This comes from family. It is what you’re supposed to do. My grandparents all did community-based work. They were advocates for racial justice. They were union stewards. Everybody did their part. My family ran away from slavery and founded their own towns, farms, and communities. So it has always been instilled, ever since I started going to meetings as a movement kid.
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My parents were big activists. That has always been there. So I started doing organizing work very young around police brutality and zero tolerance policies. I also got into economics. I used to run a black and white photography gallery while I was in college. The business had to move to Houston, so I faced a choice of keeping the job by moving to Houston or going to my college. My mom said I was staying in college. So I stayed in college.
I have also run electoral campaigns. I have worked in Washington, D.C. on the Hill. I have worked a bit in nearly every sector. These experiences helped me understand what I was called to do.
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