Ulysses "Butch" Slaughter is an artist, an alchemist and an “Alpha Black” who uses the power of forgiving to persistently pursue “radical, relentless, reconciliation” through all of his epic life journeys. For more than four decades, Ulysses has courageously answered “the call” to illuminate dark and difficult human relationships with unwavering determination to synthesize polarities and amplify potent possibilities. Ulysses’ signature forgiveness missions explore the inner, the interpersonal, the international and the intergalactic.Ulysses was the chief architect of The Philadelphia MOVE reconciliation campaign that led to an official apology for the urban bombing and killing of 11 people on May 13, 1985 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ulysses is host and producer of Re-member MOVE recorded at WURD 900AM Radio in Philadelphia, PA. Ulysses is former Director of The OneTaste Orgasmic Meditation Reconciliation Council, an international review team established to oversee the integrity of sexual play for OneTaste. His podcast, One Black Taste, chronicles his tumultuous time with the sex-positive organization.At the fragile age of 12, Ulysses listened as his mother Clarice was shot to death by his father Ulysses Grant Slaughter Sr. Emerging from his bedroom on June 25, 1978, he watched as his mother bled from two gunshot wounds to her head and take some of the last breaths of her life. Ritualistically, stepping over his mother’s fallen body that day was the first, most important "crossing-over" act in his dramatic odyssey toward reconciliation with his father and himself. Odyssey To Save Ulysses is the film series by Ulysses that chronicles the father-son journey.A native of Chicago, Illinois, Ulysses resides in Media, Pennsylvania. Author of three books, director of various short films and curator of countless critical community forums, Ulysses has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Network and The Dr. Phil Show. He is a 2013 recipient of The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Leadership Award.His fourth book, Come Black Home, White Woman, is the tale of a white woman who gets lost in her wicked whiteness and betrays her Black husband and his children. Ultimately, poetically, her betrayal leads to her own demise.
To stay in touch with his work, connect with him at ulyssesbutchslaughter.com or email ulysses@ulyssesbutchslaughter.com
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