Dr. Saudi Garcia

10/23/2024

🫀An attack against one of us is an attack against all of us. Join us tomorrow in the Bronx to make your voices heard against Anti-Haitianism, xenophobia, colorism and forced deportation. 🫀Un ataque contra uno de nosotres es un ataque contra todos nosotres. Vamonos mañana pal Bronx para alzar nuestra voz contra el antihaitianismo, la xenofobia, el colorismo y la deportación forzada.

10/13/2024

All the quiet moments made this trip to so fabulous. The stillness that we could find in the everyday was so sweet. Thank you to for being an enthusiastic traveler and for indulging in some and travel with me.

10/02/2024

In case they ask you about me ☺️☺️✨

09/16/2024

Feeling very reflective this weekend. Thinking a lot about how far I’ve come in my journey of self-awareness, softening and deepening with myself. I owe so much of that to my relationship with , and how our friendship supports our evolution.

My sister Susie sent me this photo tonight. I think I’m 18. She was visiting me and my family in NY, and our Dad gave us money to go to the Empire State Building.

I look happy, but deep inside I felt deeply inadequate and unlovable. My self-esteem took such a hit from being at a PWI where girls like me were not imagined as beautiful or desirable in ways that merited our magic.

I searched for approval and acceptance, but there was always a hollow ringing in my heart that made everything feel shallow. I had censored myself, silenced my anger and pain so much, I didn’t know how to become the woman I was supposed to be.

If I stopped long enough to pay attention and look past the numbness, I felt felt achy, heavy and bruised. So I didn’t stop! I worked super hard at academics, played sports, partied a lot, and shared about everything except the things that really mattered. Eventually I went to graduate school to work and party harder. Eventually, my impostor syndrome and self doubt made me start therapy.

Today, I’m different. Life kicked me around a couple of times in my 20s till I got angry enough to just feel the flood of feelings I had decided to avoid all my life. And then it did it again and again more recently until I was molded into the woman of my dreams, equal parts fierce and tender.
Maybe one day I’ll be wise.

Adele’s “hello” because if you listen to the lyrics in a different, non-romantic way, it’s a ballad apologizing to a younger self that she abandoned and let struggle. It’s a reflection on personal growth with the vantage point only time can afford. What is more romantic than that?

09/11/2024

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We just heard ex-President Donald Trump repeat on live television to millions people the lie that “immigrants in Ohio are eating cats and dogs.” While he didn’t name check Haitians, other politicians such as J.D. Vance and Ted Cruz have done so on social media. We condemn these statements in the strongest terms. We can’t believe we even have to say any of this, yet here we are.

This type of rhetoric is only possible due to the decades of anti-haitianism/ anti-blackness. Depicting Haitian people as savage and barbaric only provides “justification” to continuously exploit and oppress Haiti and Haitians. Due to the miseducation around vodou we can see how many others, including Black people born in the U.S. and other people of color, could buy into this BS. Combat these dehumanizing lies among your friends, family and co-workers because they cause real harm to our communities

09/02/2024

Bad bunnies only 🙅🏽‍♀️🐰🐇

09/01/2024

08/23/2024

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08/22/2024

I don’t know how else to make my voice heard. We have marched, we have protested, we have occupied, we have done everything. And still the powers that be insist on exclusion and violence. Here’s my letter to the congresspeople I’ve been emailing. Copy and send it too. Don’t lose hope. Stay strong everyone. 📩“I am emailing your office BEGGING you to support a ceasefire and an end to arms transfers to Israel. What is happening in Gaza and the West Bank are atrocious violations of human rights. We, as a nation that prides itself on inclusion, justice and freedom, cannot allow this to go on. For 10 months we have witnessed the most heart breaking and disgusting acts of violence against women, children and the elderly. A population that can’t defend itself. Will you rescue the humanity of this nation? Our dignity? Or will you let it die burned and crushed under our 20,000 pound bombs?”

08/11/2024

To me, being Dominican has involved unearthing and reclaiming a beautiful heritage of Black resistance and pride. Against the odds, people like me are reclaiming our heritage via our activism and helping others do the same! I’m really proud to help and with their initiative of helping our community become dual citizens. In 2013, Dominicans of Haitian descent were stripped of citizenship simply for being Black. As diaspora Dominicans we are privileged to have access to citizenship by claiming our cédulas. Let’s do that and use our power for good! Imagine thousands of us involved in local politics, dismantling racism, involved environmental stewardship and the fight against discrimination and for women and LGBTQ rights! No more “Ni de Aquí ni de Allá” BS! We belong and we are a critical part of the nation and the island. Sign up today! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScPmuB2guNll9PvT16E18NV-ccBcXOffrtc39f5tllvgjrofw/viewform

08/06/2024

Woke up this morning and chose to be unbothered and to thrive against the odds. There are battles we each fight that no one really knows about. And that’s okay. I had a conversation with Ysanet this morning that made me reflect on how women like me (Black, q***r, immigrant, working class) have to fight for everything. Every single thing. We innovate, change the world and offer so much. When we excel to the point of becoming a threat, we are labeled “uppity” or “DEI Hire” or anything else to keep us in our place. When we are too successful, our dating and marriage prospects for those choosing a heterosexual life are diminished.
They try to humble and punish us. But they fail because we thrive regardless. We find a way. I’m praying for easier days, more support and more joy to come my way. More pleasure. More care. A life of creativity, freedom, connection and abundant, abundant love. And I pray for that for every women I know.

08/06/2024

Happy National Friendship Day ❤️❤️ more than just a best friend, you’re my sister in growth, healing and freedom struggle. I wouldn’t be who I am today if it wasn’t for your constant and patient love and care of me. Through my darkest and most difficult moments, you have loved and supported me. And brought so much joy at every stage, and now even more with the birth of my goddaughter. I couldn’t thank you enough, but Remember: “Friend, our closeness is this: anywhere you put your foot, feel me in the firmness under you.”— Rumi.