Activism Section :: Page 2

• SCOTUS overturns Roe v. Wade, Yellow Springs responds

  By Jessica ThomasJuly 7, 2022

  

  In a 6–3 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States has overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that affirmed the right to an abortion.

• Abortion Rights | Locals decry leaked SCOTUS draft

  By Jessica ThomasMay 18, 2022

  

  About 30 people gathered at the corner of Limestone Street and Xenia Avenue on Saturday, May 7; the reason — abortion rights.

• Sankofa Talk | Thoughts on a ‘better way’

  By Bomani MoyendaApril 5, 2022

  

  “A partnership involves listening to another’s point of view. Ask the students if they have experienced that. I might add that a partnership does not involve accusing anyone you claim to be wanting to partner with to be the purveyor of misinformation, especially when there is no evidence of that.”

• 2022 Yellow Springs MLK Jr. march and presentations

  By Matt MindeJanuary 18, 2022

  

  The annual Martin Luther King Jr. march was held Monday, Jan. 17.

• Sankofa Talk — Back to Jim Crow

  By Bomani MoyendaDecember 21, 2021

  

  “The public statements of Ohio legislators who have introduced anti-CRT bills clearly reflect they do not understand, nor do they care to understand, what CRT really is.”

• Sankofa Talk — Save us from UpSouth Ohio

  By Bomani MoyendaJune 27, 2021

  

  “Jim Crow, 80 years of convict leasing, systemic discrimination, wanton police brutality, and relentless voter suppression since 1865, have literally destroyed the lives and aspirations of millions of Black people.”

• Sankofa Talk — The New Jim Crow Playbook, again

  By Bomani MoyendaMay 5, 2021

  

  “I am writing this just a few hours after the jury in the Derek Chauvin murder trial went into deliberations. There very well may be a verdict by the time this is published. It has been a blood-curdling experience listening to the defense attorney grasping for straws in his attempt to win the day for his client.”

• Wrecking Racism— Staying informed, only to mourn

  By YS News StaffFebruary 24, 2021

  

  “One may question the movement in the forward direction, one may try to understand the experience of another, but how will there be a mending of relationships when the disconnect seems so severe?”

• Wrecking Racism— Youth voices needed now

  By YS News StaffFebruary 10, 2021

  

  The purpose of the column will be to provide an avenue for youth of the village to express their ideas, observations, experiences and thoughts about racism, race relations and related topics both locally and nationally.

• MLK Day 2021 peacemaker award — Moyenda, a warrior peacemaker

  By Cheryl DurgansFebruary 3, 2021

  

  At the virtual MLK Day event held on Monday, Jan. 18, via Zoom, Bomani Moyenda, a longtime local activist, was finally given the Peacemaker Award by the Yellow Springs Martin Luther King Day Planning Committee.