A Forward-Looking Perspective on Liberation

Black abolitionists and civil rights leaders risked their lives to pass on to our generation the freedoms they weren’t able to experience. As a way to honor their efforts, honor our own well-being, as well as that of our children, we should make a conscious effort to pursue the next steps toward liberation: mental and spiritual healing.

LET'S NOT JUST USE HOLIDAYS LIKE JUNETEENTH AND BLACK HISTORY MONTH TO CELEBRATE HOW FAR WE HAVE COME, BUT ALSO REMIND OURSELVES OF HOW FAR WE STILL HAVE TO GO AND THE HEALING AND INNER WORK STILL TO BE DONE.

A spoken word visual for Nai Ya Maji’s Finding Freedom poem about a forward-looking perspective on liberation.

As the great Marcus Garvey said, “We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery, for though others may free the body, none but ourselves can free the mind.”

Read the full article regarding the pursuit of black liberation on the ESSENCE website.