Awakening the Dream
By Melissa -Malcolm King Dear America Citizens, Today is the day that our country has set aside to recognize, and honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s legacy. In the past few years, I have...
Author: Melissa-Malcolm King
Cast Away, Together Alone
I am on a capsizing ship but there is no lifeboat, I sink . I clamor to swim and those in the lifeboats tell me that if I just swim hard enough I could...
Let us all press on- Lessons I have learned on the journey to becoming me.
I can still smell the stale fabric samples and see the stained yellow curtains in my home -economic class. I can still hear the teacher’s drill sergeant tone as she held up a copy...
Come Let’s Anew! Eradicating the virus of deceit,distrust and disillusion .
Over the last few months , a pandemic has swept throughout the world altering our life forever. For as many lives that have been lost,many have been altered and are hanging in a pendulum...
Come Come Ye Queer Saints: Pride ,Prejudice ,Persecution.
As a Queer,Disabled, Person of Color, I have suffered much in this life at the hands of those claiming to act in God’s name. The message is loud and clear : You are not...
Entangled,Engaged , and Empowered : From victim to survivor to conqueror
I was born on Valentines Day , a day set aside to remember those we love ,to eat candy and to well urr eat our hearts out. I never really liked sharing my special...
Perfect Picture,Broken Frame,Shattered Hope: Rebuilding your framework from the inside out.
As a child , my family and I lived in many rental properties each with similar decor. White painted walls sometimes with peeling paint , rugged holes from the previous tenants or the results...
#EqualAccess Series Guest Post: Not So Safely Gathered in …. Abandoned, Overlooked, and Misunderstood
By Melissa Malcolm King This post is part of The Exponent’s #EqualAccess Series. Disabled voices rarely get a chance to speak for themselves, but this blog series seeks to eliminate the stigma that disabled...
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