A journey of self exploration, discovery and healing.

Media, mainstream or otherwise, often amplifies stereotypes of the angry black woman, the sassy mammy and over sexualization of black women. As an immigrant from Kenya, these depictions in media were very bothersome to me because I had never dealt with these particular unhealthy depictions of black women growing up. I am lucky enough now to live in a beautiful state with an abundance of natural public spaces but I rarely come across other people who look like me enjoying the outdoors. This project was important to me because I believe that representation matters and that if even one black girl or woman sees someone who looks like her in a place where people who look like her may not frequent, their world will instantly explode with all manner of possibility.

This activity is made possible in part by a grant from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, through an appropriation by the Rhode Island General Assembly and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.