Black History Month: Rooted in Legacy, Moving in Power

🖤✨  Our History, Our Power, Our Call

A message to Linked Arms Queens

From Mary Curry, Co-President, Linked ARMS Association

Queens,

As we step into Black History Month, I want to pause with intention and speak directly to you—the women who hold families together, build systems where none existed, and show up every day with courage, wisdom, and love.

Black History Month is not just a moment on the calendar. It is a living reminder that our stories matter, our labor matters, and our leadership matters.

What Black History Month means

Black History Month was created to confront erasure and to ensure that the contributions of Black people are seen, studied, and honored. It reminds us that Black history is not separate from American history—it is American history.

Our ancestors were educators, caregivers, organizers, entrepreneurs, artists, healers, and freedom fighters—often without credit, protection, or resources. Yet they built anyway. Loved anyway. Led anyway.

And because they did, we are here.

Why this month matters to Linked Arms Queens

Linked Arms Queens stand in that same lineage.

• We are culture keepers in early learning, family care, advocacy, and community leadership.

• We are bridge builders, often navigating systems not designed with us in mind.

• We are truth tellers, holding space for joy and grief, resistance and healing.

Engaging Black History Month is not symbolic—it is grounding. It restores us. It reminds us that we are not isolated, not new to this work, and not alone.

When we know our history, we move with clarity.

When we honor our history, we lead with confidence.

When we teach our history, we protect the future.

How Queens can engage this month

This month, I invite us to move beyond performative gestures and lean into practice:

• Learn with intention: Read, listen, and study Black history—especially the stories of Black women whose leadership often goes unnamed.

• Reflect together: Create space for conversation about how history shows up in your work, your family, and your leadership today.

• Celebrate each other: Honor the Queens among us whose everyday work continues the legacy of care, resistance, and excellence.

• Teach the truth: Share honest, age-appropriate Black history with children—centering joy, brilliance, resilience, and pride.

✊🏾 Call to Action: Link Arms on Purpose

Queens, this is our call.

During Black History Month, commit to one intentional act each week:

• Host or join a learning or reflection circle

• Uplift a Black woman leader or elder in your community

• Share a story from your own lineage or journey

• Invest time, mentorship, or resources where they are most needed

Black History Month is not a pause—it is a power source.

When Linked Arms Queens engage with knowledge, we don’t just remember history—we shape it, protect it, and pass it forward.

With love, strength, and solidarity,

Mary Curry

Co-President, Linked ARMS Association 🖤✨