When aaduna started publishing in 2011, the journal provided a direct link to information on an American hero, Harriet Tubman, who is buried in Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, NY, the home of aaduna , as well as the Harriet Tubman Boosters Club’s work to promote the legacy of Tubman.   Back then, the rationale was to ensure that as aaduna developed its expanding national and global audience, readers would get to know a cornerstone of American history – a woman dedicated to social justice, peace, human and equal rights, and the dynamic role of women in creating significant societal, political, and economic change. When Tubman’s 2013 centennial was   approaching, a year earlier, aaduna partnered with poetry contributor, Cyd Charisse Fulton, to present her original poems inspired by the life and legacy of Harriet Tubman titled, “Feeding Off of the North Star” at Tubman’s Thompson Memorial AME Zion Church located on Franklin Street in Auburn.    ...

Late Summer Day in Central NY, September 16, 2015 (Photo by: Lisa Brennan) As the days of summer transition to the wonderment of the fall season, aaduna will release its combined summer and fall issue in mid-late October.   Noticing the symbiotic nature of the diverse work for individual issues, the awakening led to the decision to fold the summer issue into the fall so the works complement and supplement each other, and compel the reader to transverse different directions.   This combined issue may offer more than the normal vitality and intrigue of a single issue.   You will be the judge. Starting this week, we will present snippets and tads of information about the contributors.   So, as we always say before an issue launches, “Get ready…” In other news, aaduna added two new countries to its global reach, (Algeria and Cambodia) and we are now read in 85 countries to date! The “likes” on our Facebook     ...