A Black Feminist response to a retrenching administrative state

As the administrative state continues to retreat from its core goals, communities are looking for new ways to build safety and protection. A community built on the universal values of good and evil with equitable protections requires intentionality and focus. We offer a reminder of the ways that Black Feminism has invited us to build communities and lives rooted in love and imagination, while holding space for the messiness that could occur in community. With the changes brought on by the 47th president and his administration, cruelty in the name of cost saving and efficiency is the point; however, a just state should never look to kill or harm communities. This paper engages Black Feminism as a guide to sustain better futures during and after this retrenching government. Through the love ethic, Black Feminism evokes a care for humanity that supports the co-creation of a community rooted in values. Moreover, Black Feminism enables a vision into the future that cultivates dreaming and imagining for the individual and the tribe. We offer Black Feminism as a community-based solution rooted in humanity that can hold the messiness of the ever-evolving present moment and future. These offerings are a call to action in building communities.