Inaugural issue of SALIMA magazine, themed "Emergence". Featuring Ali Anderson of Feed Black Futures.
"The theme for our first issue is EMERGENCE. Emergence has many meanings-- the word itself is a noun that goes back to the Latin root emergere, meaning "bring to light". It can mean the revealing of something that was once hidden, or something rising to the surface.
When we came up with this idea we thought we’d be coming out of quarantine by the time this magazine would be released–– however, like many others, we were sadly wrong about this pandemic’s timeline. While we may not be emerging from this pandemic, we are definitely emerging from many other things; letting go of hopelessness and stepping into new selves; learning how to ongoingly show up for communities and finding our roles in the social justice ecosystem; emerging into an era of humanity that ensures the safety and wellbeing of others in every action & on every level.
Emergence is how we change, how we expand, how we grow. What are the small ways we are changing & intentionally growing our capacity to embody the just and liberated worlds we long for? How do we allow the long defunct systems & ways of being to burn & what do we create in their place? With our world falling apart, how do we shape this change?*
*taken from adrienne maree brown, Emergent Strategy & Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower"
–A.R. 6/28/2024
