Editor’s Note

Photos by “Beyond the Plate RVA” May 2021 “Do it with love.” In the phenomenal blues song – “Baby What You Want Me To…

Photo by Queon “Q” Martin April 2021 “Showing up is half the battle.” Showing up is half the battle. Don’t just do it for…

Photo by Queon “Q” Martin March 2021 “It’s time to take back cool.” It’s time to take back cool. When I grew up, I…

Photo by Queon “Q” Martin February 2021 “[Our children] deserve a chance to live their best lives full of truth and the opportunity to…

Photo by Queon “Q” Martin January 2021 “2020 was tough, but we woke up this morning in 2021. That’s the GIFT.” My family did…

Photo courtesy of BK Fulton December 2020 “It’s a blessing to know who you are and where you come from.” It’s a blessing to…

Photo by Queon “Q” Martin November 2020 “What side of history will you be on?” If you have not read Caste by Isabel Wilkerson…

Photo by Queon “Q” Martin September 2020 “What are the conversations we need to have today?” Recently, we were blessed with a commissioned gift…

Photo by Queon “Q” Martin August 2020 “No man is perfect and fate does not call upon us at a moment of our own…