Women of Concern Professionals Strategic Consciousness Networking VOL 1 ISSUE 4 | Page 6

In the Spotlight
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DANITA ROUNTREE GREEN
I am going to caution each of you but especially those of you who are networkers and connectors be on the look-out for greatness in quiet unassuming folks . I had the opportunity to meet and spend some time with Danita Rountree Green , aka R . Satiafa aka the Broom Lady but I didn ’ t know the greatness that within this quiet unassuming vessel . We spoke , laughed and even shared a wee bit about ourselves during this working weekend back in March during a Real Women Empowerment Project PJ party . By the way a RWEP PJ party will be something you will want to put on your to-do-list really soon — a word- EMPOWERING . Let me enlighten you a tad about greatness in a quiet unassuming vessel . Danita though a prolific and gifted writer read a poem from another prolific and gifted writer who was unable to attend . As Danita read a poem from Petals of Peace ( Inspirational Poetry ) by L . M . Young she never once did a drive-by — by the way or did you know I too am published author . She carefully and eloquently read a very inspiring poem written by a woman she never met face to face , in order to allowing L . M . Young ’ s presence and gift to be captured . Yeah , that ’ s kind sister she is .
DANITA ( R . SATIAFA ) GREEN , AUTHOR / ACTIVIST
I really did not have the opportunity to explore and research Danita background as much as I customarily do for my interview subjects . So as I conducted our Oovoo interview which will air in part on WOCP TV later this year beginning in July , Danita dropped some amazing details about her life , work , and family . I found out that this quiet unassuming vessel has be on a divinely ordered mission for two-decades now and she is a gifted scribe by call not chance but happenstance changed life and made her a voice for millions of men , women and youth in America that are castaway-the incarcerated . It is safe to call Danita a scribe as opposed to writer because she captures on paper the social-cultural folklore of the African American people in most valuable fashions . She is internationally known as the Broom Lady a term generated from another published work entitled , “ Broom Jumping : A Celebration of Love ( TBL Publications 1992 ) a tradition of African American marital union .
Today , Danita ’ s focus is on restoring families especially in fractured communities . Mainly working with families of the incarcerated and the chronically ill . Her fictional book “ Love Locked Down ” mirrors the actuality of loving one who is imprisoned . During our interview , I asked a question that Danita ’ s says she gets often , “ Why the incarcerated population and their families ?” While she herself never had a boyfriend or husband imprisoned , she says , it was a reality for a few of her friends and family members .
It hit close to home when one of her three sons got arrested during one of their telephone conversations . The experience changed both of them .
Danita is an educator , writer and researcher ; armed and dangerous to say the least as mother of yet another Black manchild locked up picked up the mantle and learned of economic , political , social and cultural effects on communities . The apparent disproportionate and systematic imprisoning of African Americans especially males concerns her .
Though she had been vicariously affect through her distant relationships her son ’ s incarceration brought out a voice that millions of the outcast and e stranged m e m b e rs housed in prisons across the United of States of America needed to have activated .
We have not fully comprehended the detrimental affect that ripples through the families of the incarcerated . Danita , is further concern about children who rather say their parent is dead than in jail . It is also reported that children
Of the incarcerated are more prone to behavior issues including violence . Re-entry for the formerly incarcerated individual is often extremely difficult because of the fracture in family and communities . Danita says there is simple not enough support for them or their family to help ease the transition .
When I think of stories with telling and reading , Danita R . Green ’ s story comes mind as well as her published works that help preserve our culture so richly . Great Steward Unassuming Quiet Danita ...