12/31/2025
I close 2025 with gratitude, clarity, and a deep sense of grounding. Me and mine ended this year in abundance, preparation, and joy—reflecting on yet another season where we received more than we ever had. Not because everything was perfect, but because integrity stayed intact.
2025 was the year integrity paid its dividends.
Times are shifting. Old ways and new ways are competing for survival. The version of “success” we’ve been sold—the idea that personal excellence requires stepping over the collective—is poison. I’m leaving that behind. The old way of collective being is tried and true. It never disappeared. It’s been waiting on us to come back to ourselves.
Nothing in the universe exists alone.
I began this year as a MN Black Collective Foundation New Suns Fellow. Nothing is new under the sun—but there are new suns. This year taught me what happens when integrity comes full circle. I didn’t get everything right, but I stayed the course. I stuck to my guns. I didn’t fold.
And now, 2026.
None of us are getting free alone—and it’s time we stop pretending otherwise. 2026 is not about lone heroes or isolated wins. It’s about collective economics, collective being, collective community, collective movement, and collective organizations. The future belongs to those who move together. Anyone trying to hoard power, operate in isolation, or cut deals that cost the community isn’t just out of step—they’re in the way.
The collective isn’t sentimental. It’s strategic.
And in 2026, it’s the most logical move we can make.
Lesson carried forward:
The enemy has no loyalty. It does not respect or uplift anyone willing to sell out their own people for personal gain. Stop those back-room conversations with them people.
Integrity compounds.
Collective wins last.
First it was my cell.
Then it was the city.
Then it was the state.
And the galaxy is next.
Stay tuned.
— Kevin Reese
Until we are all free