poetry #poems #writing #poets #poetsofbluesky
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George Washington House in Bridgetown, Barbados
"a set of mannequin’s representing an enslaved man and child as well as a display case of chains, shackles, and tools for punishment"
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"a set of mannequin’s representing an enslaved man and child as well as a display case of chains, shackles, and tools for punishment"
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February 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
George Washington House in Bridgetown, Barbados
"a set of mannequin’s representing an enslaved man and child as well as a display case of chains, shackles, and tools for punishment"
humanitiesmoments.org/moment/georg...
"a set of mannequin’s representing an enslaved man and child as well as a display case of chains, shackles, and tools for punishment"
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The one and only 🐐 Bob Marley would’ve turned 80 today 🙏
"Until the philosophy which hold one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, well everywhere is WAR."
"Until the philosophy which hold one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, well everywhere is WAR."
February 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The one and only 🐐 Bob Marley would’ve turned 80 today 🙏
"Until the philosophy which hold one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, well everywhere is WAR."
"Until the philosophy which hold one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, well everywhere is WAR."
A view for you @mellesol.bsky.social just a little more sky for your blue skies & some clouds for you to soar / Caribbean blue ocean blue almost as deep as my love for you
February 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
A view for you @mellesol.bsky.social just a little more sky for your blue skies & some clouds for you to soar / Caribbean blue ocean blue almost as deep as my love for you
Happy Black History month! Join us as we celebrate the DIVERSITY of Blackness & honor it's Caribbean connections! Check out this week's Caribbean Matters by @deniseoliver-velez.bsky.social
#CaribbeanMatters: Black History Month and its Caribbean connections.
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Caribbean Matters: Black History Month and its Caribbean connections
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February 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Happy Black History month! Join us as we celebrate the DIVERSITY of Blackness & honor it's Caribbean connections! Check out this week's Caribbean Matters by @deniseoliver-velez.bsky.social
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Black Kos Tuesday: A muse on D.E.I.
Commentary from Black Kos Editor Chitown Kev bsky.app/profile/chit...
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Black Kos Tuesday: A muse on D.E.I.
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@mellesol.bsky.social a little green for your Blue Skies.
January 27, 2025 at 1:24 AM
@mellesol.bsky.social a little green for your Blue Skies.
Looking for my blue sky pics. @mellesol.bsky.social Love yours
January 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Looking for my blue sky pics. @mellesol.bsky.social Love yours
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These are some of the companies that have rolled back their DEI programs…..
January 25, 2025 at 3:19 AM
These are some of the companies that have rolled back their DEI programs…..
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For grown folks at these big companies that really used the wording “we are scaling back our DEI initiatives” just sound like you are saying to the people at company you can be homophobic, racist, misogynist, xenophobic a little now JUST a little.
January 25, 2025 at 7:28 AM
For grown folks at these big companies that really used the wording “we are scaling back our DEI initiatives” just sound like you are saying to the people at company you can be homophobic, racist, misogynist, xenophobic a little now JUST a little.
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My very awesome, very gorgeous, totally adorable, Geordi & Jadzia #linxpoint #cats #bondedsiblingpair #rescuecats #catsofbluesky #blueskycats #startrekcats
November 25, 2024 at 7:56 PM
My very awesome, very gorgeous, totally adorable, Geordi & Jadzia #linxpoint #cats #bondedsiblingpair #rescuecats #catsofbluesky #blueskycats #startrekcats
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"Putting Kamala Harris as VP into perspective. See the red box? Until then, she would have been enslaved. See the blue box? Until then, she couldn’t vote. Yellow box? Until then, she had to attend a segregated school. The green one? Until then she couldn’t have her own bank account."
January 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"Putting Kamala Harris as VP into perspective. See the red box? Until then, she would have been enslaved. See the blue box? Until then, she couldn’t vote. Yellow box? Until then, she had to attend a segregated school. The green one? Until then she couldn’t have her own bank account."