01/03/2025
Happy New Year BTS Press community!! 💚🖤🌱I’m sure many of us can relate to 2024 being a best of times/worst of times situation. Last year, Black people reached incredible new heights in the fields of arts, sports, music, and culture that will be studied for decades to come. At the same time, deeply entrenched systems of oppression have continued to harm and sow division between families and communities. In this precarious and tumultuous time, our choices matter now more than ever. We must be intentional in what we breathe life into and what we consume. Break the Seal Press was founded in 2022 to combat educational and economic inequality. Among many things, this publishing house is dedicated to investing in Black students, writers, and dreamers. We are recommitting to this struggle in 2025. We see the ways too many Black businesses have had to close their doors in 2024 because of a variety of issues. Nevertheless, BTS Press will continue to operate until the wheels fall off 🚍 We believe in the beauty of Black culture, life, and history and as we have said before, this work is not about generating endless profit off the backs of Black people. This work is about investing in Black and inclusive organizations that benefit people and the planet. When you support Break the Seal Press, you support youth literacy, community, and economic development. At a time when division and isolation feels like the easier way out, we must challenge ourselves to fight back against toxic masculinity, greed, and hate. It may seem daunting, but small positive actions add up. BTS Press will continue to share blog posts, content, and information to help counter the crumbling dying systems and ideologies that keep us from our highest Selves. We hope our supporters will gather strength from our work and feel inspired to spark change where they are too! As the old saying goes, there is power in unity! Looking forward to more reading and achieving in the new year!!! Peace and Black eyed peas, JBG