We’re settling into a long season of shifting at GRP, and these processes are only the beginning. How lucky we are to be a community committed to staying curious, leaving lots of room to change our minds, and our strategies.

We had no time to grieve Daunte Wright, or Adam Toledo, or Anthony Thompson, and Ma’Khia’s life ended minute before the jury issued their verdict.The proximity to the YAC meeting threw the depth of this tragedy into relief, my love and admiration for black girls and trans youth ringing in me after those meetings. How, within minutes of the verdict, could my beloved youth mentors revert back to “am I next?”