Legacies help us with our goals after we’ve passed because they have the power to inspire action and the give our ideals an chance to live on through others. Given the magical potential of legacies, we wanted to support and foster conversations around legacy building and below you’ll find some of those conversations.

Paige Duncan

I want my legacy to be about not giving up. There were so many moments where it would’ve been easier to get a stable 9–5, to let someone else tell me what to do and collect a paycheck. But something in me knew I had to try. I actually lost my job before I had any clients — and instead of panicking, I took it as a sign. It lit the fire under me that I needed. Read More>>

Tyra Curran

I hope to build a legacy embedded in servanthood, discipleship, transformation, and understanding- a legacy that honors truth, even when it trembles. I want my work to have cracked open the silence around grief, trauma, love, and healing for survivors and those who are surviving every day. My goal is to offer people mirrors and maps: mirrors to see themselves more clearly, and maps to navigate their way forward. I want my words to outlive me. Read More>>

Brett Schenning

That’s a fantastic question! Legacy means our actions can make a difference. As an artist, I want to create work that touches people’s hearts. I hope to shed light on underrepresented communities in rural America, since I grew up in a small, quiet town in the Midwest. Many people have misconceptions about these communities, but most of these come from outside perspectives. Growing up in a small town with less than 700 residents, I know what it’s like to be isolated from larger societal conversations. I hope to help people understand the humanity and culture that come from small communities. In an age when the term “other” has such a negative connotation, I believe that dispelling any misconceptions about what small town life is really like can bring love and appreciation to those who don’t get much attention. Read More>>

Victoria

I want to build a legacy that goes far beyond sales or titles—I want to be remembered for how I made people feel. My hope is that when people think of me, they remember a woman who truly cared. Someone who listened, encouraged, prayed with them when they needed it, and believed in them even when they couldn’t see it for themselves. Read More>>

Cedrick Jones

I’d want my legacy to be that I helped as many people as I could — that I showed up with consistency and stayed grounded, never getting too high or too low. I hope to be remembered as someone who loved deeply and gave 110% to every relationship I was part of. Read More>>

Talia Tucker

Thinking about something I’ve created that will survive me is daunting, because when I’m writing, I very much write for the moment I’m in or the moment we’re all in as a collective. Some books are meant to make you think. Others are meant to do the opposite. The books I’ve published so far are very much the latter. They’re meant to be an escape and to give people a few hours to themselves to have a laugh. I hope that my legacy is to have made at least one person smile while they were having a hard time. Read More>>

Emily Dorman

I’ve always believed that presence is the most generous thing we can offer each other. If there’s a legacy in our work, I hope it’s that people felt truly seen, that they felt calm in our presence, and connected to themselves in the images we made. Read More>>

Haitians Of The Triangle

The legacy of Haitians Of The Triangle (HOTT), founded in 2018 by Mirlesna Azor-Sterlin & Vroselyn Benjamin, lies in its deliberate efforts in cultivating a sense of belonging, fostering community and identity among Haitians living in the Triangle area and across North Carolina. While still relatively young, the cultural group has begun building a meaningful legacy in several important ways such as education, visibility and representation, community building, and the legacy of leadership & intentional cultural preservation. For the pioneering, crafting, curating and navigating the landscape of the State of North Carolina, the Triangle area/region, the specific ever-changing, growing & multigenerational Haitian Community we serve plus more, we would love for people to remember that Haitians Of The Triangle (HOTT) has uplifted the Haitian Community , inspired others to take on leadership roles in the community setting some precedence for grassroots and culturally grounded activism. Even in its first decade, it stands as a model of what diaspora communities can achieve when they unite around shared identity and purpose. Read More>>