Acknowledgements

Cornel West says “We don’t give birth to ourselves.” I have had many generous inspiration ancestors, teachers, and collaborators. Thank you Abraham Joshua Heschel, Gustavo Guttiérrez, and Alison Bechdel. Thank you Moises Loza, Katie Geneva Cannon, Mary Hunt, Sr. Marilyn Thie, Sr. Carol Coston, Sr. Carol Zinn, and Sr. Sue Mosteller. And thank you Angie Thurston, Casper ter Kuile, and Hilary Allen.

I live and work on the unceded land of the Ramaytush Ohlone people, who are traditional custodians of this land, and am in grateful relationship with the Native Governance Center. I also acknowledge the legacy of slavery and systemic economic disenfranchisement in the United States and Caribbean by offering reparational payment of 24.4% to all contractors who are descended from African people who were enslaved in the United States or Caribbean.