As the United States prepares for another No Kings Rally on March 28, emotions online are running high as seasoned organizers—many of them Black and Brown folks—express hesitation that another national rally will do much to move the needle on our current conditions in the United States. In turn, many white-bodied people are feeling prickly …
Most people who have read my writing in the last decade primarily know me for my political, cultural, and social justice writing and work. However, before I became the executive director of a grassroots anti-racism organization in 2014, I served as the executive director of a now-defunct youth development organization that offered free afterschool and …
Growing up in the 1970s and ‘80s as a Black girl, life wasn’t easy, as my parents intentionally chose to live in a way that meant financial scarcity. Aside from the brief years my father spent in law enforcement, that scarcity was a constant backdrop of our lives. Over the years, as an adult, I …