Meet Me at the Highland™

"Because of them, I can live. Because of me, many will live after me." -Latosha Brown

In this episode, civil rights organizer and Black Voters Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown joins Gabrielle for a powerful conversation about beginning again. From her roots in Alabama's Black Belt to her early lessons in power and justice, LaTosha shares how she learned to lead with love even in the face of challenge. She opens up about transforming her relationship with rest from exhaustion as a badge of honor to embracing it as revolutionary practice, and reflects on her three-dimensional view of legacy—individual, collective, and universal. LaTosha also discusses taking up space boldly during her political campaign, choosing community care over confrontation in organizing work, and her vision for moving from citizenship to nation-building. A moving exploration of grief, joy, imagination, and what it means to be founders of the world we deserve.



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  • (00:00) - Welcome to the Highland (Narration by Dr. Parker and Gabrielle)
  • (03:25) - Rooted in Rich Soil
  • (07:04) - Early Lessons in Power
  • (22:43) - Leading with Love
  • (43:00) - Butterfly song, sacred moans, and finding joy again
  • (45:00) - Taking up Space
  • (48:00) - Campaigning in pink: Showing up fully as yourself
  • (56:00) - “I am a founder of a nation yet unborn.”

Creators and Guests

Host
Gabrielle Wyatt
Creator and Host of Meet Me at the Highland™

What is Meet Me at the Highland™?

Meet Me at the Highland™ is a podcast and sacred space centering Black women's leadership, imagination, and legacy. Hosted by Gabrielle Wyatt, founder of The Highland Project, it offers intimate, intergenerational conversations with changemakers, artists, and cultural architects reimagining what it means to thrive. It's a rhythm of rest, reflection, and radical dreaming, where we remember who we are, reclaim our joy, and begin again.

Season Two, Seeding, is unfolding now, with Highland Leaders like Brittany Packnett Cunningham, Dr. Topeka K. Sam, and Brea Baker. Each episode arrives with a love letter, journaling prompts, and reflections that invite deeper introspection.

This is your invitation. To lead. To rest. To imagine forward. To meet us at the Highland.

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