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Dr. Amina Carter is a school psychologist who sees what others choose to ignore.
Navigating a middle school more concerned with protecting its fragile image than its vulnerable students, she becomes a fierce, quiet advocate for Black and Brown children who are repeatedly marginalized, mislabeled, and pushed toward the school-to-prison pipeline.
When the administration’s willful negligence and systemic bias reach a devastating breaking point, Amina finds herself in the crosshairs of a self-serving principal and an assistant principal desperate to control the narrative—and find a scapegoat. As the stakes rise and the lines are drawn, something ancient and undeniable awakens within her.
What she once dismissed as intuition is revealed to be her Ori—a deep spiritual compass rooted in ancestral guidance. And when the presence of an ancestor from seven generations past emerges, one truth becomes clear:
She is not navigating this alone.
With a razor-sharp civil rights attorney best friend, a deeply strategic union representative, and the watchful strength of her lineage, Amina must confront an institution determined to silence her.
To protect the children who depend on her—and dismantle a culture of institutional betrayal—she will have to embrace the discipline, resilience, and quiet power of those who survived before her.
In a system built on comfortable lies and coded language…How loud will the ancestors speak?
#AminaAndTheWitness
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Editor's Feature:
WHO IS LISA MAXINE?
Lisa Maxine holds a master’s degree in applied psychology from NYU and brings a background in mental health counseling to her work. She has spent years watching, learning, and deciding that the system depends on silence—and is sustained by the silence of the historically marginalized. She writes from experience, not theory, and from a place that understands exactly what is at stake. She does not observe from a distance. She stands where it matters. She speaks when it’s uncomfortable. And she chose to stand beside our children when it mattered.
“I heard a sister say that her mother told her, ‘If you see me fighting a bear, help the bear.’ I felt that in my soul. In that regard, if you see me fighting for our children, stand beside me.”
