Qiana Di Bari 10/13/26 Qiana Di Bari 10/13/26

Who Columbus Day Was Really For (Or, How You Find Out it Began as an Answer to a Massacre.)

In 1891 a mob in New Orleans lynched eleven Italian immigrants. The following year President Harrison reached for a name everyone knew and created the first Columbus Day. As a Lenape descendant, I think the day should honor what each of our cultures built.

Qiana Di Bari 6/22/25 Qiana Di Bari 6/22/25

Ciao: An Introduction (Part 1)

Ciao. I use this greeting here because I assume that you are a friend. Or soon-to-be friend. Or maybe, at minimum, mildly curious about what Ciao. Yo. Aloha is and why I am bothering to write this blog at all. Lean in. Make yourself comfortable. I’ll explain.