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Yellow Galactic
Human
Long before…
Before I was (a) Being
I was just a Human doing
Being just a Doing
Moved me to Despair
In this State I met Inmates
All of us sad - all of us desperate
Being just a Doing
Moved me to Despair
In this State I met Inmates
All of us sad - all of us desperate
Squirrels in a Cage –
Rats in a Maze
I knew not what to be or do –
How to escape – where to go
Finally surrendering all that I did
I went where I truly lived
Mind and Body are merely Tools
To build a Being worthwhile
Mind and Body make no Case –
Lock, Stock and Barrel
I move into Grace!
©Kleomichele Leeds
Karen de Souza
Karen de Souza (born 1958) is a Guyanese women and child's rights activist who has worked to advocate for victims, educate and provide support for victims of violence. Founder of the NGO Red Thread anti-violence campaigns, she has been involved in training programs of judicial officers and contributed to the drafting law to protect trafficking and prevent violence. Her advocacy has been recognized by both regional and international organizations.
Early life
Karen Audrey de Souza was born on 19 January 1958, in the capital city of British Guiana to Mary-Anne and Dennis Adrian de Souza, Her mother maintained the home and worked as needed as a seamstress or examination invigilator. Her father was a wharf supervisor. She identifies as Afro-Guyanese, though her heritage includes Amerindian, Chinese, Dutch, East Indian, Portuguese, and Scottish ancestry, as well. Much of her childhood was spent on Leguan Island. After completing her primary schooling in 1968, de Souza was awarded a scholarship to attend Bishops’ High School in Georgetown, graduating in 1974.
Career
De Souza began her career in the offices of the Prime Minister Forbes Burnham, as a library assistant in 1974. The following year, she began working as a volunteer in the Guyana National Service (GNS), an organization which provided basic training and skills for unemployed youth. She learned electrical skills in the service and gave reading courses to illiterates. She pursued studies at the University of Guyana between 1976 and 1977 while continuing her employment in the library. She became active in promoting the film, The Terror and the Time, a documentary on British colonialism. She distributed political flyers, which resulted in a reprimand from her employer. In 1979, after an investigation into whether Working People's Alliance members had involvement with a recent arson, her home was searched and she was charged with larceny for some material found concerning the GNS. De Souza had not previously been involved with the Alliance, but after her detainment, she joined the group, identified as a Marxist and became a political activist.
Graduating with her bachelor of arts in 1980, de Souza continued her political activities, working in opposition to the government of her employer. Though the larceny charge was dismissed in 1985, after a lengthy battle to clear her name, she was fired from her job and became a full time activist. As her employment opportunities had been limited by the accusations and subsequent arrests, at times she had to rely on family for support. The following year, she and other women involved with the Working People's Alliance, co-founded Red Thread, as a grass-roots activist organization to assist rural communities and women in the Afro-Guyanese, Amerindian and Indo-Guyanese populations. Initially their efforts focused on education and political rights, but in 1993, de Souza disaffiliated with the Working People's Alliance, becoming a full-time coordinator for Red Thread.
De Souza conducted research on prostitution and sex work in Guyana, as well as participating in conferences on critical geography to evaluate how location intersects with socio-political factors, such as class, ethnicity, gender, nationality, race and sexuality. She has led Red Thread's focus away from political power and toward self-advocacy. De Souza was the driving force behind the creation of a domestic violence survivors’ group for women to tell their experiences, help each other and learn from each other. Since 2000, her efforts have focused on poverty, children's rights, and domestic violence. To assist women's comprehension of their protections under the law, she rewrote the Domestic Violence Act in language that is easily understood. She coordinates efforts with the judiciary and the Guyana Police Force to educate and understand the complex issues surrounding domestic violence, building bridges for quick action when situations arise.
De Souza was Guyana's nominee for the International Women of Courage Award in 2012. In 2014, de Souza was awarded the Anthony N Sabga Caribbean Award for Excellence in the field of community service.*
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Kin 112: Yellow Galactic Human
I harmonize in order to influence
Modeling wisdom
I seal the process of free will
With the galactic tone of integrity
I am guided by the power of intelligence
I am a galactic activation portal
Enter me.
Self-discipline means you are able to control thought waves, emotional reactions and habitual thought forms.*
*Star Traveler's 13 Moon Almanac of Synchronicity, Galactic Research Institute, Law of Time Press, Ashland, Oregon, 2017-2018.
The Sacred Tzolk'in
Anahata Chakra (Silio Plasma)
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