ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author highlights and take direction from the ways in which the work of fierce and brave Black women, Black trans and queer people, and Black feminist men have allowed her to rethink the work she do at her home institution. She also critique the ways higher education seeks to resist systemic change, and offers examples of how she have operationalized Black feminist thought and practice in the work she do as a scholar and administrator who is nontenured to advance social justice work in a way that follows the leadership of these brave organizers for justice. The author occupy two roles on her campus. She is, first, a newly minted administrator in academic affairs tasked with embedding diversity and inclusion within the division. Second, she hold an adjunct assistant professor position in anthropology. As a sociocultural anthropologist, she is trained to examine national and global issues and then understand how they operate at the local level.
