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by Sharelle B. McNair

October 29, 2025

Trump Administration Ordered To Give Back Grants For School Mental Health Counselors

Evanson labeled the federal agency’s decision arbitrary and touched on it being capricious as the states argued the damage done from the grants being cut.

A judge has ordered the Trump administration to administer millions of dollars in grants meant to address the shortage of mental health workers in schools, after cancelling $1 billion in funding, ABC News reports.

In a preliminary ruling by Seattle U.S. District Court Judge Kymberly K. Evanson, the White House has been ordered to restore grant funding used to hire mental health counselors and social workers to 16 states that challenged the Department of Education’s (DOE) decision to withhold funding past December 2025 in the name of diversity opposition.

The grants were part of the Congressionally -funded 2022 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, a bill passed following the school shooting that took place in Uvalde, Texas, resulting in 19 elementary school students and two adults being killed at the hands of a teenage gunman. According to NPR, the bill would pour federal dollars into schools to address concerns of a student mental health crisis.

However, once President Trump dialed back on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices in schools, the DOE said the grants violated “the letter or purpose of federal civil rights law,” even though the grants had already proven their worth.

In Corbett, Oregon, the grants helped Superintendent Derek Fialkiewicz more than triple the number of school mental health professionals in his district of 1,100 students, which is largely rural. Before the funding came into play, the school official said his district had just two counselors, which he realized was “just not sustainable for our students and especially coming out of COVID.”

Evanson labeled the federal agency’s decision arbitrary and called it capricious, as the states argued about the damage caused by the grants being cut. “Congress created these programs to address the states’ need for school-based mental health services in their schools, and has repeatedly reaffirmed the need for those services over the years by reauthorizing and increasing appropriations to these programs,” Evanson wrote.

“There is no evidence the Department considered any relevant data about the Grants at issue.”

The ruling will reinstate funding to Democratic-led states and districts, including Madera County, California, restoring close to $3.8 million. Marin County in the same state will get back $8 million. Hopefully, other states like Maine will reap the benefits of the ruling, as the Trump team claims their decision was based on the thought that the funding was harmful to children since some aspects of the grant touched on race.

After the bill was passed, the grants assisted nine rural school districts in Maine in hiring 10 new school mental health workers and retaining four more.

by Cedric 'BIG CED' Thornton

October 29, 2025

Ice-T, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Arabian Prince Prep Release Of Animated Series, ‘Tehk City’

The series is a “high-octane animated neo-noir”

An animated action series, Tehk City, co-created by Ice-T and Tommy The Animator and executive-produced by Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, and Arabian Prince, is slated for release in 2026.

According to Deadline, the series is being produced with Ambitious Entertainment, which is in discussions with domestic and international distributors and streamers. Tehk City has been described as a “high-octane animated neo-noir” that “unfolds in a brutal, near-future penal colony where every choice is life or death, chaos reigns and only the ruthless survive.”

“I just wanted to bring something new to animation that’s never been seen before, coming from the mind of a Black creator out of the projects of the Upper West Side of Manhattan,” said Ice-T in a written statement.

Industry veterans Ken Corben, Kirk Shaw, and Thomas Vitale are also on board as producers and EPs, with Rusty Cundeiff as a producer and Robert Rippberger as another EP.

“Tehk City is one of those rare projects that came together through the collaboration of an exceptional team,” Ambitious Entertainment’s Shaw said. “We’re creating a world only animation could capture, where morality is a luxury and the visual style is as fierce as the story itself.”

The series was initially introduced in 2022 as DEATH FOR HIRE: The Origin of Tehk City. The animated series will showcase a group of pushers and killers who toe the line between anti-hero and arch-villain, quickly obscuring reality.

Earlier this year, Ice-T honored his longtime friend, Snoop, when he presented the veteran rapper with the Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the 2025 Webby Awards. Billboard reported that the 29th annual Webby Awards took place May 12 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. Snoop was recognized for his trailblazing business ventures, including Broadus Foods and cannabis products, TV appearances, and Death Row Records, the record label that launched his career.

contraceptives Trump administration, Africans, Belgium, Belgians

by Jeroslyn JoVonn

October 28, 2025

Aid Workers Fear Trump Administration May Be Stockpiling Contraceptives Until Expiration

Concerns are mounting that the Trump administration may be storing $9.7 million in contraceptives in Belgium until they expire.

Concerns are rising over the Trump administration’s decision to store $9.7 million worth of U.S.-purchased contraceptives in Belgian warehouses until they expire.

The undelivered contraceptives, initially intended for donation to various African countries and procured by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Biden administration, are now being stored indefinitely in Belgian warehouses, CNN reported, as many U.S. foreign aid programs have been discontinued under Trump.

With most products set to expire in 2028 or 2029, and the earliest batch expiring in April 2027, aid workers fear the U.S. government may be allowing the supplies to sit until they become unusable or ineligible for export.

Elsewhere, the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) says that most of the supplies are intended for Tanzania, which enforces minimum shelf-life requirements for medical imports. Marcel Van Valen, head of Supply Chain at IPPF, said that around one million injectable vials and over 400,000 implants, together valued at $3.97 million, will no longer meet Tanzanian import standards by the end of this year or mid-next year. Under Tanzanian regulations, “any device with a shelf life of more than 24 months whose remaining shelf life is less than 60%” cannot be imported.

“It’s urgent that we receive these resources before they become ineligible for import,” said Dr. Bakari Omary, the project coordinator at the NGO Umati, which is IPPF’s member organization in Tanzania. “The contraceptives being held represent 28% of the country’s total annual need, and not having them is already impacting clients’ reproductive health and family planning freedoms.”

The U.S. State Department previously stated that it had made a “preliminary decision” to destroy the contraceptives stored in Belgium by incineration for $167,000. However, the plan was blocked by regulations in Flanders, Belgium, which prohibit the incineration of reusable medical devices.

Since the incineration plans became public knowledge, aid workers have urged the Trump administration to deliver the contraceptives to women in Tanzania, Mali, Kenya, and other countries, or to sell them to NGOs that could distribute them. They warn that the undelivered supplies, combined with cuts to family planning programs, could lead to higher maternal deaths, unsafe abortions, and economic hardship from unplanned pregnancies.

However, representatives from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), and MSI Reproductive Choices all claim that the U.S. government has ignored or rejected their offers to purchase the contraceptives.

“Destination countries, including Tanzania (the main recipient), as well as others such as Malawi, Bangladesh, DR Congo, Kenya, apply importation rules that limit entry to medicines with a specific percentage of remaining shelf life,” IPPF’s head of supply chain Marcel Van Valen said.”

The contraceptives consist mainly of long-acting birth control methods, including intrauterine devices (IUDs), rod implants, injections, and tablets containing levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol. However, a U.S. State Department spokesperson previously described the supplies in Belgium as “certain abortifacient birth control commodities from terminated Biden-era USAID contracts,” a controversial remark reflecting ongoing U.S. debates over when life begins.

The UNFPA is pressing ahead with its efforts to purchase the contraceptives and address the ongoing maternal health crisis.

“Contraceptives save lives. Around the world, there are over 250 million women who want to avoid pregnancy but are not able to access family planning,” UNFPA said in a statement. “UNFPA and its partners estimate that filling this unmet need for family planning could reduce maternal deaths by approximately 25%.”

Innovative Black-Owned Products To Savor On National Chocolate Day

by Ahsan Washington

October 28, 2025

Innovative Black-Owned Products To Savor On National Chocolate Day

Chocolate is synonymous with indulgence, luxury, and sheer delight.

For generations, chocolate has been synonymous with indulgence, luxury, and sheer delight; for entrepreneurs, though, it doubles as a canvas for invention and innovation. Whether it’s hand‑crafted chocolate bars, cocoa‑infused skincare, opulent desserts or chocolate‑spiked spirits, Black‑owned companies are reshaping how chocolate is savored.

BLACK ENTERPRISE spotlights five standout products—each carving out its niche with chocolate from kitchen creations to spa products—on National Chocolate Day, Tuesday, Oct. 28.

BLAQUE Chocolate–Chocolate in a Bottle

BLAQUE–Chocolate in a Bottle is a gourmet white wine crafted from Chardonnay grapes and infused with cacao and hazelnut extracts. The highly flavorful spirit is available nationwide. The visionary behind this blend is entrepreneur Marsau Scott, who also runs the Blaque Cigar Lounge in Huntsville, Alabama. Scott set out to marry the allure of chocolate with the precision of winemaking, delivering a fresh indulgent experience from a Black‑owned lifestyle brand.

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Matugga–Mocha Rum

Matugga Rum, is a marriage of cocoa and coffee that hit shelves in 2024, after a surge of demand brought to life by Paul and Jacine Rutasikwa at their Black‑owned, family‑run distillery in Scotland. The spirit bears the mark of hands‑on craftsmanship and deep heritage, showing how a whisper of chocolate can lift a premium spirit while honoring Black distilling excellence.

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Good Girl Chocolate

Good Girl Chocolate was founded by Dr. Tabatha Carr, a Black woman entrepreneur and wellness advocate from Oklahoma City. Good Girl Chocolate has rolled out its dairy‑free, refined‑sugar‑free, chocolate line, which includes truffles, bars, and bite‑size treats to more than 150 Whole Foods Market stores across 20 states. Carr’s brand marries indulgence with the drive to scale a chocolate business onto the national retail stage.

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’57 Chocolate

In 2016, ’57 Chocolate sprang to life, turning sourced cocoa beans into an assortment of chocolate bars and confections. The business is run by sisters Kimberly and Priscilla Addison from Accra, Ghana. ’57 Chocolate is an illustration of African ownership of the entire cocoa‑to‑chocolate journey while honoring Ghana’s year of independence in its name.

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Kaike–Chocolate Mask + Scrub

Born from the vision of Black entrepreneur Keli Smith, Kaike introduces its Crumb Coat Chocolate Mask, a blend of clay and cocoa powder that sweeps away impurities while delivering a soothing exfoliation. Available at Kaike’s online store, the brand fuses the indulgence of chocolate with clean‑beauty principles, turning a skincare step into a wholesome ritual.

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by Nahlah Abdur-Rahman

October 28, 2025

TikTok’s New ‘5 O’Clock’ Trend Shows Off Black Employees’ Post-Work Glow Up

The trend has gained traction on social media for the vast difference between one's work looks versus out-of-office aesthetic.

Black TikTok is showing off how they show out after work in a new “Five O’Clock” trend.

The trend has captivated the internet as it shows what people look like at their day job, as well as reveal how they look once they clock out. The viral clips show how Black employees keep things professional during their 9-to-5 shifts, leading some commenters to laugh about these “double lives.”

Black TikTokers posted their Monday best to compare with their Happy Hour finest. The Shade Room showed off some popular posts from the trend of the moment.

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Under the premise of “work hard, play harder,” TikTokers showed how they support students in the classroom to later basking in a sunlight selfie. Others displayed their corporate headshots while then unveiling their nightlife attire.

The trend reveals even deeper shift when employees can finally step out or unwind after a long work day. Commenters particularly noted the switch up of the last video, where it showed one individual making the transition to feminine work attire to become more masculine-presenting when out and about.

“I did not expect the last lady to go from talk show host to Latifah from set it off,” joked one Instagram user.

Another wrote, “The last one took me out!!! Wasn’t expecting that switch up at all!!! Miss ma’am is cosplaying as a Fem during work hours lol.”

Others remarked how the popular trend has them wanting to show off how they look at 5:01pm.

A user shared, “I’m def jumping on the trend. My students don’t know their teacher is a true baddie.”

The trend highlights how Black people in the workforce can present differently in the office while having an entirely different aesthetic on the weekend. While still keeping things professional on the weekdays, the Five O’Clock trend lightheartedly shows how Black people keep their versatility and personality no matter the profession.

by Jeroslyn JoVonn

October 28, 2025

OpenAI To Launch AI Music Generation Platform Trained By Juilliard Students

OpenAI is preparing to release a new AI music generation platform.

OpenAI is set to expand its influence in the booming AI sector with the launch of a new AI music generation platform.

The $500 billion-valued company behind ChatGPT and the Sora AI video creation tool is preparing to enter the generative AI music space, according to The Information. To prepare for the new product launch, OpenAI has been working with students at the prestigious Juilliard School of Music, who have annotated scores to create training data.

According to sources, the music generation tool could be used to add soundtracks to videos or provide instrumental accompaniment to vocal tracks. It is not yet reported to generate a complete song from scratch using only a text prompt, unlike platforms such as Suno and Udio.

OpenAI’s move into music generation comes amid a wave of lawsuits targeting AI music platforms, in which artists and record labels allege copyright infringement for using real music to train AI models. The rise of AI-generated content has also sparked broader criticism within the music industry. In September, streaming service Deezer reported that 28% of tracks uploaded to its platform were fully AI-generated, up from 18% in April.

All the while, “AI artists,” whose songs are entirely created by AI, have accumulated millions of plays on Spotify, raising concerns that AI music is capturing a growing share of streaming royalties. Most recently, Timbaland introduced his AI artist, TaTa Taktumi, who released the debut single “Glitch x Pulse” Oct. 10.

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The launch included a futuristic music video featuring dancing robots, a spaceship, and a performance by the Jabbawockeez dance crew, with Timbaland producing the beat and executive producing the video through his AI entertainment company, Stage Zero. Despite the mixed responses Timbaland receives over his adoption of AI, he continues to champion the burgeoning art form.

“While we frequently discuss AI, I believe it’s the only entity that embodies a genuine soul right now,” Timbaland said earlier this year on the Inner Court podcast. “It allows for the expression of true feelings, resulting in it coming out beautiful.”

by Jeroslyn JoVonn

October 28, 2025

Abby Phillip Recalls Viral Cam’ron Interview About Diddy Case: ‘It Was Ridiculous’

CNN's Abby Phillip is opening up about her "ridiculous" interview with rapper Cam'ron about the Diddy case.

Abby Phillip is recalling her awkward CNN interview with rapper Cam’ron, where her questions about the Sean “Diddy” Combs case went off track.

CNN NewsNight host Abby Phillip appeared on The Breakfast Club on Oct. 28, where she was asked about her now-viral interview with Cam’ron regarding the Diddy case. During that exchange, Cam’ron seemed offended by Phillip’s questions and hinted that he was more focused on using “pink horsepower” for plans he had after the interview. Reflecting on the moment, Phillip said it was then that she realized she needed to wrap up the conversation.

“I knew that we needed to end the interview, and obviously, we needed to end the interview,” she said in a clip shared online. “We were up against the end of the show, and we didn’t; we had to get to a certain time. You know, I had to land that plane, and I did, and it was ridiculous, but as we know, that was the point.”

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Charlamagne noted a recent interview in which Cam’ron called the CNN segment his favorite viral moment. He said Cam’ron felt CNN reached out to him “for things that aren’t about what he does.” Phillip, however, countered that Cam’ron’s team had indicated he wanted to discuss the Diddy case.

“All I will say is that we were told by his team that he wanted to talk about this, not the other way around,” Phillip said. “We don’t book people about things they don’t want to talk about.”

The claim runs counter to what Cam’ron said during the May 2024 interview, when he grew visibly frustrated as Phillip questioned him about the Diddy case and his influence in the music industry.

“Who’s the talent agent for this joint? You think I be sitting around watching what Diddy do? I didn’t know this was a Diddy joint that y’all invited me to. Who booked me for this joint?” Cam’ron snapped.

In hindsight, Phillip doesn’t regret the interview and wasn’t embarrassed by how it unfolded. She remains committed to engaging with people who are “interesting and different.”

“We are not going to take this as a moment to say, ‘This happened to us. We can’t have people like that on our air again.’ I don’t believe in that,” she explained. “I think that we are out here trying to hear from people who are interesting and different, and maybe sometimes it goes left, and it was important to me to convey to them that we’re not going to go into a little ball and be like, ‘Oh my God, this went viral, and this was embarrassing.’ No, this too shall pass.”

Phillip continued. “Like he had his moment. It was fine. I don’t really care. Do I wish he didn’t do that on the air? Yeah, it was great. But I’m not using it as an excuse to say that we’re going to play it safe on television because that’s not what we’re doing here.”

Parents, Timeout Box, NY Elementary Students

by Sharelle B. McNair

October 28, 2025

Parent Groups Want Education Audits To Nix DEI Policy And Hiring Practices

Some of the participating groups worked with conservative group Pacific Legal Foundation to dump a Black-only scholarship using the KKK Act of 1871.

Parental rights advocacy groups have banded together to call for an education audit across state lines, expressing DEI, poor hiring practices, and gender discrimination is being used for K-12 school policies, Fox News reported.

In a letter signed by Defending Education with more than 20 other parental rights in education groups, the crews are pushing for state leaders in all 50 U.S. states and Washington, D.C., to repeal or modify any provisions permitting race or sex-based preferences in its hiring and programming policies. The groups accuse the policies of violating titles VI, VII, or IX of the Civil Rights Act or Equal Protection Clause in addition to limiting student safety with poor hiring vetting practices.

Defending Education’s senior director of communications, Erika Sanzi, claims diversity has been the scapegoat for states to allegedly violate federal laws, calling it a “common practice.” “With so many ideological bullies in state government and in our schools, cowardice and ignorance have ruled the day for far too long,” she said.

“State laws, regulations and practices that promote (and even require) race and sex-based discrimination must be exposed and eliminated. It’s time that every state cleans up the mess they’ve made in the name of DEI.”

Some of the participating groups include School Boards for Academic Excellence, Parents Unite, Protective Parent Coalition, Conservative Ladies of America, Awake Illinois, Power2Parent, and Californians for Equal Rights Foundation, who just worked with conservative group Pacific Legal Foundation to dump a Black-only scholarship using the KKK Act of 1871.

The sudden cause for concern came after a firestorm surrounding the resignation of Des Moines, Iowa, Superintendent Ian Roberts in September 2025. Roberts, who is Black, was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents due to having “a final order of removal and no work authorization.”

Des Moines school officials are suing consulting company, JG Consulting, which assisted in selecting Roberts as a candidate for the job of overseeing the state’s largest school district, for which he was hired in 2023. As part of the process, Roberts had to undergo a background check and disclose if he was ever charged with a misdemeanor, felony, or major traffic violation — including driving under the influence.

The letter also highlighted a growing pattern of teachers being accused of sexually abusing children in recent years. The group listed data that “a public school employee who sexually abuses children is, on average, passed to three school districts and can abuse up to 73 children before they are fired or face legal consequences.”

Since the Trump 2.0 administration took over the White House in January 2025, the efforts to dial back on DEI practices have heightened after the Supreme Court’s controversial overturning of affirmative action in 2023. President Donald Trump signed an executive order against the use of the practice in the federal government, military, and schools.

Defending Education was a huge supporter in the President’s efforts, even patting themselves on the back for playing a pivotal role in allegedly exposing school administrators and districts. “I do think that we are in a better place than we were in 2021. I also think that a lot of people are waking up to the reality of what the law is,” Sanzi wrote in a Washington Examiner article, according to KATV.

“What they’ve learned is, no, you cannot discriminate on the basis of race, period, in a public school setting.”

Some of the “exposed” educators and leaders have faced charges including an Evanston, Illinois Superintendent who allegedly determined which students returned to school after the pandemic on a race and sexual orientation basis.

by Jeroslyn JoVonn

October 28, 2025

Louis Vuitton And Pharrell Williams Claim Coogi Is Trying To ‘Monopolize An Aesthetic’ In Copyright Lawsuit

Louis Vuitton and Pharrell Williams claim Coogi is attempting to “monopolize an aesthetic” in a copyright lawsuit.

Louis Vuitton and Pharrell Williams are fighting back against a copyright infringement lawsuit alleging they copied Coogi’s signature style and aesthetic, accusing the Australian fashion brand of trying to “monopolize an aesthetic.”

In a motion to dismiss filed on Oct. 17, lawyers for the luxury fashion house and Pharrell Williams argue that Coogi is attempting to claim exclusive ownership of a vague, functional aesthetic that Louis Vuitton has never treated as a protectable expression, consistently used, or established as having secondary meaning, The Fashion Law reports.

According to Williams and Louis Vuitton, Coogi is attempting to “monopolize an aesthetic,” but “you cannot infringe a style,” their filing states.

In May, Coogi filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York against Louis Vuitton Malletier, Louis Vuitton USA, and Pharrell Williams, alleging that several pieces from Louis Vuitton’s F/W 2025 menswear collection infringe on its intellectual property tied to a 2014 sweater design created with Rag & Bone. Coogi asserts that the collection “mirrors” its iconic visual identity.

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However, in their legal response, Louis Vuitton and Pharrell argue that Coogi isn’t claiming they copied a specific sweater, but rather that they borrowed a general vibe. According to the defendants, “you cannot infringe a style—whether through copyright or trade dress.” Yet, that is “exactly what COOGI claims happened here,” the filing states.

They argue that Coogi is trying to “monopolize an aesthetic” and assert that Louis Vuitton’s designs are original, contrasting with Coogi’s more organic, asymmetrical knit patterns popularized by ’90s rappers. The lawsuit followed Louis Vuitton’s January 21, 2025, Paris runway show, where Pharrell Williams showcased a menswear line heavily focused on knits, which many in the fashion world labeled “Coogi-inspired.” In their recent filing, Louis Vuitton and Williams dismissed such claims as mere “press chatter” without legal merit.

“There is no monopoly on multicolored sweaters,” their filing states.

by Nahlah Abdur-Rahman

October 28, 2025

Atlanta’s Unhoused Musicians Get New Spotlight In Viral ‘Dirty Luxury’ Studio Sessions

The musicians have gained fame and support by being platformed on Dirty Luxury.

Unhoused musicians in Atlanta have a new avenue to showcase their artistry in outdoor studio sessions.

Through music, local artists have found a way to showcase the talent within Atlanta’s unhoused community. Called Dirty Luxury, a group of four decided to take their studio to the streets of Atlanta. Putting unhoused people on the mic has led to advocacy and awareness of their situations. In some instances, it has even changed their lives monetarily.

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Dirty Luxury’s creators, Demetrius Worthy, Jahquez McKenzie, Kino Lewis, and Cedric Brown, started the makeshift studio sessions in May. Since then, they have gained traction for their viral sessions, unlocking the talent within this niche community.

“We’re changing people’s lives on a day-to-day basis, not just in that moment,” Worthy said to Fox 5. “We had one person that we recorded go from no followers on Instagram — I’m not saying that Instagram is an important place — but go to 100,000 followers plus just from being on our page. Not only was he able to receive followers, but he raised over $13,000 on GoFundMe.”

The setup includes the mic and an open invitation for those living within these unhoused sectors to showcase their skills. With over 40 homeless artists spotlighted thus far, the team uses its platform to help new fans support these struggling artists directly. This direct engagement often leads to further listens and donations.

The unlikely cause helps others recognize themselves in these artists’ situation, driving compassion and empathy for these unhoused musicians. The artists impacted also expressed their own gratitude for the opportunity with Dirty Luxury. They said it offers a look at their entire humanity from beyond a charitable perspective.

“It was a blessing because you don’t find too many people out here like that,” shared one artist, Ivery Molden, after getting on the mic. “Especially noticing the people that get unnoticed every day.”

Atlanta has also dealt with a persistent homelessness crisis. According to Capital B News, the Point-In-Time homelessness census count revealed a third consecutive year of increased homelessness for the city. Given Atlanta’s diverse population, the majority of local homeless families also identify as Black.

For Worthy, the purpose is to ensure Atlanta remembers the unhoused members of its creative community and that their art matters, too.

“We’re not able to pick the cards that we are dealt,” he added. “And the cards we are dealt most often end with these people in the positions that they are in today, so you have to treat everyone with humility.”