I won't shut up: finding your voice when the world tries to silence you

Overture: Confession of a loud Black woman

Act I. The (not so) secret origin of Ally Henny

A walking contradiction

The constellation of harms

Losing my voice

Unpretty (I wanna dance with somebody)

White noise

Intermission: Easy on me

Act II. If white folks don't do nothing else, they will make sure to do racism

Faking the funk (the sacrifices we make)

Barack Obama is the Antichrist

Keepin' it real

Stonewall Jackson, hear our prayers

Finding my voice

Diverse don't mean free

No, I won't shut up

Intermission: A letter to my children

Act III. It's time to get free

You don't have to shut up either (leave them on read)

Be loud and right

Letting go (white people need their feelings hurt)

Loss management (trouble in my way)

Waiting to exhale

Curtain call: Acknowledging the community who encouraged me not to shut up.