Mustafa Santiago Ali
Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali is the Executive Vice President of Conservation & Justice for the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), former Interim Chief of Programs at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), and Instructor at American University. He is the Founder and CEO of Revitalization Strategies. He also serves as a commissioner for The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS). He is an award-winning writer and poet focused on social justice. Dr. Ali is frequently seen on television, including appearances on MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, VICE, FUSE, BET, National Geographic, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, and Democracy NOW! Mustafa is also a regular guest on Roland Martin Unfiltered, Black News Channel, Tavis Smiley Show, The Dean Obeidallah Show, and many others…
Editor's Note: This poem is the 109th in our Democracy and Hope Series. This series will highlight hopeful aspects about our Democracy using various genres including poems
they stole her name, tried to brand her in bruises, sold her story in shadows where light rarely chooses.
called her a whisper, when she was a wail. but survival got rhythm, and silence don’t scale.
we ain’t just screaming stop— we building barricades with our bodies, burning down the buyers’ gospel, turning pain into prophecy.
she ain’t what happened— she the hymn after. she the hands that hold the shattered, the bloom that breaks the trafficker’s laughter.
we protect by listening, by fighting, by naming, by lifting her voice ’till the whole world start blaming the system—not the sister.
healing ain’t linear, but neither is power. and she, she walks through the ash, flowering every hour.
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