THE DEDICATION

Blessing/ConsenSIS
by Trapeta B. Mayson

However we arrive, we are here 
We are here y’all in body and with breath 
And with the anSISters tender tender welcome
And it is a blessing
And for this we say Asè, we say thank you 
We say I accept, we say I am open 
This is ConsenSIS 
Where we count us Sis, Asè 
Where we gather us Sis, Asè 
Where we mark, make memories, and monument
to ourselves, by ourselves, for ourselves, with yourselves
With this breath and this body moving in spaces 
It is a blessing
And for this we say thank you 
We say I accept, we say I am open

IN MEMORIAM

Honoring our sisters who have become AnSISters.

MONNETTE SUDLER
(1952-2022)

Poet, jazz guitarist, composer, bandleader, performer, singer, recording artist, and native Philadelphian.

SANDRA TURNER-BARNES
(1947-2022)

South Jersey/Philadelphia area poet & author known as "The Cadillac Lady."