tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184496735509869520.post3293419334810924089..comments2023-03-22T00:25:17.758-05:00Comments on The SOULution: R.I.P. Alice WadeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184496735509869520.post-67675291219604688172008-05-23T22:09:00.000-05:002008-05-23T22:09:00.000-05:00It's hard for me to write a comment but I will for...It's hard for me to write a comment but I will for Alice. She was special in many ways. I met her 3 and a half years ago as a new intern to the Kentucky Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression. Alice knew everybody and like Attica has said, she openly gave you the 411 on any and every body in the progressive movement. She kept so much contact information in her head you could call her the whitepages! Till this day people call the Alliance and ask for numbers to people, business and organizations.<BR/><BR/>Alice and I took care of each other. She was like a step-mother and Anne Braden was like my grandmother. I learned so much about Louisville through Alice and Anne.<BR/><BR/>Alice help save my life in February of 2006. She made me go to the hospital because I was very pale and had problems breathing. She cussed U of L hospital out for leaving me in the waiting room of the emergency department for so long. I can still hear her saying, "Shameka you should have went to Jewish". The doctors took care of me because Alice would have it no other way. She took care of a lot of people all her life! I was dying of congestive heart failor at 29 and she stayed by my side.<BR/><BR/>After she was fired by the Alliance I stayed by her side as well. We continued to take care of one another. She knew of the rumors of me taking her job and we talked about how to deal with them daily. People resented me for a while a some still do. Alice and I knew the truth. She took care of the Alliance and Anne. When Anne died it was too much and the Alliance didnt know how to move forward. <BR/><BR/>Alice told me to leave the Alliance the day she left. She knew I was dedicated and supported me even though she had lost it for the Alliance. She even kept my kids while I ran the Art's & Activism Camp ! <BR/><BR/>When I saw her I didnt talk about my leaving the Alliance-I told her that I loved her and that I would never forget how she help save my life. Last, I told her that her work here was done and to tell Anne I said hello.<BR/><BR/>Alice did what I hope to do....leave this world with a job well done-not perfect but done!<BR/><BR/><BR/>ShamekaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com