[Author's note: This poem has call and response written in. Anything repeated in italics is for you to respond.] To my Future Daughter: I never thought it would be this hard. Being woman, Being Black, Being queer Somehow, I thought it would be easy. And I tell you this not as a warning, but...
Dear 11 year old Marnie, I’ve been thinking about you a bunch lately. It’s probably because my kid just turned 11 and because G Day for Girls is coming up really soon. At a recent prep meeting for G Day, we had a brief chance to...
Comfort Ero is a presenter at G Day Vancouver (October 2015). A teacher, award-winning author, director and master storyteller, Comfort uses her many artistic talents of drama, storytelling, and writing in English and French to discourage discrimination and bullying in schools and to share her African heritage. Her...
When I was a little girl, the world was wide and open and bright and possible. I was surrounded by friends and life was idyllic. I danced and laughed with wild swaths of joy. I loved and was loved. I celebrated and was celebrated. I was free...