Imani Rashid at Home, Harlem, New York, NY

This photo is from the Addresses Project which investigates lesbian + queer space and memory in New York City from the early 1900s to the present day through map-making, oral history interviews, ephemera and portraiture.

Imani Rashid is an “entrepreneur, teacher, visionary, event planner, Godmother to many, leader, Yoruba Priestess, mentor, friend and sister to others” [In her words] and a founding member of Salsa Soul Sisters (the oldest black lesbian organization in the United States). Imani has dedicated her life to enriching and expanding the education of young children using the principles Kwanza and creative practices such as drumming and aviation (https://clavichord-flugelhorn-k9zm.squarespace.com/memory/imani-rashid).