Curiosity Is Not a Luxury
Written on the eve of Black History Month, this reflection sits with curiosity as a Black inheritance—how it has kept us alive and how often it has been punished. It...
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Black History Month
What We Tend
This piece sits with the ways history moves through us—through work, love, imagination, and care. What We Tend considers what is carried, what is cultivated, and how people continue to...
The Proof Is Routine.
February is almost here. I’m moving into this month by standing in my work. Naming it. Sharing it. I’ve learned the system loves you best when you stay small. I...
PROOF OF CONCEPT.
Nothing about our survival is theoretical. We are the proof. Care is practiced. Progress is lived.
