WE THE URBAN

I hope August is good to you.

It’s okay to set July down gently. You did enough.

Sometimes the hardest goodbye is the one where nobody did anything wrong.

Praying you have a soft August. You've endured enough.

August is going to be good for your mental health.

July asked a lot of you. Thank you for not giving up on yourself.

The bravest thing you can do is stop mourning the life you expected and start noticing the one that's trying to find you.

Your dream doesn't need to be understood by others to be worth pursuing. Let it look strange. Let it be yours.

One of the purest forms of loyalty is someone protecting your name when you're not in the room.

Grief is a wild ride. Sometimes you never really get over it… you just get used to the fact that it happened. I find solace in knowing that healing doesn’t always mean missing it less. Sometimes it just means carrying it differently.

Too many Black families are left asking a question no family should ever have to ask: Would this have been different if our loved one had been white? Nolan Wells' name should never have had to become an international headline. His family deserves answers. Now.