Looking back on 2020: My Family’s Housing Journey and A Pandemic
Editor’s Note: We asked our alumni and correspondents to reflect on 2020, and/or what to look forward to in 2021. Below, poet/writer Aqueila M. Lewis reflects on what a year […]
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"The “He” represents a number of accused perpetrators who have been called into accountability within some Bay Area artist communities."
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Growing up in East Oakland, Dre Johnson, "the violence and crimes that go on, you don't talk about. You're just not supposed to name names, you're not supposed to say shit out loud.” He says his spoken word allowed him to express his feelings about "how the shit went down.” Poetry became one of the few ways he saw to address some hard experiences.