CIC Podcast Celebrates MLK Day and Black History Month with Black Women of Worth

In honor of MLK Day we celebrate a black women of worth like, Maya Angelou, "Sill I Rise".

Stiil I Rise

You may write me down in history
with your bitter, twisted lies,
you may trod me in the very dirt
but still, like dust, I’ll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells
pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,
with the certainty of tides,
just like hopes springing high,
still I’ll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops,
weakened by my soulful cries?

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don’t you take it awful hard
Cause I laugh like I’ve got gold mines
diggin’ in my own backyard.

You may shoot me with your words,
you may cut me with your eyes,
you may kill me with your hatefulness,
but still, like air, I’ll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
that I dance like I’ve got diamonds
at the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history’s shame
I rise!
Up from a past that’s rooted in pain
I rise!
I’m a black ocean, leaping and wide,
welling and swelling I bear in the tide.

Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise!
Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear
I rise!
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise,
I rise,
I rise.

Pic: CulturedForest

Recording Presented By: BHM365 Podcast

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Cancer Is Courageous
My Courageous Voice - Introduction
Ep. 1 - "It Takes Courage"


My Courageous Voice is monthly moments with excerpts and stages of Jo Anne Scaife's journey through her fight with cancer. Scaife created a series that will share some of the strenuous days and victorious days of this battle with this disease. She felt she needed to put a voice to cancer and and not be silent on its affects on an individuals life. This is just another way she is putting a voice to cancer with truth and passion. So, we invite you to walk with her monthly on this journey and feel free to comment and even ask questions, she will respond.


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Email: cic@canceriscourageous.com
Facebook: CancerIsCourageous
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LinkedIn: Cancer Is Courageous
Website: http://canceriscourageous.buzzsprout.com

Edited by: Juels N. Evans, Sound Engineer
Voice: Jo Anne Scaife

*** We want to hear from you, especially if you are a person fighting cancer or a survivor of cancer. We want you to tell your story and experiences. Email us at the above email address.

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Cancer Is Courageous
Breast Cancer Survivor
Dr. Sally Holt, Belmont University Professor
Nashville, TN

Dr. Sally Holt
Professor and Theologian

Dr. Sally Holt lives in Nashville, TN and a Professor of Religion at Belmont University and Central Baptist Theological Seminary. She is a mother of two beautiful children and an extraordinary strong breast cancer fighter and survivor.

Through her message of survival Dr. Sally reminds us "focus goes where energy flows" and her fight with cancer is taking her through a flowing and spiritual life that is leading others to the Father.

Thank you Dr. Sally for being an inspiration and blessing to so many with your life. We will continue to support and pray for you as we keep the message that :Cancer Is Not Contagious, Its Courageous.


Contact Us:

Email: cic@canceriscourageous.com
Facebook: CancerIsCourageous
Instagram: CancerIsCourageous
LinkedIn: Cancer Is Courageous
Website: http://canceriscourageous.buzzsprout.com

Music By: Belleair Bluffs, Mikey Geiger, Soundstrips.com
Edited by: Juels N. Evans, Sound Engineer
Voiceover Talent: JoAnn Scaife

*** We want to hear from you, especially if you are a person fighting cancer or a survivor of cancer. We want you to tell your story and experiences. Email us at the above email address.

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