Community Advocacy

Community advocacy is where technical expertise meets lived experience.

I participate in community advocacy and public education around infrastructure, environmental health, disability equity, and neighborhood life. This part of my work is rooted in the belief that people should be able to understand the systems affecting them and have meaningful opportunities to respond, organize, and participate in public decision-making.

A lot of this work is relational. It includes neighborhood leadership, nonprofit service, church-based engagement, and the everyday work of helping people make sense of technical information, public processes, and policy decisions that can otherwise feel distant or inaccessible.

My work is grounded in the belief that Black communities should have meaningful involvement in the decisions that shape our health, land, water, housing, and futures. I am particularly committed to advocacy that is accountable, community-centered, and serious about the long afterlife of infrastructure decisions in real streets, yards, homes, and congregational life.

I think of advocacy as more than speaking on an issue. It also means creating space for people to ask questions, connect their lived experience to larger systems, and develop the confidence and language to participate in civic life for themselves. Education is part of that work: translating complex environmental, legal, or infrastructure issues into forms that are clear, public-facing, and useful in real community settings.