I say this without exaggeration. This project changed my life. In 2020 I worked In congress, watching what felt like the world burning with event after event taking place with COVID happening In the background. I saw so many people In DC taking action for the first time, protesting, starting mutual aid funds, sharing literature online, I truly had not seen anything like it in my lifetime...

Despite many of these events getting their deserved coverage. I felt as though there still wasn’t a collective publication that was putting together comprehensive coverage of what was happening in D.C.’s Black spaces. Many of the national issues of police violence, safety in our communities had now blended with our local issues, amplifying the effects gentrification has has taken on D.C. Everyone else was making their move to amplify their voice, this was my way of contributing. I may not have the career I have in local news which now include working at three different outlets had I not taken on this project.