“As Audre Lorde has written, “Once we begin to feel deeply all the aspects of our lives, we begin to demand from ourselves and from our life-pursuits that they feel in accordance with that joy which we know ourselves to be capable of.” Black feminisms have dared to imagine worlds where our humanity is affirmed and our belief in Black futures reigns. Our collective imaginings are boundless and liberatory. Joy as an act of resistance reminds us to celebrate because every day something has tried to kill us and failed” (Strait & Conwill, 2023, p. 109). 

• “Black Joy as Resistance” by Ariana Curtis

Reference: Strait, K. M. A., & Conwill, K. (2023). Afrofuturism: a history of Black futures. Smithsonian Books.

TODAY’S PRACTICE: Watch a Black film along with this short video about Black filmmaking.

DAILY REFLECTION: What are your everyday joy practices? If you don’t have them, which ones would you like to start?

TAKE ACTION: Listen to Jill Scott’s Golden or any song that brings you joy.