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Today is the last day of one of my classes “Future of Justice: Theoretical Perspectives on Utopia” & today one of my peers led a utopian writing prompt exercise. These are my reflections: I want a utopia where we’re honest to each other about our intentions and actions. I want a utopia where we all…

Dear Friend of the Future,  My name is Val and I’m from New York City. My parents were born in Haiti in the town where the infamous Christopher Columbus spent his first Christmas.  Since I learned and shared this history, our whole lives have been a journey of conscious awakening, re-humanization and reunification. In the…

Louisville PD declared a “state of emergency” in preparation for the decision to move forward with the Breonna Taylor case. It’s been almost 200 days since Taylor was killed in her home after plainclothes cops executed an inaccurate no-knock warrant on her apartment. Since then, no cops have been arrested, one cop has been fired…

I  love “both/and” analyses because they help us get to the heart of complex contemporary ideologies. Lately, I’ve been thinking about the images of Black royalty, Black capitalism as it relates to media. In the past few years, different corporations have realized the power of the Black dollar, and have begun developing stories to tell…

Women and gender minorities face numerous hegemonic challenges globally. We are not only united by oppression, we are also united by beautiful cerebral experiences that makes us who we are. Our diverse experiences help us find comfort in our physical and metaphysical authenticity. Our bodies and our vessels are not the end of our stories…