Mary Curry

“Welcome to the Queendom: A Declaration of Civic Stewardship and Community Restoration” Welcome to the Queendom Dear Queens of the Linked Arms Communities, Welcome to the Queendom —a sacred circle of women who build, hold, protect, and restore community with wisdom, courage, and grace. I write to you today grounded in honor  for who you are and reverence  for the role you carry. A Queen is not defined by a crown, but by responsibility. Queens stabilize homes. Queens carry memory. Queens...

Dear LINKED ARMS (ADOES) Queens, On this Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I write to you not only to honor Dr. King—but to intentionally honor Coretta Scott King , a woman whose voice, vision, and discipline carried the movement when the cost was highest and the road most uncertain. Coretta once said: “Freedom is never really won. You earn it and win it in every generation.” She understood something deeply personal and profoundly political: that justice is not a moment—it is a lifetime commitment...

In Dedication to Ms. Lois Martin When I began writing blogs for the Queens of Linked Arms, my daughter once said, “Mom, when people see your dashes—and all your dots… it looks like AI is writing for you.” I laughed at first, but then I paused—because this tone, these pauses, these dots and dashes… this is me. This is how I think, how I process, how I breathe on paper. As Black women, we code-switch in so many ways just to be understood, just to be heard. And now—one more thing—I found myself...