This project employs the autobiographical self as a lens to chronicle a social history of practices of kindness, justice and healing that can animate hope-filled visions as we grapple with multilayered experiences of trauma and injustice. Located in the intersection of African/Black, feminist, literary, and contemporary media scholarship, the project explores philosophies of human interconnectedness and ethical obligations as therapeutic and transformative tools. I weave my Ghanaian, international, personal and professional lives as an African feminist scholar, public intellectual, and activist, into a healing tapestry. The project’s value lies in its illustration of how communities of humanity have been built, their relationships to both historical and current events, and a vision to offer hope as within reach.