Based on: Exodus 2:23b (NIV)

The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God.

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From generation to generation Black families have passed on their stories, rituals, and recipes. We have maintained our ancestral traditions of celebration and mourning. We have welcomed strangers who had no kin. Like vines we grafted them in just like we shared the same blood.