Radical policies like feeding the hungry, freezing rent, making transportation accessible, and providing health care to the sick? I think he's confusing the word radical to mean something he and his people cant profit from.

Now, let's get it!

We celebrate the win AND apply pressure. Every. Time. Every. One.

Albany needs: youth investment + opportunities, small biz support, real nightlife strategy, community-rooted safety, accessible City Hall. The racial wealth gap widened under Sheehan. We are living with the consequences. Baldwin loved America enough to critique it. Same for me + Albany.

The theme from Smallville!

I LOVE this series! Enjoy!!

I’m still here. Still growing. Still fighting. If my story resonates, I’d love to hear yours. Let’s build together. 💜 #BlackFeminism #ReproductiveJustice #AbolitionNow #CommunityCare #ClyannaLightbourn #BlackLiberation

This is my story—of loss, love, resilience & refusing to shrink. If nothing else, know this: you don’t have to make yourself small to survive. Take up space. Demand more. Build what you need.

That’s also why I became a doula. Black birthing people are dying at alarming rates, and the system doesn’t care. But I do. My Black feminist politics demand that I protect, advocate & build the care networks our people deserve.

I’ve said the same things for a decade, but now? With a degree, people listen. I’m bridging the gap between mental health, the legal system & Black liberation. Our people deserve care, not cages.

They set us up for failure, discarded us when we pushed back. That loss hurt, but it didn’t break me. It sharpened me. It led me to pursue my Master’s in Forensic Mental Health—not for validation, but because I knew people take you seriously when you have credentials.

We were overworked, under-supported, and when we fought back? We were punished. I participated in the unionizing efforts, fighting for dignity & fair labor practices. And for that, I was unceremoniously fired under the guise of “poor performance.”

When I thought I was rebuilding, I joined a Queer Black woman-led org that seemed like everything I had worked toward. I poured my heart into it. But behind the scenes? Their praxis didn’t match their rhetoric.

But the road was hard. The Albany Roach Debacle—false accusations, public shame, losing my job. The weight of being implicated in something I had no part in, the whispers, the lost opportunities—I carried that shame for too long. I still fight to clear my reputation.

I began working in the New York State Senate, helping Senators in Western NY connect with their constituents. I helped herald their victories so their communities knew that real change was happening.