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Collected Item: “"Joy is an act of resistance." - Toi Derricotte, Poet”

Give your story a title.

"Joy is an act of resistance." - Toi Derricotte, Poet

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Instagram

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

"Joy is an act of resistance." - Toi Derricotte, Poet
Photos from Emergency Response - Calling Woodbury on the Carpet, July 30, 2020

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

Social Justice, BLM, Black Lives Matter, Minnesota, demonstration, protest, no justice no peace,

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CDjIySClz2W/

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Drew Arrieta @itsdrw

Give this story a date.

2020-08-06
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