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Aiyeshia Hudson-Wong is the founder and executive director of Liberation Journeys. She has dedicated the past 15 years to serving thousands of Black families and students and challenging white dominant power structures. As a community organizer, she mobilized Black parents to demand their landlords and local housing authorities provide safe, quality, and affordable housing for their families. As an 11-year classroom teacher, she prioritized affirming her students’ identity through culturally relevant texts and experiential learning; taught students intersectional approaches to examining inequity and critiquing white supremacy and patriarchy; and created space for Black joy, curiosity, and exploration through international student travel. As a micro-school leader and founder, she combated systemic racism by providing access to an innovative globally-focused school model primarily serving families living in one of Chicago’s most isolated and under-resourced communities. For almost half her life, she has been listening to her community’s most unheard voices and fighting alongside them to challenge the dominant power structures that tell them to be quiet. Those unheard voices were louder than ever during the aftermath of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd’s murders. The 6 institutions that have been deaf to our cries are finally listening, and as an education leader serving Black students, families, and educators, she believes she has a responsibility to maximize this moment and fight to keep our education institutions listening and accountable.