Future of Black Women and Girls

  My words aren't for validation—they’re for liberation. We, as Black women and girls, are standing at a pivotal point in time. A moment full of opportunity. A moment calling us to shape a future that reflects who we truly are. But no one outside of us can speak to this shift. We are the  standard-setters . The blueprint. The origin. And yet, we’ve spent generations pouring into everyone else—empowering the world—while deeply underestimating our own power. That stops now. We’ve been trying to change society’s systems—political, communal, cultural—through reason, through voice, through logic. But let’s be honest: it hasn’t worked. Not because we aren’t powerful, but because we’ve been playing within rules designed to keep us small. It’s time to go beyond the illusion.  Beyond what’s “reasonable.” Beyond what’s been handed to us. It’s time to  go within . To remember who we are. To become solution-focused, future-oriented, and self-preserving. We are not powerless. We ...