Published inClimate Conscious Collabs·PinnedMember-onlyWe Been Had Environmental BluesBucking, Swimming, Clucking, and Running for Higher Ground Following the bucks, the rivers, and the various animal personifications in blues music shows that 20th century blues men and women surely thought about land. They did not think of it in the way that white environmentalists think of it. …Environment7 min readEnvironment7 min read
Published inClimate Conscious Collabs·Aug 5, 2022Member-onlyBeyoncé’s Renaissance Proclaims Blackness and Black Sound Beyond Mainstream BordersI do feel intentionality in Renaissance, an explicit conversation with Blackness across the diaspora. I hear an unruly, Black creative expression and deliberation on sustenance and Black futures that embraces the moods and grooves that connect us all. Beyoncé’s seventh studio album Act I: Renaissance took me places. I am…Dj6 min readDj6 min read
Published inClimate Conscious Collabs·Nov 25, 2021I Yearn for Safe Havens… there is a difference between voicing and healing, between surviving and thriving. I have more recently realized how much thriving and healing is a community act given the generational and cyclical trauma I face as a Black woman. I want to go where my skin doesn’t crawl a place to…Culture3 min readCulture3 min read
Published inClimate Conscious Collabs·Aug 15, 2021Environmentalists ‘Should’ Redirect Their Climate Change SoapboxSo, I hear climate change, and I don’t think I have the same understanding. I scroll through my Twitter feed to see calls to action, criticisms, and other reactions to the recent IPCC report about climate change. I see climate change, and I am afraid that I don’t have the…Climate Change3 min readClimate Change3 min read
Published inClimate Conscious Collabs·Dec 23, 2020Rediscovering Black Joy in Nature This YearI find joy knowing that there are many that experience Black joy in nature despite the myth and despite the concerted efforts to silence us. …Nature4 min readNature4 min read
Published inClimate Conscious Collabs·Jul 12, 2020Member-onlyPerformative Allyship Won’t Save Black LivesI understand that I am a guest on Coast Salish lands — that I too could fall into the pitfall of continuing the performance. I am so tired of the performance — public support that doesn’t end up in change for Black people. I used to wonder why Black Lives…BlackLivesMatter4 min readBlackLivesMatter4 min read
Published inClimate Conscious Collabs·Jun 16, 2020Member-onlyThe Tragedy of the Environmental MovementThe foundations of the movement are not inclusive of the vast experiences that people of color face: the environmental movement perpetuates racism, profits off of it, and continues to silence the truth to keep the machine running smoothly. …Environment4 min readEnvironment4 min read
Jun 7, 2020Member-onlyMegaphoneMegaphone Your attention We got that I could scream in faces with a megaphone And see teeth gnash together in discomfort Then, hurt can make imprints on dull faces Expressions might give way to voice Mouths become useful when they ain’t muted Tongues are dead when they satiate in stiffness Can they see the anger when it mobilizes? Could it…1 min read1 min read
Jun 6, 2020Member-onlyAcid Teardrops Tears sent out into the atmosphere linger explosively with the over indulgence Lead bullets saturate ground level populations while…1 min read1 min read
Published inClimate Conscious Collabs·May 28, 2020Member-onlyThis is what I look like under the heat and the sun in landscapes that are otherwise beautiful.This is what I look like under the heat and the sun in landscapes that are otherwise beautiful. Some might say I look angry — that my frown doesn’t match the landscapes. I have often been told that. I have been told that there is no justification for my expression…Environment2 min readEnvironment2 min read