 Harlem Motion is a project that strives to reframe the way we have the conversation around gentrification so that it's not as traumatic as the gentrification itself and to do that we use Stop Motion as a medium for community members to create but then also communicate whatever it is that they need to say about their community. Topics that I grapple with through my practice are really about identity and community and how an individual interacts with community as well as how they respond. Growing up I had so many different people to look up to and one of them was Harriet Barnes. She's the grandmother of one of my friends that I grew up with and she just always had a lot of stories. It was easy for me to piece together what Harlem was and what I wanted it to be from hearing these stories and connecting my life to what it was and what it is now and what I hope it to be. I've lived in Harlem 77 years being in a group. My group being in the Hall of Fame, the Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame, that's the Harptones. Then I tell you about my husband's group that's the Solitaire. Then the woman that danced with my father I joined her troop and that was something. Within her stories I feel hopeful because you see that there have been a series of changes happening in Harlem for years and somehow it always bounces back from the stories that she tells us. I hope that we come together. We have to come together. We have to have more meetings about how we can treat each other. And I think projects like this should be everywhere. In the Armory, across the street from my house, you could have this, it could be a little larger. You know, let people know and invite everybody. Working with the Lodrumet Project has definitely opened my practice in terms of like, I don't have to do everything, right? A lot of times I feel like as artists you can be so like into what you're doing and be very self-oriented, not to say that you're not thinking about others, but also thinking about people being a part of the process. Harlem is my foundation. Like my friends are here, people that I've known forever and I know it's a place where I'm always going to find love, always going to find support, but also be held accountable and be reminded of who I am and what my purpose is. With Harlem Motion, I hope that the community can remember some of the things that have been forgotten. For me personally, I learned a lot about Harlem and other people did too. There's so many people that hold different parts, but they're all crucial to keeping community alive and also the legacy and the heritage of it.