Denim Fisher, Author at Word In Black

When the System Pulls Back, Black Communities Pull Up

by Denim Fisher October 3, 2025October 3, 2025

BEAM grounds its work in healing justice, confronting trauma, and centering care as liberation.

Renowned for her work on race and technology, Princeton professor Ruha Benjamin urged an audience at Spelman College to push back against systems that seek to exclude or marginalize them and imagine themselves in an inclusive, powerful future. The lessons to get there, she said, should be drawn from "ancestral intelligence," such as the wisdom of elders, and "abundant imagination" — the belief that the future will be better than the past.

Ruha Benjamin: In A.I. Era, Black Women Must Reclaim Tomorrow

by Denim Fisher October 1, 2025October 1, 2025

Mindful of the waxing and waning power of Black political movements, the leaders of the State of the People want to build a lasting movement that won't quickly fade. After a 24-hour livestream and 12-city tour, the movement held a convening in Baltmore to strategize with Black voters, connect them to services and help fight disinformation.

This New Political Movement Is Bringing Power to Black People

by Denim Fisher July 21, 2025July 21, 2025

An origin point in the transatlantic slae trade, Ghana has become a destination for Black Americans like the author — people who want to learn more about America's "original sin," or who are seeking to reconnect with their heritage in an act of racial healing. The journey, she writes, was profound and emotional.

‘The Ancestors Were Speaking’: My Pilgrimage to Ghana

by Denim Fisher June 30, 2025June 30, 2025

A Black fashion model posing.

‘Haus’ of Art, Fashion — and Healing

by Denim Fisher April 30, 2025May 19, 2025

A campus institution that's more than a century old, the Victory Garden at Spelman College in Atlanta not only helps feed the college's neighbors, it's also reconnecting a new generation to the healing properties of working with the soil.

‘The Free-est Therapy’: Digging in the Dirt at Spelman College

by Denim Fisher April 9, 2025April 10, 2025

Chicago-based artist and MacArthur Fellow Amanda Williams' work will be featured in a Spelman College art exhibit, "We Say What Black This Is," designed to promote racial healing and introduce students to the world of fine art curation.

Art, Curation and Racial Healing at Spelman College

by Denim Fisher March 14, 2025March 18, 2025

Amid DEI Rollbacks, HBCU Students Need More Than Allies

by Denim Fisher February 26, 2025March 5, 2025

Finding Racial Healing in an HBCU Sanctuary

by Denim Fisher January 28, 2025March 5, 2025