In Black American communities, we have an age-old saying: Parents should never have to bury their children; it disrupts the natural order of our life cycle. Harris, who’s affectionately known as “Mama Shu,” has funneled her grief into action—turning a section of Highland Park into a restorative, self-sustaining eco-village called Avalon Village. That idea runs through this “Growth” issue, which aims to complicate the narrative of growth as morally good or bad. As always, this issue is full of solutions, optimism, and hope—because that ethos continues to run through everything YES! It’s true that endless growth is always worth questioning.