thank you to my beloved ancestors, known and unknown, related through blood and by love, who have made it possible for me to be. i hold deep reverance for all those that came before, those with us now and those arriving soon. i am a proud descendant of enslaved and freedom-seeking africans who empower me to stand in my divine power in the face of ongoing global anti-blackness.
may the freedom, justice, joy, rest, love and peace we are collectively owed arrive swiftly.

with deep respect, i acknowledge the tséstho’e (cheyenne), hinono’eino’ biito’owu’ (arapaho), núu-agha-tʉvʉ-pʉ̱ (ute), and all indigenous peoples whose territories i work and live on. i extend immense gratitude to the earth itself and all native peoples, communities, cultures and tribes of turtle island and abya yala who continue to steward these ancestral lands.
may all indigenous peoples receive justice and freedom, and live in harmony and peace.