Some moments quietly change the course of your life. Moments that sit with you long after they happen, shifting how you understand yourself and the world around you.
For me, Black Women Amplified began with three such moments.
The first was the night I watched Hidden Figures. Sitting in the dark theater, I felt a stirring I could not ignore. These women, brilliant, determined, and world-changing, were strangers to me until then. How had their stories been left in the shadows? That question settled deep in my heart.
Years later, my cousin Alice Windom passed away. Alice moved through the world with quiet power. She traveled, lifted Black women, and made an impact felt by many yet unknown to most. Her story, like so many, was waiting to be told. Losing her sparked a fire in me to create a space where women like Alice could step fully into the light.
Then came the pandemic and a moment that changed everything. Holding my goddaughter’s daughter in my arms, I looked at her tiny face and wondered if she would know my story. Will she hear about the women who came before her directly from me? The weight of that question was impossible to ignore. I realized I had to build a place where stories like ours could be heard loud and clear.
Black Women Amplified is that place. It is a space where stories are told through conversations and interviews, with honesty, depth, and power. A place where legacies are honored and new futures are imagined.
This is my story. It is why I am here, and why I invite you to join this journey.