For a glimpse into the importance of Walela’s work, read through a number of statements detailing their impact. For more, click Testimonials

“Walela’s work is important to me because they take the time to go into detail about topics floating around everyday. I’ve seen Walela in person turn out an incredible range of people and hold a deeply intentional, well prepared event that left people feel full with thought” - Sabaah Folayan, director of Whose Streets

“No one has stopped me in my tracks since Tupac but Walela. We will study their words for generations as a teacher, healer, and wordsmith” - Leila Steinberg, founder of AIM 4 The Heart, former manager to Tupac Shakur

“As a nurse and a researcher, I have learned so much from Walela about their experience with medical apartheid. Walela has inspired me to educate myself and other nurses about confronting our own implicit biases in health care...In a society where black femmes are dying because we aren’t listening to their pain, white health professionals like me have a LOT of work to do to dismantle racist oppressive structures in health care” - Jackie Nikpour, Nurse & Phd Student

“The vulnerability Walela has shown publicly to the world inspires me. Walela has an incredibly strong spirit that literally radiates everywhere they go. Walela reminds me to be more loving, reminds me to not dim my own light, and reminds me to live authentically. Also, Walela’s willingness to educate people about the injustices that Black and Brown folk face in this country and globally, introducing everyone to radical authors and theories, sharing knowledge about the history of white supremacy has made Walela one of my favorite people to look to. Walela has been incredibly important to my unlearning and relearning and my process of radicalization” - Melissa Montinola, college student