Face-to-face gathering in Library Pond 3 for listening and viewing only<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Let\u2019s use our voices and make a strong statement to eliminate all forms of discrimination!<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.17.6″ custom_margin=”0px|||” custom_padding=”0px|||”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Pity” _builder_version=”3.17.6″]\n
“Pity the Racist, it is Us”<\/h1>\nAuthor: Brian MD, RRU Student<\/h3>\n
I have heard the alarm, I have rang the bell
To warn those good people who are afraid like me
I have so much to lose, I know not what it could be.
Why should I change, what must I learn
Is there something lesser about me?
What if I can’t, what if I am replaced
I don’t know their intent, I cannot see.
But surely, I must know their minds, I must know their kind
Because they are different than me.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Senses” _builder_version=”3.17.6″]\n
Senses of discrimination<\/h1>\nAuthor: Sophia Palahicky, RRU Staff & Associate Faculty<\/h3>\n
Watch with me. Our actions bequeath reasons to,
See with me. The subtle expressions that thrive as you,
View with me. Living places for unity\u2019s dew.<\/p>\n
Say with me. Our words bestow questions to,
Speak with me. The vibrant utterance that lingers as you,
Shout with me. Living souls exclaim \u201cno more\u201d in lieu.<\/p>\n
Listen with me. Our voices impart values to,
Stay quiet with me. The resounding exclamation that declares as you,
Hear with me. Living voices bid exclusion adieu.<\/p>\n
Feel with me. Our expressions expend flame to,
Hurt with me. The hatred dissipates when you,
Crave with me. Living spaces for inclusion anew.<\/p>\n
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Retention of Importance<\/h1>\nAuthor: James, RRU Student<\/h3>\n
There\u2019s a tortured soul by officer, authority and crown,
Hounded by medical dogs and colluding goons, seeing
Chastisement, patient-blame, and non-compliance.
Records shared, commander demanding, privacy obscenity,
Justified and correctified, as matching prejudgment.<\/p>\n
We own your mind and this tome of notes! The worst of a nurse.
The wretch, a witchy curse, smoking, lurching, belching, burping.
The most improbable ilk, impervious to guilt, an ignorant bunch.
Scathing reports, gullible gossip, wrought discrimination,<\/p>\n
Awards a sentence to the patient; you are human error.
Warping minds discover diagnosis, proudly proclaiming prognosis.
A wicked wizard, at his behest, dictates death upon the afflicted.
The corrupted, powerfully delirious, judge the alleged addicted. <\/p>\n
Oh ye mighty authority, sneering lip, sunken face.
A colossal wreck you reap, you disgraceful sheep.
Self-awarding, self-promoting, generals gloating.
Strategic nothing, optics fussing, abuse of authority.
We retain this colossal, Canadian wreck.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Questions” _builder_version=”3.17.6″]\n
Questions<\/h1>\nAuthor: P.J. Kent, RRU Student<\/h3>\n
How can it be the colour?
How can it be gender?
How can it be age?
How can it be sex?
That determines our worth.<\/p>\n
Why can\u2019t it be thoughts?
Why can\u2019t it be actions?
Why can\u2019t it be values?
Why can\u2019t it be character?
That defines our being.<\/p>\n
What will it take to change the world?
What will it take to stop the hatred?
What will it take to remove the judgement?
Which keeps the ignorance alive.<\/p>\n
Who must act?
Who must question their own beliefs?
Who must stand up and take a stand?
The questions are many, the answer is one.<\/p>\n
It is me.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Peace” _builder_version=”3.17.6″]\n
A Diverse Palette is Our Peace<\/h1>\nAuthors: MAGL (2020), RRU Students<\/h3>\n
Once within the grave of time
Begins a story of unimaginable crime
When<\/span><\/strong>
Shaking, shaking hearts combine
Peacefully marching, shoulders braced against apartheid
Causing no evil-committing no crime
Yet one by one they fall, then die
At the jaws of lions, filled with pride<\/p>\nCan<\/span><\/strong>
The Golden Rule not apply
When discrimination distinctly denies
and disunifies
\u201cUs\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nSo despite our differences deliver us from evil
And<\/span><\/strong>
Stop this hate rising, history repeating
Words wield the flail
Of a lashing tail
With silence, complicit silence, suffocating
\u201cThem\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
Drums of Peace, THUNDER
Stand<\/span> <\/strong>
Bow for Sharpeville, stand side by side
Mothers, fathers, brothers, wives
Stand together from different sides
Determined<\/span><\/strong>
To love them (us) because of our differences
Together, slowly, purposefully, streets are lined
Shaking, shaking, hearts collide
Voices question the senseless dying:
A world without difference would be boring, undefined!
When can we move forward? When can we align?
Can we celebrate, not alienate?<\/p>\nSlowly, slowly colours of peace align
Shaking, shaking, hearts unwind
Delightful diversity in all our minds
To <\/span><\/strong>
Create<\/span><\/strong>
A<\/span><\/strong>
Peaceful <\/span><\/strong>
Palette<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”No others” _builder_version=”3.17.6″]\n
There are no Others<\/h1>\nAuthor: Krista Hiddema, RRU Student<\/h3>\n
There are no Others.<\/p>\n
Not by Size nor Strength.<\/p>\n
Not by Colour nor Weight.<\/p>\n
Not by Place nor Mate.<\/p>\n
Not by Age nor Creed.<\/p>\n
Not by Skill nor Wealth.<\/p>\n
Not by Body nor Health.<\/p>\n
Not by Feather nor Skin.<\/p>\n
There are no Others.<\/p>\n
There is only We.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Story of Colors (Tribute)” _builder_version=”3.17.6″]\n
Story of Colors<\/h1>\nAuthor: Kishinchand Poornima Wasdani, RRU Student & Research Assistant<\/h3>\n
Hey brown hey black hey white
What are you-a name, a country or a war?
Should you be -loved, hated, or denied?<\/p>\n
Neither am I a name nor a shame!
I am just a shade like any other grade
Draw me, paint me, color me
Don\u2019t nail me as an inhuman dame<\/p>\n
Use me to express not to exploit
Use me to play not to ploy
Use me to spread joy not to spur fear
I bring joy, fun and entertainment<\/p>\n
Why give me a face or a skin when am a phase of rainbow?
Am nature, nurture me! Am a color, blush me
Am vast don\u2019t waste me! Am a brush don\u2019t gun me\u2026<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t make me racial or radical,
I plead let me be me\u2026<\/p>\n
Kishin<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Come together” _builder_version=”3.17.6″]\n
Peace Is Come Together<\/h1>\nAuthor: Ozmosis, RRU Alumnus<\/h3>\n
We are<\/p>\n
impossible pieces<\/p>\n
come together<\/p>\n
from fecund, frozen universes<\/p>\n
above and all around<\/p>\n
we emerge, gently<\/p>\n
gently<\/p>\n
each a path unknown<\/p>\n
and familiar<\/p>\n
we let go, tumble, soar<\/p>\n
then land<\/p>\n
and find a collective, connected<\/p>\n
not like us, like us<\/p>\n
joined together at our journey\u2019s end<\/p>\n
fused in muffled and warm embrace<\/p>\n
where peace is<\/p>\n
come together.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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