how have these degrees made me relate differently to blackness? (part 2)

see previous post in this 3-part series

how have these degrees made me relate differently to blackness?

following up from the first piece i wrote about this, i wanted to write specifically about how my credentialing process i think has disconnected me from blackness and black people as it currently exists/as i currently understand it.

examples of short and long organizational pauses

• Our Organizational Pause: National Funeral Home Alliance - https://web.archive.org/web/20230922124241/https://www.homefuneralalliance.org/our-organizational-pause.html
• National Young Farmers Coalition: Young Farmers Organizational Pause (3 weeks) https://www.youngfarmers.org/2021/06/organizational-pause/
• allied media projects: a chrysalis year - https://alliedmedia.org/news/chrysalis-year
• allied media projects: the chrysalis continues - https://alliedmedia.org/news/chrysalis-continues

a thought from katherine: taking the fangs out of taking space

earlier this week i was having my regular friend convo with my friend katherine and she said something that felt really powerful. i’m paraphrasing a bit (and i hope someday soon she’ll write/audio about this so i can cite her instead of my paraphase 😜) but here goes:

black history/futures: a mile

it's feb! that means it's black history/futures month. my goal in 2024 is one flash fiction story per week. all stories from this month and past years here.