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blk grrl kicks - my sneaker blog - is LIVE! 

Sneakers are my favorite things. I love almost everything about sneakers and sneaker culture for most of my life, but I have always hesitated to participate in forums or discussions. This year, with a promise to myself to take up space, I joined SoleSavy's women's community and I've been nothing but loud about my fervor for sneakers since.

Recently we were asked if we were looking forward to the Billie Eilish collaboration with Jordan and I shared some of my thoughts - which were quoted in this beautifully thorough SoleSavy article about the collaboration, and Jordan's efforts to tap into the next generation of sneakerheads.

SoleSavy gave me a place to talk sneaker things with other passionate folks, something I didn't have for far too long, and makes me feel like there's an authority that values our voices. 

{Image Description: Digital graphic, text reads "What I appreciate about this collaboration is how heavily influenced it is by Billie Eilish's own nostalgia, and her ever evolving subversive persona. That she pulled the mystical AJKO and the 15s, and veganized them is appropriately on brand. She was quoted as saying she "didn't give a f*ck" about the 15s being a less popular sneaker because ultimately her own affinity for the pair was paramount, and the core of my sneakerhead soul felt that."}

Collaborating with my Executive Director, Impact Specialist, and partner organizations, I wrote my second press release detailing the upcoming display of our Inspiring Environmental Leaders project.

This one did not get picked up by media, but that's okay. As I'm told- practice is success. I am not discouraged, and look forward to discovering better ways to pique the interest of our local media.

This year, our team wanted to focus on telling our Garden stories. And here is mine.

In my short tenure, the Garden has become one of the places I feel the most joy as rebellion.

You can find me there unbridled and audaciously whole. Kneeling in the dirt with my camera to get a closer shot of the flowers, or hiding away in the tube in our Hands-On-Nature Anarchy Zone, hula hooping atop Gaia’s back, and tasting everything the Kitchen Garden has to offer. We belong in the Garden, and the Garden is made better and brighter when it sees our unabashed Black joy, I hope to see you there too.

I'm still learning how best to engage our local media, but one thing I know all too well is the cost of cognitive load when you're already swamped. I took that into consideration when preparing my first press release in April.
 
Prior to my taking this role, our releases were sometimes 2-4 pages long, so I set a personal goal to keep it at half a page, highlighting the most important aspects in case it was still TL;DR.

The release was picked up in full by Life in the Finger Lakes and the news was also shared by WHCU Radio! We also exceeded our $10,000 fundraising goal, unlocking a $10,000 match, for a total of $24,000 in support of program scholarships.

Baby's first op-ed! I'd been participatory in the city's Reimagining Public Safety Forums, and sharing my thoughts on Twitter. A journalist reached out to me, asking if I wanted to share my thoughts in a more public forum, and I accepted the opportunity.

This is Not Public Safety via The Ithaca Voice. A local nonprofit news agency. 

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