Parents are so often made to feel shame for their children’s actions, for their kids being kids. Society is a fan of putting people into boxes. Mothers are supposed to keep their children in check. They’re told do dim their children’s light when they’re in public. This space is so revolutionary for allowing kid’s lights to shine brightly. They got to dance around, run around, give their input and be acknowledged like the real human minds that they are. Like facilitator Luzviminda Uzuri “Lulu” Carpenter put it, “Kids are our future ancestors.” Let’s treat them like it.

–Mercedes Delgado