Jameela Divine

One of the greatest indicators that a community has fallen out of alignment is that it begins correcting the protectors before confronting the threat. When a society becomes more offended by the sound of the alarm than by the danger the alarm is warning us about, disorder has already taken root. This is the quiet deception of tone policing. There is a profound difference between correction and tone policing. One asks, "What are you trying to tell me?" The other asks, "Can you make me more...

Our first week of summer camp was a beautiful journey into the life and work of Gordon Parks, a groundbreaking photographer, filmmaker, musician, and storyteller who used his art to capture the humanity, dignity, and brilliance of Black life. As we explored Parks’ photographs, campers learned that a camera can be much more than a tool—it can be a voice. Gordon Parks used his lens to document stories that often went untold, revealing the beauty and nurturing of Black families, the strength...

“And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:” Revelation 12 There are sanctuaries in this world that are not built from stone, nor crowned with stained glass or carved into mountainsides. They are built instead from the tenderness of the women. From warm hands against weary foreheads. From whispered prayers in the dark. From meals stretched to feed many. From lullabies sung softly over...