by Stephanie Villeda
God of Wonders beyond imagination,
Beyond thoughts or ponderings,
Beyond moments or memories;
You’re interwoven meticulously into gorgeous occurrences.
You outshine worldliness; Outdo Yourself on people who continuously condemn Your Holy.
O Holy, Most Holy!
Your wisdom unlocks doors,
allows those without hope to open virtuous perfection;
allows those without hope to observe honest intention;
allows those without hope to conquer tribulations.
O Holy, Most Holy!
Comfort those without hope; Perforate our souls;
Beckon our Love
to something more of
You… Love develops for You,
only You.
O Holy, Most Holy!
Forever Your Love for everyone, Forever You love everyone, Everyone loving Your forever
O Holy, …

By Nina Concepcion
This pain that’s resounding
In my heart it’s drowning
A thorn of redemption
caught in high tension,
with the woman I am and the woman I know I should be.
Why when your love is cascading
I feel like I’m fading?
Far from the shore that I thought promised more
This seed of doubt’s growing
It’s knowing and blowing
but hell if I’m going
to the place I just mentioned
and despite all the failure
The part where I wail here
I’ll toss it off lightly, embrace and despite me
Because I…I know the truth.
In this coldness is boldness,
a river flowing down
Feel the …

Poem by Bianca vanderMuelen
What words will I put on today? A glimmer-
gray accessory of cheap hellos, or white-angelic lights
strung like teeth across my neck so pearly white,
to complement the color of sophistication?
Perhaps an eye-blue satin jacket, tailored well
to hug the form of me, and hold me when I twist
and turn. I could dig up, dust off
old glass-gold slippers, in which I used to wobble
up and down the bedroom floor—practicing,
you know. But those don’t fit me anymore.
I touch my tongue to my lips, and my face blooms
pink as I wonder my …

Monday, April 5
Jonathan Walton, Columbia grad and modern-day abolitionist, spoke about debt bondage, sexual exploitation and labor slavery to open this year’s Agape Week event. As students and consumers, attendees were counseled to leave a mark on the system that supports the 32-billion dollar and 27-million victim industry of human trafficking. Things we can do to help:

Investigate the labor practices of the manufacturers and business we patronize
Support Restore NYC (the only rehabilitation center for sexually exploited women in NYC)
Push our favorite companies to go slave-free
Visit slaverymap.org to learn more about …

By Janice Chua