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What alive means to us.

Stories tagged @humanaliveandblack. In their words — human, alive, and Black.

naomi.rises

Atlanta, GA

Smiling woman with curly hair in golden light

2,481 likes

naomi.rises Being alive means I stop shrinking. I take up the whole room, curls and all. @humanaliveandblack #HumanAliveBlack #FindYourThrive

2d ago

marcus.at.dusk

Brooklyn, NY

Laughing man with a grey beard on a rooftop at sunset

1,907 likes

marcus.at.dusk Forty-six and still learning to laugh loud. I pledge to be fully here for every sunset I get. @humanaliveandblack #HumanAliveBlack #FindYourThrive

3d ago

grandma.ruthie

Charleston, SC

Older woman with silver locs smiling in a garden of yellow flowers

5,312 likes

grandma.ruthie I planted this garden for the ones before me. Thriving is tending what they couldn't. @humanaliveandblack #HumanAliveBlack #FindYourThrive

4d ago

jaylen.moves

Chicago, IL

Young man dancing in a sunlit studio

3,064 likes

jaylen.moves My body is my first language. Alive is when I let it speak without asking permission. @humanaliveandblack #HumanAliveBlack #FindYourThrive

5d ago

amara.breathes

Oakland, CA

Woman in a yellow headwrap with eyes closed in the sun

2,775 likes

amara.breathes I pledge rest. Not as a reward — as my birthright. @humanaliveandblack #HumanAliveBlack #FindYourThrive

1w ago

dad.and.zuri

Houston, TX

Father carrying his laughing daughter on his shoulders in a park

4,190 likes

dad.and.zuri Human is how I hold her. Alive is how she laughs. Black is the crown she'll know she wears. @humanaliveandblack #HumanAliveBlack #FindYourThrive

1w ago

keisha.paints

Detroit, MI

Artist with paint on her hands sitting in her studio

1,623 likes

keisha.paints I paint us whole. Thriving means my canvas never asks me to explain my joy. @humanaliveandblack #HumanAliveBlack #FindYourThrive

1w ago

dre.runs.east

Cape Town

Runner pausing on a coastal road at sunrise

2,048 likes

dre.runs.east Every mile at dawn is a pledge: I'm still here, still breathing, still going. @humanaliveandblack #HumanAliveBlack #FindYourThrive

2w ago

sol.the.becoming

London

Portrait of a person with a shaved head and gold earrings on a black background

3,551 likes

sol.the.becoming I define myself. That's the whole pledge. Human, alive, Black — and exactly who I say I am. @humanaliveandblack #HumanAliveBlack #FindYourThrive

2w ago

the.sunday.table

New Orleans, LA

Three friends laughing together at an outdoor café table

6,027 likes

the.sunday.table Thriving looks like this: lemonade, loud laughter, and the women who keep me alive. @humanaliveandblack #HumanAliveBlack #FindYourThrive

3w ago

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