Last night I had the honor of holding space for the Youth and community that support them at the Youth Speaks Slam Finals. My friend @Darius Parker was the emcee and at the end of the night 6 young people moved on the be the Bay Area Youth Speaks representaitives at the Brave New Voices event where young people from across the country come together for 4 days of slams. While only 6 will be moving on, all 17 showed up and showed out. They give me hope., And while my body is tired my hart is full. The video of the amazing Abayomi whose voice, both singing and words, move me so deeply. What a gift to be able to support and hold space. I want to thank the Hope Reimagined team that has supported each slam throughout the season @Lilya Kamholtz-Roberts @Joyce Lee @Nirupama Lal @Eryn Yuen @Carmalita Johnson @Veronica Ornelas @Cecilia Tavarez . This is community healing. This is powerful and this is what can shape our future. I also added the full video with much better recording. These young people!!!

I am seeing a trend and feeling it in my body. Several Community admins are feeling the weight of keeping a thriving community going. A few of the other communities I belong to are closing down or stepping back and it made me feel into my own body. I will continue to post the daily soundtrack, that is fun and low lift, but the daily dose the time and energy I beed to put into that is a lot! I put it out there and got little to no response. I will keep the community here, but frequency will slow down until I can get my full catalogue of Continuing Education Courses up with a launch date in September. My commitment is "I am a commitment to rooting in self before and while extending out, for the sake of balance, deepening my relationships and integrity in my work." to do that I need to be more attuned to myself and what the community is looking for. So folks daily soundtrack other NSI related posts maybe weekly but I am not going to over extend it doesn't seem to be landing at this time.