tamia jordan
I Get this Question Often re: Queen Prophetess Octavia Butler
I get this question often. It usually goes something like this? Q: tamia, I want to place an order from Frugal's today and was thinking...
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Astroland: The Blog
Sadly the previous Astroland got ruined by Wordpress and I couldn't get it back. Womp womp. I have some super rough drafts of some of the writing I'd posted there which are posted below (it may take a bit for them to load). These were the drafts I wrote in Evernote antes de moving them to Astroland and cleaning them up. I'm NOT going to edit them now because I don't want to go back. I'd rather eventually write some new things! One other cool thing: this is my OG blog on Tumblr!I can't believe it's still up!
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About Me
tamia rashima jordan, M.Ed., is an educator who channels her energy into projects focused on healing within the BIPOC (Black & Indigenous & People of Color) community. She grounds her work in Emergent Strategy (a.m. brown), community accountability (Kaba et. al.), healing justice, and transformative justice (G. Boggs et. al.). Currently she serves as the Director of Intercultural Student Affairs at Emerson College located in Boston, Massachusetts.
tamia did her undergraduate work in American Politics and African American Studies at the University of Virginia. She went on to receive her M.Ed. in Higher Education Student Affairs Administration from the University of Vermont.
In addition to her work at Emerson, tamia serves as the Chair of the Community Council of the Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence. She is the Chief of Staff to the Founder and CEO of T.C.G.T. (That Child Got Talent) Entertainment. She has done work with the BU Prison Ed Program as well as with the African American Coalition Committee in the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Norfolk. She is a former Executive Director at Operation L.I.P.S.T.I.C.K. (Ladies Involved in Putting a Stop to Inner City Killing). And she served on the production team for the 2018 & 2019 Boston Art & Music Soul Festival (BAMS Fest) and the planning team for the 2021 Princess Day: a party for little girls of color and their families.
Also important to note, tamia cannot live without the ocean, all the folx who call her auntie, traveling to countries closer to the equator, kitty cats, and music.
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