Co-lead of Restorative Practice Team
La’Nesha was born and raised in Chicago. She is a social worker focusing on expanding support in the mental health community, but she didn’t stop there. She began her journey of activism as a teen with A Long Walk Home, where her connection with I Am Why came to be. She is versatile in her reach of the communities she supports. She believes that healing begins with what we put into our bodies, with a plan to one day share that love and belief through her own cooking business. La’Nesha is an optimist: She believes there is ALWAYS a possibility and opportunity to make things happen right on time for yourself and others.
In the year of 2022, I became more awake to a world that felt like it hated women. Feeling more unsafe everyday. I remember reading so many posts and articles about women’s reproductive rights— CHOICE—being stripped from them. I was angry. I was furious...
Change They said that this day was to uplift our culture but somewhere in there, there is rage Like a slap on the risk, or a pat on the head, modernizing the modern days of slaves Change Happened when the slavery was abolished for “blacks” in 1865...
In I Am Why’s book circle, we focus on more than reading. We also grow our community through team building, which is part of I Am Why’s model of mentorship. The book circle reached a milestone in the month of January: We completed Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree...
She Writes A Response to The Little Book of Race and Restorative Justice, by Fania E. Davis Ani Bere A Enso Gya Asase Ye Duru Dear Ms. Davis, Our book circle has read your book, small but packed with so much power. We completed this read before the break of...
A path begun and ended A journey of a life wondering what is the truth to forgiveness She watched through the glass of her eyes To sprinkle glitter and wear pretty bows Or Throw a ball and wear the marks Without a fight or war but left with scars Dreams of being a...