Whether the slogan is #BlackLivesMatter or #BlueLivesMatter, it becomes clear that our nation is not on the side of its Black families and communities.

SOSO ADAE, L3C is all about the power of design. We understand the need to bring Black families, communities, and identities under a shared cultural umbrella from which we can define, execute, and evolve our shared experience and worldview.

Take a look at some of the narratives we initiated in 2016 to combat anti-blackness and advance tolerance and appreciation for Black Justice, and so, Black Lives.

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In the 2016 primaries, Sen. Bernie Sanders made many us believe the needs of Black families could be platformed on a political agenda and that Black people could make change at the ballot box. But when Sanders visited Arizona and excluded “African-Americans” from his regular and all inclusive stump speech, SOSO ADAE, L3C reached out to remind his campaign that we are not an expendable class.

Sen. Sanders has since done perhaps the best job of making it a point to include the needs of “African-Americans,” in his progressive political narrative.

*UPDATE: In 2022, SOSO ADAE, L3C has a different position on Sen. Bernie Sanders. At the time, standards were quite low as the struggle was simply to get “African-Americans” mentioned consistently in stump speeches in order to have our image represented and then our needs taken seriously: This has not happened.

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SOSO ADAE, L3C worked with the NAACP College Division to bring the Kirkpatrick senatorial campaign to the table with Black community leaders in Phoenix to address crippling incarceration rates, disenfranchisement, education, and a vision for making Arizona safe for Black families.

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Met with Rep. Raul Grijalva to discuss and draft an update H.R. 40, Rep. John Conyers “Reparations Bill,” and which has been submitted to congress for over two decades without action. As a result of our meeting, Rep. Conyers had his team “update” the bill by defining reparations. They are presently looking for senatorial sponsors.

Ways you can help:

Share SOSOADAE with others, sign our petition to “End Anti-Blackness in Our Time,” and donate via our Linktree (at this time, donations are not tax deductible – We want to find and publish the best writers disrupting anti-Black literary imagination and reimagining our collective possibilities. Your gift helps us bring in good people to get good work done).