“When we are forgotten, who will remember us?”

The act of being remembered is one that is taken for granted. I have had the opportunity to be able to be in community with other Black queer people, Black queer from the diaspora, etc. I have this understanding as a Black queer person, it is a privilege to have access to people that share space with other that have intersecting identities parallel to one another.  In the years I have been able to be in conversation with others and learn from folks it has come to my knowledge that is not the case for everyone. As well as, even though that some people do have the chance to connect with another there is an erasure of Black queer people in the prairies.

In “When we are forgotten, who will remember us?” is encouraging the activation of remembering and when those communities are erased what impact does that have on future generations but also the ones living in the present. Although this text has a specific intention about who is being erased, I want the viewer to think of the significance of erasure and how that applies to other communities as well.

New Voices Billboard (2022)