Welcome to a new kind of yay where being human still matters and #blacklivesmatter #antiracism #antiracist #amplifyingblackvoices and #amplifyingmelanatedvoices matter and must be heard, listened to, and amplified. Welcome to a new Yay where I use this platform of my voice as a way to elevate and wake up and say Yay to recognize, reshape, and reframe conversations about race as a Yayful Strategist and Storyteller. Where listening deeply and hard (very hard) to women like @_dyanedwards who teaches Mindset Mastery For Allies https://dyanedwards1.podia.com/mindset-mastery-for-check-your-priviledge and @janayathefuture who I apologize for using both they and she/her when describing Janaya. Known as future within the BLM movement, khan is a Black, queer, gender-nonconforming activist, staunch Afrofuturist, boxer, and social-justice educator. @changecadet is Dr. Akilah Cadet https://www.changecadet.com who I learned from at an online event with @ladiesgetpaid and @tressicphd is Tressie McMillan Cottom who is an author professor and sociologist https://tressiemc.com Thick and other essays @ckyourprivilege is Guiding folx on their journey to dismantle their relationship with power, privilege & racism. @ijeomaoluo is the author of So You Want to Talk About Race. Their voices matter in the most pressing way on this very day and every day that follows means following new black voices to dismantle systemic racism and create a new project of humanness, humankind, and a #prohuman race for the human race to survive, thrive and move higher. Much higher. Please join me. Welcome in. Welcome up.