Across generations and geographies, naming something was seen as a powerful act. Sometimes that was literally giving someone a name. Other times it was naming to claim or confront. As James Baldwin wrote: Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”

Across generations and geographies, naming something was seen as a powerful act. Sometimes that was literally giving someone a name. Other times it was naming to claim or confront. As James Baldwin wrote: Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”

Across generations and geographies, naming something was seen as a powerful act. Sometimes that was literally giving someone a name. Other times it was naming to claim or confront. As James Baldwin wrote: Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”