"Even if you don't know your ancestors, your ancestors know YOU.
- Ambreia
- May 21
- 2 min read
I’ve been sitting on this episode for a few weeks, yet unable to explain why. And now, as I prepare to push publish, Tomorrow’s release feels timely and necessary. They weren’t delays; it was pacing. My spirit says it wasn’t the time.
Right now, I’m witnessing Black-led movement organizations and scholars (I’m thinking of BEAM and Dr. Moya Bailey specifically) pushing us toward deep exploration of ancestral wisdom and technologies. We’re being called to ask “what do we already have” instead of finding pseudo-solutions in the limited benefits and massive top-level questions on how, if at all, we should engage with AI, and so much more.
I’m hearing—and honestly, I'm overwhelmed by— this time of existence where the line between access and disparities feels so thin and wide at the same time. But we’re all asking the same question: Can we craft something for us NOW that doesn’t have compounding harm for the folks who will be here THEN? And who will carry the weight of that inconvenience and harm?
I don’t have the answer. None of us does. But this conversation with my girl, Stephanie Ghoston Paul (@stephanieghostonpaul), feels like a step forward in those explorations. She is the founder of Cultivated Sense, a platform dedicated to practicing what it means to be a Living Ancestor is beyond brilliant. She is a living, breathing wise woman who is preparing us to do the work NOW so we’re mindful about the inheritance we will leave behind.
When I listen to her, I hear the impact of mothering forward and mothering backward. But I also hear the questions we need about what it means to be in a relationship with ourselves and our legacies. The framing and phrasing differ, but the path toward collective liberation remains the same.
What do you hear?
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