02/01/2026
As we mark 100 years of Black History Month, we do so in a nation approaching its 250th anniversary — a moment that demands honesty about who built this country, whose labor sustained it, and whose freedom has too often been delayed and denied.
At the very same time, forces like Project 2025 are working to erase truth, roll back hard-won rights, and silence the history and humanity of Black people and other marginalized communities.
Yet across the globe, the United Nations is calling the world to account through the Second Decade of People of African Descent — affirming that recognition, repair, and justice are not radical ideas, but moral imperatives.
Here in New York, we are choosing a different path.
As a member of the Brooklyn NAACP, I am proud to advance the work of eradicating racism at the local and national level. In the New York State Legislature, I am advancing the goals of reparations, equity, and structural change. As Vice Chair of the New York State Black Legislative Task Force, and as a member of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators and the Black, Puerto Rican, NOBEL Women Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus, I remain deeply committed to truth-telling, building power, and shaping a future where Black people can live free, thrive fully, and define our own destiny.
A century of commemorations is more than remembrance.
It is a commitment to telling the accurate and inclusive truth.
And we will achieve it by keeping moving forward — together.
Welcome to Black History Month 2026.
