Reclaiming the Spaces that Once Confined Women Against Their Will | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.

Reclaiming the Spaces that Once Confined Women Against Their Will | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.

“Because Black Women” by Melissa Koby / mkobyart.com Editors’ Note: This article was originally written for the Spring 2025 issue of Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine, “How Women of Color in the South Are Reclaiming Space.” Reclaiming spaces that once confined women against their will…can itself serve as a form of reparations.  Growing up amid the echoes of the antebellum South, the city that I call home is steeped in a troubling heritage, adorned wi…