THE DEDICATION
Blessing/ConsenSIS
by Trapeta B. Mayson
However we arrive, we are here
We are here y’all in body and with breath
And with the anSISters tender tender welcome
And it is a blessing
And for this we say Asè, we say thank you
We say I accept, we say I am open
This is ConsenSIS
Where we count us Sis, Asè
Where we gather us Sis, Asè
Where we mark, make memories, and monument
to ourselves, by ourselves, for ourselves, with yourselves
With this breath and this body moving in spaces
It is a blessing
And for this we say thank you
We say I accept, we say I am open
IN MEMORIAM
Honoring our sisters who have become AnSISters.
MONNETTE SUDLER
(1952-2022)
Poet, jazz guitarist, composer, bandleader, performer, singer, recording artist, and native Philadelphian.
SANDRA TURNER-BARNES
(1947-2022)
South Jersey/Philadelphia area poet & author known as "The Cadillac Lady."