Every year seems to fly by at whatever speed it wants.

Now that we’re almost halfway through ‘Melanin March’, surely this isn’t the first time you’ve heard that phrase as it follows the world-wide celebration of Black History Month in February. This growing celebratory culture of blackness speaks to a larger truth - we, as Black people, often take matters in our hands to create our space in this world - to feel secure and be seen in a way that isn’t limited to only a few weeks out of the year. After former Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, shared her truth about her lived experiences after marrying Prince Harry David in an exclusive CBS interview with Oprah Winfrey, we saw how vital feeling secure in this world is.... But more specifically, in a space that you’ve intended to make your own.