Visionary | Creator
Alandes Powell
Alandes Powell knew there was something that needed to be done. With a vision and a plan of what she would like to see, she began to execute with urgency. After penning the poem, "We Want What You Want," she has continued to work tirelessly to see that vision come to life. Raised with understanding the importance of taking a stand for what was right and having a passion for the community, she has inspired many with the fire lit by witnessing her father's activism. Today, Alandes continues to fight for the rights of her people both in the corporate setting and in her community.
We Want What You Want
Finding Voice Through Art
by Alandes Powell
We Want What You Want
To raise our kids in Peace
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We Want What You Want
To provide for our families
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We Want What You Want
To live free from unjust persecution
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We Want What You Want
To be treated equally, fair and just
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We Want What You Want
For rules that oppress people like us to be lifted
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We Want What You Want
For systems designed to negatively impact our families to be eradicated
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We Want What You Want
To truly see this as a land of opportunity
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We Want What You Want
To witness our children, grow into adults
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We Want What You Want
To play with our grandchildren and celebrate as they graduate from high school and college
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We Want What You Want
To walk in a place of Education and know it is truly used to educate
We Want What You Want
For others to see the males in our lives as gentlemen with kind hearts and not thugs and criminals
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We Want What You Want
For others to see the ladies who look like us as beautiful and deserving of equal rights just like the ladies in your life
We Want What You Want
Equal Pay, equal opportunities, and to know you desire our presence at your professional table
and not just tolerate it
We Want What You Want
To know that the people carrying the gun have a desire to protect and not kill
We Want What You Want
To know that your voice will speak against the wrongs and support the rights
We Want What You Want
A place that our Art of Blackness will be safe as it hangs in your place
We Want What You Want
Nothing more and Nothing less