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“Is there anyone here with you today Mr. Lucien?” The doctor asked before re-explaining the impending procedure I was there to receive. I shook my head, no. I shook my head because I was shivering so hard in the medical facility that shaking my head was easier than speaking. The night before, I had tried to make a list of questions to ask the doctor performing the procedure because I knew no one could come along with me, and that I would be alone. I told myself I had to turn

In recent times, the concept of "Black Excellence" has come under scrutiny for its failure to shield Black professionals from the entrenched biases and systemic hurdles within institutions.

Lights Up On Zuri Washington Written by Yetunde Audio Recording Coming March 15th Zuri seeks refusal. A self-described lover of rock and creator of the initiative DEI Punk, she positions herself not as someone trying to claim a seat at the table, but as someone willing to overturn it entirely. She speaks openly about moving from being in service of the piece to claiming her identity as the artist, naming leadership, care, and confrontation as central to her practice. “I’m not

In this piece, there is a shattering of the glass. Each artist confronts what it means to continue creating while the systems meant to support them remain unstable, extractive, or incomplete. Survival alone no longer feels sufficient. What emerges instead is a collective pivot toward care, ownership, and self-definition. Taken together, these reflections capture artists in a state of becoming. They are not simply responding to burnout or inequity, but actively reshaping how t

Vanessa & Kadeem In this piece, there is a shattering of the glass. Each artist confronts what it means to continue creating while the systems meant to support them remain unstable, extractive, or incomplete. Survival alone no longer feels sufficient. What emerges instead is a collective pivot toward care, ownership, and self-definition. Taken together, these reflections capture artists in a state of becoming. They are not simply responding to burnout or inequity, but activel