“My responsibility, my assignment right now, is to care for Black stories and to make sure that they will always have a place to be told.” – Ashley Allison
📌 On this episode of The Legal Lens podcast, Ashley Allison, CNN commentator and publisher of The Root, and Jasmine Browley, Forbes contributor and former business editor at Essence, address Black-owned and Black-led media and the importance of telling our own stories.
In this clip, Ashley Allison makes an analogy between the nurturing of her beloved plants and the nurturing of people to explain how community nourishment and rootedness support growth. She discusses the idea that if the roots are nourished, people don’t just survive, they grow, and reflects on how being rooted in community is a source of power.
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