We asked folks about legacy and what they want people to remember about them. We’ve shared some of those responses below.

Bethany Dickens Assaf | Playwright and Producing Director of Whiskey Theatre Factory

As a playwright and an independent theatre producer, I think often about whether or not my work will have any staying power – I believe that part of why all of us write is to put our voices out there, beyond ourselves! As I get older, however, I’m beginning to realize that the impacts I’m most proud of are not the occasional awards, paychecks, or productions. Read more>>

Deborah Samukele Khumalo-Dludla | The Film Producer, Director and Music Composer

I want people to remember me as groundbreaking, a trendsetter and the most brilliant and black talented woman who has ever lived from Africa. I want my legacy to be change and impact to everyone I have crossed paths with. I see myself as a cat with many lives. Read more>>

Aliya Kenyatta | Therapist & Relationship Specialist

I want them to remember what it felt like to speak with me during therapy. To know what it feels like to truly be themselves and comfortable within our therapeutic relationship. I try my best to model healthy relationships, which includes healthy confrontation, laughter, and sometimes tears. Read more>> 

Sierra Massey | Senior Student Midwife & Holistic Birthkeeper

I want my legacy to be that I broke generational curses in my bloodline, that I stood for what was right and true. I want people to remember me as their midwife who helped safely bring their babies earthside and as a mother who guided her children to be who they are.  Read more>>

Karla Lamb | Poet, Event Producer & Community Organizer

As a grassroots community organizer & poet, I want to be remembered as someone who cared about uplifting the marginalized Queer & literary collectives, as someone that stood up for others, & as a good friend. I’d love to be remembered as someone that wasn’t scared to stand up against oppressive systems, as someone that pioneered her own path. Read more>>