Preview The Sankofa Series

  1. The SoulHaven Residency: My Reflections on Resting, Creativity, and Embodying Freedom

    November 21, 2023
    “Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado” - Martin Luther King, Jr.  “Soul is a constant. It’s cultural. It’s always going to be there, in different flavors and degrees.“ -  Aretha Franklin  I spent ten days in Lake City, Colorado on retreat. The SoulHAVEN Collective exists…

  2. Girl, Go Sit Down Somewhere! Reflections on Faith and Gratitude

    September 27, 2023
    Back in June, I got into an accident and fractured my knee. I want to paint a picture of the time that I was in in my life: imagine getting on a carousel, or better yet, one of those horizontal escalator walkway things at the airport. Before stepping onto the…

  3. Happy Birthday to Me: Reflections on Sankofa

    March 28, 2023
    I have always loved to write. In the 5th grade, I won third place in a poetry slam for my poem “Colors Mixed In”. I climbed up to the navy blue stage of my school cafeteria as my name was announced, the entire middle school looking up at me as…
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