Cheniqua Coleman was the new last person I met before the lockdown of 2020. We met at a coffee shop and she talked about how she wanted to make a documentary about racism in Clackamas County. She said it’s a place that seems like it’s progressive and inclusive but most of it is a performance, an attempt to cover up deep systemic racism. She didn’t have any film experience and she needed someone to help her figure out how to make her project a reality. We connected instantly and I was deeply honored to be trusted with this dream she had and chose to share with me. That day we wrote a grant application to RACC to raise some money to do the initial interviews and photography. Then the pandemic began, then the protests started. Then she became pregnant with her second child and experienced serious complications and medical racism. There were unprecedented wild fires and schools were closed. So many things happened that year but we were determined to press on as best we could. Below are some images we took over years and a link to the website that we were finally able to create to share the work we’ve done. This project is still in progress and in need of funding. We still see an edited short or long film being produced that can be screened and used to facilitate discussions on systemic racism, specifically in the medical field for pregnant Black women.