“Choose Love” by Jillian Hanesworth | Buffalo Bills Honor East Buffalo – FANTASY FOOTBALL FAN SITE

“Choose Love” by Jillian Hanesworth | Buffalo Bills Honor East Buffalo

Jillian Hanesworth, Buffalo’s first poet laureate, wrote and performed her ‘Choose Love’ poem to help the Buffalo Bills honor the victims of the racist attack on May 14, 2022. Hanesworth’s work brings light to the Buffalo’s East Side and all those who have helped to support the community in recent months.

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Appearances by:
Edreys Wajed: Owner & Partner, Eat Off Art
Alexa Wajed: Co-Owner, Eat Off Art
Alex Wright – President, African Heritage Food Co-Op
Catherine Roberts – CEO, Resource Council of Western New York
Allison DeHonney – CEO, Urban Fruits & Veggies LLC
Sean “Pete” Carter – Co-Manager of Doris Records (home of the late Mack Luchey)
Benny The Butcher – Rapper & Actor

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Declan Pratt

Lets go bills

    D Yates

    Let’s.

antonio mier

Go. Bills#1

Fatah Abdella

Peace and love, my boy the goat

Chris Parker

As a St. Catharines native I can truly say we are proud to have Buffalo as a close neighbor!!!

CODPRO716

Chills man chills Buffalo is like no other❤️

    ruffbuffwest716

    Buffalo is not that great, it is horrible tbh. Best fans and great food, horribly ran city and state. It’s just the sad truth

    CODPRO716

    @ruffbuffwest716 not saying how it’s ran but we the people are great

    Alwaysondeck04

    @ruffbuffwest716 idk if you’ve heard but it’s on the come up again in the recent years.

    ruffbuffwest716

    @Alwaysondeck04 No, it’s only on the come up because our sports teams are showing promise in being successful again. Crime is still crazy, Democrat mayors and leadership throughout buffalo fails us along with the governor. I don’t know where you are from but I live in the hood in buffalo and it ain’t nothing nice here. The westside is awful, the Eastside is awful, Riverside is getting worse, North buffalo is not all that bad, south buffalo is not all that great. But it definitely is not on the come up. 30k+ people alone have moved here from new york city since the beginning of 2022 because of how expensive it is out there. Only reason why people think that it is on the come up again is because we are close to going to a Superbowl. Everything is overpriced, landlords are going crazy with rents and requirements, better to put a down payment on a mortgage. Homelessness is on the rise because of inflation and people think $15-$16 a hour will make make you okay but you can barley survive in this city unless you have a really good job or you work 2-3 jobs for $15 a hour because that’s like the new $7.25 a hour for this state. It is horrible.

    I’ve been here for my entire life and yes I love some places to visit and go to eat but it is not on the come up at all. Alot of good things but alot alot more bad things then good. Let alone the mindset of most people in this city, it is sad. I live in the hood and unfortunately can’t afford to move and will probably be homeless myself.

JuscallmeKG

👏🏽 🔥 🔥🔥

Jamie Compeau

Let’s Go Buffalo!!!! #BillsMafia #Buffalove ♥️💙

A R Musc

Thanks for your beautiful soul.

D Yates

My nephew was gunned down on Bailey Avenue in April. I have another friend who died in November of last year. That whole community is fife with gangs and crime, and has been for YEARS, and I mean years meaning decades. I must have missed the video or videos you did on them. I’m NOT knocking this, as it’s beautiful, but let’s really put it on the table. What happened at Tops was beyond horrific, but what about the other countless homicides on the East Side yearly? Can you make a video about them, or don’t they matter to the Bills Mafia (I’m being rhetorical – of COURSE they do)? Hopefully people won’t piggyback on that unspeakable tragedy with videos and accolades for attention and clicks while ignoring the other, probably, seventy or so murder victims in this city that will happen this year. Surely, that won’t happen, will it?

    ruffbuffwest716

    They will never address the countless murders and homicides and horrible communities we have in buffalo. The city and state is horribly ran and there are some awful people in buffalo as well. Been here my entire. It is a double standard when speaking on these topics. It’s like when people will not address the 100+ shootings in 2 days over the 4th of July weekend last year in Chicago. Or how they already have more homicides this time this year then this time last year. Buffalo, great food, great fan base for our sports, horribly ran city and horribly ran state with alot of horribly minded Democrat liberal people who live in it. Some of these people are good but they are blind to how bad it is in the city of buffalo.

    ruffbuffwest716

    Think about it like this, alot of people was actually excited to vote for a openly socialist mayor i. The election race with byron brown a while back. A socialist mayor….. Politically uneducated people have no idea how bad democratic politicians are ruining buffalo and the people who think like them as well.

    UFC Buffalo

    @ruffbuffwest716 pretty much that

    DuHasst Mich

    Bro, 70 murders a year? Thats nothing…..LA is at 181 2 months ago….turns out murder happens where large groups of people live. We are human, the message of this video is to choose love…this will lower the chance of murder if everyone is on board…I don’t understand why you even brought that up. Murder is bad thats why it is against the law. There’s homocide in my tiny town…..doesn’t matter where you are.

Beth B.

This is just so beautiful. It brought tears to my eyes because of how true every, single word is. Buffalo is different. This is why. This is us. We are on the forefront of change. One city, one goal, one love for all.

Yvonne

Beautiful, just beautiful 💖

Andrew Houde

Very beautiful and powerful, loved it.

ArkOmen1

How about a Choose Love march and parade sponsored by the city of Buffalo and the Bills? There could be tons of food and festivities. It would honor the lives of those that lost their lives that day.

Jesus

Prayers for Trey Lance in a speedy recovery. 🙏

Buffalo Bills please take notice and protect your QB Josh Allen, don’t run him as much and tell him to stop taking unnecessary hits and slide. For teams and fans that have QB’s for their team that scramble and run, what happened to Trey Lance today is terrifying for us. Please Buffalo Bills, Protect our QB!

Adam Benz

Love her ❤️

Michael V

Thank you Miss Hanesworth for this beautiful poem! I got to meet her a couple of months back. Just the kindest, most passionate soul. She is the best poet laureate that Buffalo could ask for. While I may not be from Buffalo myself, I absolutely love and adore this city. Choose love and go Bills!

Richard Forbes

Beautiful poem and all truth! Buffalo is that city, where you can do and be anything you want to no matter where your from in Buffalo area! Im no longer there but visit my hometown every year. Choose Love is a way of life in our city and thats the way we like it. Everything else could fall down around us but this city would rise from the ashes like a phoenix! One City One Love!

Steven Bryant

❤.BUFFALO. LOVE.. 💪🏾

Bills News Consolidated

Lets go Buffalo!

Justice Holiday

Shout out to jill

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