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28 days --- 56 ways to be Young, Gifted and Black: Brittany Ferrell


How do you spend your days?

I work a lot. I'm a labor and delivery nurse. I work on a high risk unit that is both mentally and emotionally draining but I absolutely love my job. I'm able to stand in the gap of healthcare and the community it often overlooks. I'm able to provide education to my patients about themselves and their new baby. It's very fulfilling. I joke around and call myself Robin Hood with the knowledge. Since i have the privilege, I'm taking all of the knowledge I can from institutions, processing it through a intersectional, racial, and radical lens, and giving it to the people. It feels good. When i'm not at work i'm plotting on my next move of resistance and loving up on my family and friends.

What brings you joy?

I day dream a lot. I feel like we have to. Dreaming of a better world and what liberation would feel and look like. my principles are based of off those visions. I find joy in that. I also love to laugh, spend time with my daughter, listen to trap music and dance like a rapper. Being around people who love me, and doing things that make me feel good is important to me. I had to learn to make it a practice. 

What is liberation to you?

Liberation is love and freedom. Liberation is healthcare for all people. It's clean water, food, and housing for EVERYONE. It's equitable education for our youth. It's us having the autonomy and control over our own bodies. It's honest. and radical. and, I just have to say this because I don't think about liberation and not think about sustainability: lastly, in short, liberation is minding your business unless someone's person or rights are being threatened, lol. and I know we'll get free one day.

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