9 Manik
Blue Solar
Hand
Be brave – sense me – know me
For I am the Bones of Life
Connecting the Parts -
Forming the Link
Your Tears I drink
And from them make
New Flesh - firm and warm
From them I re-create my Form
I use your Heart -
Its pounding, thrumming Drum
To paint the Colors of Life
To dance and sing my Songs
Life - Death - Life am I
Eternal turn and Re-turn
I am the Drama of Destiny
Your healing lives with Me.
©Kleomichele
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Martha B. Briggs
Martha Beatrice Briggs was an African American educator who lived from 1838 to 1889. She was born and educated in New Bedford, Massachusetts, where she taught formerly enslaved men and women to read and write. In 1869, she moved to Washington, DC, where she taught and served as a principal at Anthony Bowen public school until 1873, when she began work at Howard University. At Howard, she trained teachers and taught math. In 1879, she was also hired to serve as principal of the Miner Normal School. She stepped down from Miner Normal in 1883, but continued to work for Howard, where she served as principal of the Howard Normal Department until her death in 1889. In 1920, the Martha Briggs Educational Club was formed to honor her legacy. The club awards scholarships to New Bedford students of color pursuing higher education.
Early Life
Martha Beatrice Briggs was born to a black abolitionist family in New Bedford, Massachusetts. She was the first woman of color to graduate from her high school. Her first teaching experience was in her father's home, tutoring formerly enslaved men and women, many of whom had escaped enslavement through the Underground Railroad. Her reputation as a teacher grew, and she was also hired to teach in small home-based schools in the region.
Career
In 1869, Briggs moved to Washington, DC, where she quickly became both teacher and principal at the Anthony Bowen public school, which permitted children of color to attend. In 1873, Howard University hired her to teach in their mathematics and teacher preparation programs.. She also served as principal of the Miner Normal School from 1879 until 1883. Briggs was the first woman of color to serve as principal of Miner Normal, and a Board of Education Report described her as: "a born teacher, and her work showed those qualities of head and heart that have made her name famous in the annals of education in the character of the graduates."
Briggs stepped down from her position with the Miner School to work exclusively for Howard University in 1883, suffering from poor health. She remained principal of the Howard Normal Department until her death in 1889. A personnel roster for Howard lists her degree as D.D. She advocated for vocational as well as liberal arts education for people of color, and was elected president of the Industrial Institute Association of Washington, D.C. shortly before her death.
Legacy
After her death on March 28, 1889, a group of citizens, led by Frederick Douglass, successfully petitioned that a DC school building be named the 'Martha B. Briggs Building' after her.. A plaque was placed at the Howard University Chapel in her memory, with the inscription: "Her works do follow her." In 1920, a group of educators in New Bedford created the Martha Briggs Educational Club and student aid fund in her honor.. In 2009, the club awarded $6000 in scholarships to college-bound minority students. In 1935, Briggs' former students gathered to honor her legacy as part of Founders' Day celebrations at Miner Teachers College.*
MANIK
Kin 87: Blue Solar Hand
I pulse in order to know
Realizing healing
I seal the store of accomplishment
With the solar tone of intention
I am guided by the power of abundance.
As the mental sphere of the planet, the noosphere can only become fully conscious if it is a function of the unified field of the human mind operating in universal telepathy.*
*Star Traveler's 13 Moon Almanac of Synchronicity, Galactic Research Institute, Law of Time Press, Ashland, Oregon, 2017-2018.
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Ajna Chakra (Gamma Plasma)
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