Dark Before the Dawn is a gathering space for Black community members seeking deeper connection to themselves, to one another, and to the living world. We live in a time shaped by exhaustion, disconnection, ecological crisis, inequality, and uncertainty. Many of us carry grief, anxiety, rage, numbness, and longing. We do not see these responses as personal failures. We understand them as meaningful responses to the conditions we are living through. Dark Before the Dawn exists for people who...

If you are looking for support, I’ve created a resource list of mental health services in Metro Vancouver, including crisis and suicide prevention hotlines, as well as low-cost and low-barrier counselling options and community organizations that offer mental health support.

"Without examining how power actually operates in these spaces, the conditions that enable abuse remain intact. If these dynamics are not understood, they are difficult to identify before harm occurs. Sooner or later, a new abuser will rise, protected by existing structures and structural silence; enabled by the same patterns that allowed harm to occur before."