Anne Braden's Octopus, by elizaBeth Simpson

About the Song: This is a community singing round based off of a quote by Anne Braden. ​

About the Artist: elizaBeth Simpson has been singing and chanting for racial justice since 1999, and is grateful in specific to Curtis Muhammad and Dr. Ruth Nicole Brown for their visionary mentorship. elizaBeth kicked off the Urbana, IL chapter of SURJ in 2013, and is happy to say that, fueled by the dedication of Abby Schrantz, in November their chapter is celebrating six months of holding weekly #endwhitesilence events in their small and mighty town.