About Us
Our Mission
Black Like Water identifies, amplifies, and analyzes narratives and practices that highlight the significance of honoring Black relationships to the natural world.
Through our research and practice, we seek to promote healing, restoration, and sovereignty in ways that do the liberation work of not only combating anti-Blackness and interrupting structural racism, but in manners that also celebrate the Black diaspora, acknowledge ancestral practices and knowledge, and imagine Black futures.
Our Ethos
Though a scholarly endeavor, we attempt to engage in Black relations with land and water with our mind-heart-body.
We strive to be in good relation to the land, water, and the people around us.
We respect differences across race, gender, sexuality, and religious beliefs.
Our Practice
Our work is collaborative with Sponsors and Partners in the greater San Diego region, and we’re always looking to further community partnerships.
We practice, across all of our work, participatory methods that include listening and speaking with respect for diversity in thoughts, experiences, and knowledges
