Dear  my Afro-Latinas,

I am calling on all my Afro-Latinas. I want you to close your eyes , open your heart and feel your soul.  I understand the feeling of not knowing where you fit in or understanding who you are.  We have all had those days we didn’t feel beautiful because we didn’t match what society’s ” perception” of beauty is.

 This is exactly where we start with.  We must stop trying to live up to what other people standards of beauty are.  It is important that we value ourselves as women and as Afro-Latinas  because we are unique.

Our ancestors reflected courage , determination and persistence and we must continue their legacy of strength and live on with it . So that future generations feel protected  and secured. We should feel proud to say that we are Afro-Latina because we are somebody.

I know we aren’t recognized enough. I understand we aren’t seen enough. I feel we aren’t  treated good enough. I believe we aren’t respected enough.  We are always told we aren’t enough.  But I am here to tell you that you are enough.  There are many of us out there we just have to find them and let them know how powerful our community is and invite them in .

We must unify together and create a movement , by standing together and supporting each other through it all.  The first step is recognizing our own strengths and appreciating our own presence then working towards building our own community.

#I want to see a change  #You want to see a change  #We will make a change

Then people will say they made a change.

Afro-Latina’s we will be represented and praised it  will take time but we will get there .  Our presence , our story and our lives matter and as long as we know that ourselves . We will get there.

  – SignedJenay