At a time when equity and justice are under attack from the most powerful office in the United States, spaces rooted in real community and solidarity are more important than ever. That’s exactly what this year’s Gordon Parks Foundation Gala offered.

Parks was a legendary photographer who passed away in 2006; he was the first Black photographer to work for Vogue and Life Magazine and the first Black filmmaker to direct a Hollywood studio feature film, according to the foundation’s executive director Peter W. Kunhardt Jr., who has pledged to carry on his pioneering work.

This year, the Gordon Parks Foundation chose to honor four people who are “pillars in their fields…four extraordinary individuals who exemplify [Parks’s] commitment to inspire future generations:" model and activis

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