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Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.73,0:00:12.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello, loved ones!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.57,0:00:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Welcome to Resurrection Sunday... YAY!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.30,0:00:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's um actually the first Sunday in a long time \Nthat I've gone to church.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.30,0:00:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Filmmaker, queer activist Emilio Rojas invited us \Nto come to church with him this morning,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.10,0:00:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was a really powerful, interesting experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.43,0:00:39.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what's cool is that I met Emilio \Nat the Bayard Rustin Symposium
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.11,0:00:42.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,last Sunday... last Saturday,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.37,0:00:44.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I gave a keynote.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.10,0:00:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And part of the activity \Nthat we did in our keynote ritual
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.50,0:00:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was based on this poem that I'm about to \Nshare with you by Audre Lorde.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.36,0:00:56.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's called "When The Saints Come Marching In".
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.67,0:01:06.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Plentiful sacrifice{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.14,0:01:08.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}and believers in redemption{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.67,0:01:11.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}are all that is needed{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.27,0:01:14.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}so any day now{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.28,0:01:16.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}I expect some new religion{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.87,0:01:19.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}to rise up like tear gas{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.21,0:01:21.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}from the streets of New York{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.66,0:01:24.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}erupting like the rank pavement smell{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.91,0:01:29.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}released by the garbage trucks' baptismal drizzle{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.77,0:01:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}the high priests have been ready{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.44,0:01:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}and waiting{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.76,0:01:36.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}with their incense pans full of fire{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.94,0:01:39.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}I do not know the rituals,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.35,0:01:40.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}the exaltations{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.84,0:01:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}nor what name of the god{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.00,0:01:46.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}the survivors will worship{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.70,0:01:48.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}I only know{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.18,0:01:51.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}she will be terrible{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.29,0:01:53.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}and very busy{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.50,0:01:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}and very old.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.32,0:01:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I love this poem.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.70,0:02:04.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love the idea of what we can see \Nas the new religion
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.12,0:02:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming up from the grimiest place.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.62,0:02:12.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The baptismal drizzle of the garbage trucks\Non the pavement of New York City.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.32,0:02:21.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And how we can imagine \Na terrible, busy, old, female god,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.58,0:02:25.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose high priests are ready and waiting.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.66,0:02:29.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the assignment for this week
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.25,0:02:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to think about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.16,0:02:38.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are the faith-transforming baptismal drizzles
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.72,0:02:41.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experiences of funk
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.14,0:02:42.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you are present to
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.91,0:02:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at this time in your life, \Nat this moment in your community.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.98,0:02:51.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is the dirtiness \Nthat is actually prompting you
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.04,0:02:54.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to think about what you believe, \Nto remember what you believe,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.71,0:03:00.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to feel empowered to create \Nyour own definition of divinity,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.25,0:03:03.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a remembered definition.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.91,0:03:07.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me know!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.42,0:03:08.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would love to hear from you,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.64,0:03:13.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you would like to talk more \Nor have your own poem oracle,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.36,0:03:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the poem oracles we did at the Bayard Rustin\NSymposium were off the hook,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.54,0:03:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you would like your own poem oracle,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.10,0:03:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,check me out at:\Nsummerofourlorde.wordpress.com
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.70,0:03:27.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And have a beautiful week... AH!!!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.60,0:03:29.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before I go!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.46,0:03:34.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a couple of days it will be Audre Lorde's \N--would have been--
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.52,0:03:37.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Audre Lorde's 80th birthday.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.15,0:03:40.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And over on the Feminist Wire \Nwe're having a forum...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.85,0:03:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Audre every day,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.32,0:03:48.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wonderful pieces from former students,\Nand chosen disciples of Audre Lorde,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.100,0:03:52.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,poetry, essays, beautiful photographs,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.42,0:03:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we'll be sharing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.20,0:04:00.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, come on over to School Of Our Lorde at\Nsummerofourlorde.wordpress.com
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.12,0:04:03.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also check out the Feminist Wire this week for the Audre Lorde tribute.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.32,0:04:05.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sending much love!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.03,0:04:06.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Happy Resurrection Sunday!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.16,0:04:07.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,MWAH!