“THIS WAS A GATHERING THAT ASKED US TO CONSIDER WHAT IT MEANS TO THINK FROM BLACK. IT WAS A THOUGHT EXPERIMENT THAT EXPLORED WHAT IT MEANS TO THINK BEYOND THE STRICTURES OF ANTIBLACKNESS. THINKING FROM BLACK IS ALSO A PRACTICE: A POETIC, PERFORMATIVE, SONIC, KINETIC, AFFECTIVE PRACTICE THAT MOBILIZES OUR WHOLE SELVES. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO ALL THOSE WHO HELPED US EMBRACE THIS PRACTICE. THANK YOU TO THOSE FEATURED IN THESE SCREENING ROOMS – CANISIA, DANAI, GABRIELLE, CHRISTINA, NELISIWE – FOR THE BEAUTIFUL TRANSNATIONAL BLACK FEMINIST CHORUS YOU ENACTED. DEEP GRATITUDE TO ALL WHO JOINED AND DARED TO THINK AND FEEL FROM BLACK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARD CREATING AN EXPANSIVE CONCEPTUAL VOCABULARY IN WHICH BLACK LIFE, IN ALL OF ITS DIVERSITY AND MULTIPLICITY, IS BOTH A POINT OF DEPARTURE AND A HORIZON OF POSSIBILITY.”

 - TINA CAMPT

“TO THOSE WHO JOINED US AT JAG - AND TO THOSE WHO, IN A SIMILAR SPIRIT, WILL BE JOINING US ONLINE THROUGH THIS SET OF LIMITED WINDOW SCREENINGS - THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOUR VULNERABILITY AND YOUR TRUST IN US AND EACH OTHER TO HOLD THIS SPACE. THIS IS NOT ALWAYS EASY VIEWING, BUT IT IS NECESSARY WORK AND COMMUNITY. THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL EXPRESSIONS IN POWER, IN STRENGTH, IN EXUBERANCE, IN PAIN. WE STRIVE TO HOLD THIS COMMUNITY WITH CARE, WITHIN THE DIFFICULTY, AS WE SHARE AND CULTIVATE CONDITIONS OF POSSIBILITY.”

 - IN SOLIDARITY, IN GRATITUDE, IN RADICAL LOVE, VICTORIA COLLIS-BUTHELEZI