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This project would not have been possible without the circle of people that rallied around me through the moments of frustration and victory along the way. I may be the one that compiled the piece you are about to hear, but it truly is the culmination of wisdom from so many individuals I admire.
To Susan Williams and Ashby Combahee Haywood – you welcoming me into the Highlander fold and trusting me to conduct these oral histories alongside you means the world. Thank you for your ideas, incredible spirit, amazing questions, and guidance shaping the Highlander history the world needs to hear right now.
To the members of Highlander’s community whose stories informed this piece – Sue Thrasher, Roberto Tijerina, Monica Hernandez, Trina Jackson, Ricardo Parra-Lesso, Alice Johnson, Lou Cross, Je Naé Taylor, Ron Davis, Candie Carawan, Natalie Casals, Rosemery Paz, Elizabeth Wright, Tufara Waller Muhammed, and Rosa Saavedra– thank you for being so generous with your time and recollections. I’m so grateful to have listened to you share your experiences, and I hope this podcast captures with integrity the unique ways each of you see and know Highlander.
To my Barnard academic mentors – Sev Fowles, Elizabeth Hutchinson, Caroline Fermin, Christina Heatherton, Thea Abu El-Haj, Jennifer Rosales, and Jenna Freedman – thank you for propelling my ideas and grounding them with structure. You are so caring and brilliant, and I would not have made it to the finish line without you.
To Nick Sorensen, Noa Weiss, and Caroline Fermin – you keep me convinced that improvisers are the wisest people in the whole wide world. Thank you for sharing your limitlessly expansive imaginations with me and teaching me so many lessons I’ll carry for the long haul.
To my parents and family, blood and chosen – I’m so lucky to love you and be loved by you. Thank you for all the phone calls and Bananagrams and growing up you’ve stuck by me for.
Lastly, to the educators and peers in the learning communities that lit my way – this one’s for you.
To access the bibliography of recordings and texts cited in this piece, please click here: https://rb.gy/spsgyx
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