A digital magazine centered in the radical spirit of resistance and hope across the Black diaspora.
Black Life Everywhere
Black Life Everywhere (BLE) works with creators to preserve and present nuanced representations that are expressive of Black life. We see music, film, animation, photography, poetry, interviews and writing as integral to how we communicate and tell stories. For us, these varying forms of expression are legitimate and necessary instruments to produce freedom dreaming that moves us towards Black liberation. BLE seeks to amplify Black creative voices that center the lives, histories, and well being of the Black communities we engage.
Our goal is to show the nuance, beauty, challenges, and joy that constitute Black Life Everywhere, today.
Black Life Everywhere: Atlanta
Black Life Everywhere: Atlanta Week 2
Photography by Angela Hill
Angela Hill is a masterful storyteller, weaving compelling narratives through her camera lens to capture life’s profound depth and complexity. Hailing from Columbus, Georgia, Hill’s photographic journey is driven by a deep-seated passion for preserving moments that resonate deeply. Her dedication to working with non-profit organizations allows her to document historical events that might otherwise remain unseen, ensuring these crucial stories are told.
Introducing Black Life Everywhere
Atlanta Local Co-Editors
Devin Barrington-Ward
Penelope French
The Black Life Everywhere Team welcomes Devin Barrington-Ward and Penelope French as our local co-editors for our BLE: Atlanta, our second edition in our local digital magazine series.
Penelope French is the Executive Director of Neighbor, a local Atlanta Healing Justice Organization that has chosen a pathway to liberation through art, organizing, restorative training programs, and spiritual activism. Neighbor is rooted in the spiritual/conscious liberation of Black people across the diaspora as a pathway to dismantling harmful government systems. Penelope is inspired to create healing systems that are life giving to black people and those who have been oppressed using an abolitionist framework.
Devin Barrington-Ward is the Founder and Managing Director of Black Futurist Group (BFG), an Atlanta based social justice innovation firm using public policy, community organizing, media engagement, and political education as tools to build reimagined, equitable, and liberated Black futures in our lifetime. BFG does this work out of a belief that Black life is valuable, precious, and worth protecting. BFG works with those standing at the intersections of varying cultural, ethnic, sexual, and gender identities across various communities to build, preserve, improve, and advance reimagined Black futures.
