Jun 7, 2024 - Democracy Now! speaks with the creators of a new arts campaign
grounded in Black women's stories. "VOICES: a sacred sisterscape" is an audio
play directed by award-winning poet aja monet weaving together Black feminist
poems and perspectives. "Art is an invitation to expand our participation in
the world and the ways that we see the world," says monet, who hopes the
project inspires action beyond aesthetics. "Solidarity is about us being not
just spectators, but actors in the reality of our lives." The project was
created with V-Day, the global activist movement to end violence against all
women, gender-expansive people, girls and the Earth. "Rather than looking at
Black women, we needed to put our headphones on and our masks … and do
embodied listening," says V, playwright of "The Vagina Monologues" and founder
of V-Day. "Through that, we begin to understand where we all connect, where we
are all aligned." "VOICES: a sacred sisterscape" will be available for
streaming June 11. Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs
on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday.
