EkelemeN 5/12/22 EkelemeN 5/12/22

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“Somehow, though, there was a chapter slowly closing all the pain to allow me to acknowledge myself, the anger now the knowledge of my experience.”

Brittany Burgos 11/12/21 Brittany Burgos 11/12/21

Arriving, This Moment

On the magic of loving yourself and your lineage.

Price Maccarthy 5/25/21 Price Maccarthy 5/25/21

Cloudy With A Chance of Blindness

What could go wrong when watching Pink Panther?

Charlee Esi Bekoe Berbicks 8/9/20 Charlee Esi Bekoe Berbicks 8/9/20

My 27-year-long Journey

The most important search of my life…

Ivy Akinyi 8/2/20 Ivy Akinyi 8/2/20

Punishment

Dissected, chopped and carved, like a butcher’s plaything / I am repeatedly punished everywhere I reside.

Irin 7/20/20 Irin 7/20/20

Identity of a Mother

Who knows, your greatest weakness might turn out to be your strongest motivation!

Jenna 7/18/20 Jenna 7/18/20

Trying To Be Like My Mum

Living in my mum’s shadow…

Ni-Koh-Lah 7/12/20 Ni-Koh-Lah 7/12/20

Allow me to introduce myself…

Choose which line speaks to you…

Price Maccarthy 7/8/20 Price Maccarthy 7/8/20

I Am Vague

“I don’t have AIDS...I’m just thin.”

Nelisha 7/6/20 Nelisha 7/6/20

Who Are You?

Embrace yourself, embrace your identity, and most importantly do it as a gift to yourself and not for others…

Jenn 7/3/20 Jenn 7/3/20

Mi greña

A Dominican girl’s journey finding identity and strength through her nappy, coily hair

Sashanique 6/29/20 Sashanique 6/29/20

Lost and Found

“You can't be hesitant about who you are.” - Viola Davis

Ivy Akinyi 6/26/20 Ivy Akinyi 6/26/20

Bus Ride Home

What is your presumption? When you gaze at my ebony cheeks, and twist your nose in disgust?

"I need to see my own beauty and to continue to be reminded that I am enough, that I am worthy of love without effort, that I am beautiful, that the texture of my hair and that the shape of my curves, the size of my lips, the color of my skin, and the feelings that I have are all worthy and okay."

— Tracee Ellis Ross

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