Kanika D.E.W. Lewis

Woman. Wife of 1. Mother of 2. MPH, MSW, RN. Aspiring writer. Advocate for healthy Black love, community building, racial equity, and transparency in parenting. Lover of Springer Doodles, wine & charcuterie, 80s and 90s music, Michigan Fall and Tupac Amaru Shakur as a potentially powerful revolutionary leader cut down too soon… not necessarily in that order and do not argue with me.

Through conversations we share and those behind closed doors, just know I am a work in progress. But if an individual, a family, or a community is made better by a piece of advice, new information, a different perspective or a mistake in just one of these conversations, that is enough for me.

John 2womuch Lewis

2wo arrogant to know he came from a humble beginning. He scripted many parts of his life by just talking it out loud. “We have more power in our words and what we believe can determine who we really want to become.” I was a few decisions away from truly not getting it and now that I do, I have to use my voice for good and be Great on Purpose. If this did not catch your attention…you will be back…messages are often misunderstood and no matter how they are received know that I am working on you receiving them the way they were intended, by example.

What does it mean to “rescript” the culture?

We have known one another for over 20 years, married for 15 and have only just begun to question all of the messages and lessons we have learned from parents, siblings, friends, TV, school, past experiences and society that brought us to this point. So many of the messages we got growing up were not true - how to set boundaries, who and how to love each other, Black people and our being powerful beyond measure, what discipline and child rearing should really look like… Now that we know some things and are learning others, we can’t let the information die with us. We need to share what we’ve learned and begin to rescript, revise, rewrite those messages so our children don’t have to sift through the sh!t.