Have you ever been present in a room… and still made to feel invisible?

In this Porch Moment, Ama-Robin shares a quiet classroom memory about being told to make herself "invisible." There's no lesson and no urgency—just a brief, honest reflection on what invisibility can feel like in the body. A small story about a small moment that stayed.

Please join us on the front porch in YAIT Town.

You're not imagining this.

Have you ever remembered something from years ago — and felt it in your body today?

A graduation that made you stand taller. A classroom that made your stomach tighten. A moment of pride that still warms your chest — or a moment of dismissal that still lingers.

In this YAIT Town Story, The Body Remembers, we return to the Front Porch in YAIT Town, where conversation, memory, and community reveal a deeper truth: history doesn't only live in books. It lives in the body.

Through an immersive story and a thoughtful Beyond the Story reflection, Ama-Robin explores racialized body memory, hypervigilance, cultural regulation, and the brilliance our bodies carry — especially during Black History Month. This episode is trauma-aware, reflective, and grounding.

Come as you are.
Take what you need.
You belong here.

You ain't imagining this!

Have you ever noticed that certain experiences feel obvious to you — but invisible to others?
Have you ever tried to explain a moment of bias or dismissal, only to be told it probably wasn't about race?

What do we mean when we say Black invisibility?

In this Espresso Talk — a calm, focused reflection grounded in lived experience — Ama-Robin sits inside Nommo Bookstore in YAIT Town and names a reality many Black people live with daily: being present but unseen, harmed but doubted, accomplished but erased.

During Black History Month — a time that appears to center Black visibility — this episode explores why invisibility doesn't disappear just because February arrives. In fact, the contrast can make it clearer.

Through personal reflection and steady truth-telling, Ama-Robin examines how Black experiences are minimized, gaslit, and rewritten — and why naming this pattern matters.

This is not a rant. It is recognition.
You ain't imagining this.