So we must center Black liberation movements and frameworks, as Black liberation is liberation for everyone in a society within which global racial capitalism is upheld to exploit and eradicate the most melanated. I am elated and honored to have the opportunity to speak with Angela Davis at this year’s Power Shift 2021 Convergence. Davis is a Black liberation thought leader from my hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, who has inspired me through her writings and her journey. Her critiques of global racial capitalism and views on Pan-Afrikanism, which she links to a connected fight against imperialism and the oppression of Black labor, have influenced my ideology and frameworks.