21/10/2025
🌍 Black History Month 2025 | Standing Firm in Power and Pride ✊🏾
This October, as the world trembles with uncertainty, from conflict and injustice to the cost of living and the climate of fear, we are reminded that our history, our resilience, and our collective memory have always been our greatest teachers.
To stand firm in power and pride is not about defiance alone. It’s about remembering who we are, where we’ve come from, and the communities that hold us when systems fail to. It’s about the wisdom carried in our bodies, the songs our ancestors sang, and the stories that refused to die.
Across Britain, we are still navigating the weight of inequity, in health, housing, education, and opportunity, fuelled by threats of power, oppression, violence and flags (never thoughts of say that!), yet our black and brown communities continue to rise in truth, strength and resilience. Our presence, our breath, our joy are acts of reclamation.
Through my work as a nurse and Liminal Connections, I’ve witnessed the power of remembrance, repair, and reconnection, with self, ancestry, and community. This month, may we honour those who came before us by continuing the work of liberation in our homes, our hearts, and our collective spaces - although these individuals and communities need to worshipped and thanked daily in my humble opinion.
✨ Let’s celebrate Black and Brown brilliance not only in history, but in the now - the everyday moments where we dare to rest, to love, to heal, and to lead.
We stand firm.
We stand proud.
We stand together.
📸 Generated by AI and shared by a friend, I love the colours and authenticity of me being reflected… but not the straight hair anymore!