Sitting Under the TreeA Book of Poems Commemorating Juneteenth
By the thirty day mark of the COVID-19 pandemic, I experienced, anxiety, depression, discomfort, fear, financial loss and compromised freedom. My experience was unfortunately not unusual. This was a continuous existence for the enslaved African-Americans for 400 years. I took comfort and strength being close the trees in my favorite park. The trees and the beauty of the park was my therapy, ease in the difficult time of COVID.
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Sister Laila is a fourth generation African American Muslim. She is an educator and community advocate working to build healthy community life. From the age of fifteen, she has traveled the world, falling in love with the diversity of the human family. Sister Laila continues to travels around the world participating in interfaith activities and speaking on a range of topics from her grandfather Imam W. Seen Mohammed, education, fostering female leadership and much, much more.
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Dialogue and Friendship Dinner 2018, Austin TX. Poem by keynote speaker Sister Laila Muhammad.
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