Author: Trelani

Shirley Chisholm once said, “You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines.” And that’s especially true when it comes to the land beneath our feet and the roofs over our heads. So many of our foremothers understood that owning land wasn’t just about property—it was about possibility. About freedom.…

Like Morgan said, Madam CJ Walker wasn’t just the first self-made woman millionaire in the U.S.—she was a blueprint for what it means to build something from the ground up, to invest in your community, and to make rest and beauty a part of the business plan. A part of…

This week, we’re lifting up the legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer—a visionary who understood that healing a community meant healing the body too. She knew liberation couldn’t happen if folks were hungry or disconnected from the land.  So I wanna share a passage from Working the Roots, an oral history…

In The Hand I Fan With by Tina McElroy Ansa, the main character Lena starts off as a woman with a packed schedule and a powerful presence. She’s sharp, successful, and always doing for others. Fanning the whole community. But when she meets Herman—a soft-spoken, grounded man with an old…

When we talk about meditation, prayer, breathwork—sometimes we picture folks sitting cross-legged, humming “om,” or deep in yogic stillness. Although the pics of Rosa Parks practicing yoga are some of my favorites, for many of our foremothers, mindfulness looked a little different. It looked like sitting on the porch and…