When we conceptualize our nation as an ecosystem, our national and societal wounds — and their urgent need for repair — become deeply apparent. Despite this dire need for healing, it is also society’s responsi- bility to strive toward that reparation — to strive to nourish, to thrive effective- ly and efficiently. Michigan in Color’s was established in pursuit of healing and education. And while we attempt to distinguish our- selves as a section, we must continue with dignity and unwavering reclamation: The kind of resonance we can use to amplify your sen- timents, stories, ideas and truth — inspiring a com- munity understanding and safety. A creation of a new form of justice. Despite society’s superfi- cial attempts to placate peo- ple of color, this space was created to actualize empow- erment and flourishing in a nurturing community until these safe spaces are not an abnormality, but an expec- tation. The people have shown us the amount of revolu- tion that can happen in just a few short months. They have further elucidated— there exists a dire need for a nuanced approach to politi- cal and social movements, with knowledge of our his- torical past championed by the minority. We have learned that revolutions begin with education. We intend to start off the year on that note and ensure that the movement lives unapol- ogetically in our work. To our amazing summer man- aging editors, Gabrijela Skoko and Cheryn Hong, we thank you for bringing the fire and diligence to MiC that allowed this section to be a platform for that educa- tion, and we thank all of our amazing writers for provid- ing us with content that could enlighten week after week. Let’s keep it rolling. Michigan in Color is an entity whose work is grounded in ancestral and world knowledge, pursuing and springboarding valu- able change with empathy and unity. In everything we do, we hope to inspire oth- ers to center intersectional voices, injustices and sys- tems of oppression in order to properly establish a route toward restorative justice. In doing this, one will inevi- tably learn about the sur- prisingly universal ways in which we have all experi- enced life; we are not as dif- ferent as we may proclaim to be. The colonial violence that oppresses Black peo- ple in America is the same that oppresses Palestinians across the ocean, is the same that separates immigrant families at the border, is the same that draws district lines and upholds systemic poverty and mass incar- ceration. It is intolerable, if not deplorable, that a small fraction of the population, the billionaire elite, are given the power to destroy and exploit the environment to the exponential degree that they have. The voices we give a platform to in our space are voices of change, ones that have experienced some degree of oppression and who work to actively deconstruct the systems perpetuating that oppres- sion. These voices and our editors strive to empower individuals and bridge com- munities, but most impor- tantly and overwhelmingly to incite transformation, to incite revolution. This is a call to action. A call to join the ceaseless fight until all of our commu- nities have the same access to opportunity that we have as students at this Univer- sity. A call to requiring and demanding dignity and respect as a human right. To expose and dispose of sys- tems and mechanisms that use “—the consistent appli- cation of violent solutions to nonviolent, and often nonexistent, problems.” Michigan in Color needs your energy and your art, your peace and your pres- ence, not only as tangible documentation of our dis- satisfactions, but also of our jubilations. To the university and to communities across cam- pus, it is not enough to be aware. “Don’t you see the plants, the birds, the spi- ders and bees going about their individual tasks, put- ting the world in order, as best as they can? And you’re not willing to do your job as a human being? Why aren’t you running to do what your nature demands;” why is it radical to demand what our nature inclines? We urge all readers to con- tinue to learn and unlearn. Continue to question the systems that we are volun- tarily and involuntarily a part of. Continue to read- just your lens when a new angle is presented — having the difficult conversations along with the joyful ones. We urge all artists, all creators to continue shar- ing your stories with MiC and in general. We are currently hiring colum- nists, bloggers and graphic designers. If you are a stu- dent of color interested in contributing go online to apply and learn more about open positions. You do not need to hold one or any of these positions to write for the section, we accept contributions regularly, which you can submit to our email: michiganin- color@umich.edu. Do not underestimate your voice or your intellect — they are the foundations of peace and revolution, of hope and understanding and they are integral to societal develop- ment. MiC Editorial Staff The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Michigan In Color 6 — Wednesday, September 2, 2020 A Michigan in Color Manifesto Photo courtsey of DANIELA LUGO “There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. 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