Nala Simone
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05/02/2026
March into April was about learning how to be held by people and many truths.
Learning to name what I need…
and sitting with the harder question:
what did I not receive that I’m still learning to give myself? What will please me? ( still ethical is process)
Deepening my practice.
Sitting with Afa.
Walking with Eshu / Papa Legba at the crossroads.
Honoring Oshun in her sweetness and her standards.
Tending to Egungun… listening to what the ancestors are actually asking of me.
And in the midst of all that
still showing up for the work.
Supporting cultural organizers.
Strengthening what’s possible for all of us.
But also…
choosing myself in softer ways:
art.
dance.
water.
being witnessed by the elements + people.
Learning from Togbe Daxpoata
and letting the teachings move through my body and my Ori.
This season wasn’t about having it all figured out
it was about creating space for pleasure
while I’m still becoming.
Less performance.
More presence.
I got to share a little bit about what a liberatory framework looks like from a ministry context.
Sharing how care actually moves through people, structures, and resources.
Through ROAD (Reuniting of African Descendants), we’re building a faith-rooted framework grounded in:
✨ Care as spiritual practice
✨ Care as community responsibility
✨ Care that is resourced, not performative
This is what it looks like beyond theory.
One clear example is our work alongside the Black Trans Travel Fund; supporting Black trans & q***r folks with:
✈️travel access
💸 mutual aid
🌍 community delegations
As a fiscal sponsor, ROAD helps hold the infrastructure so this work can exist, grow, and sustain across the diaspora.
Because liberation isn’t just something we talk about in ministry.It’s something we are called to build.
Grateful to bring this into rooms that are ready to move from language to practice.
✨ Workshops | Consulting | Fiscal Sponsorship
“I don’t want to add anything else to your plate…
I want to help you shift how you carry what you already hold.”
This was the entry point.
Not performance.
Not pressure.
Not another checklist disguised as care.
Just presence.
Honoring the weight. Honoring the people who hold others. Honoring the reality that so many of us; chaplains, pastors, caregivers, leaders, are carrying more than we name.
Grateful to have facilitated this session on healing ministry and confronting sexism, homophobia, and transphobia within a conference led by Dr. Danie Buhuro, who is doing powerful work in expanding how chaplaincy can look, feel, and care.
Because healing in ministry isn’t about adding more.
It’s about shifting what we’ve been forced to carry;
and learning we don’t have to carry it alone.
If your space is ready for conversations that are honest, embodied, and rooted in care (not just language)…
I’m available.
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