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The Protect Our Culture Family Story Interview Guide — 25 essential questions to start the conversation with the people who shaped you.

Their journey. Their sacrifices. Their joy. In their own words. Forever. 🎙️

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Don’t wait for a better moment. There isn’t one.

Someone in your family has a story you’ve never heard.

The full story. The hard parts. The sacrifices. The joy. The journey that brought you here.

And one day — sooner than you think — you won’t be able to ask.

This is why we created the FREE Family Story Interview Guide. 25 essential questions to help you start the conversation with your parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles.

The who. The what. The why. The when. The where.

In their own words. Preserved forever. 🎙️
It’s free because no one should have to pay to preserve their family’s story.

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Don’t wait for a better moment. There isn’t one.

November 1982. My father Winston is helping me with my tie before my confirmation.

I was nine years old.

That rotary phone on the wall. The calendar. His hands adjusting my collar.

Eight years later he would be gone.
On April 7, 1991 — two weeks before my 18th birthday — my father Winston Wells died while playing softball in St. Thomas.

There are questions I will never get to ask. What it felt like to raise a son. What he saw in me that I couldn’t see in myself. What he wanted me to know about becoming a man.

I wrote the full story of my father on our website — “The Questions I Never Got to Ask My Father.” It’s the story I wish I had recorded in his own words.
Read it. Share it. And if you still have time — if the people who shaped you are still here — download the FREE Family Story Interview Guide. 25 questions to start the conversation before it’s too late.
Link in bio. 🎙️

This one’s for you, Dad. 🙏🏾❤️🎊☝🏾

In the Virgin Islands, your name is your map.

When someone says “He’s a Wells” — this means something. It tells the community exactly whose legacy you’re carrying forward.

My father, Winston Wells, has a ballpark named after him in Cruz Bay. My grandmother Ellen Pickering fed me dumb bread and bush tea many mornings.My mother, Alecia Wells, taught at Charlotte Amalie High School, and I’d sit in the back of her classroom after school getting a double education without even knowing it.

I grew up in Love City, and Love City gave me everything.

This photo was taken in May 1995 on an inexpensive 35mm film camera the day I graduated from Bryant University. It doesn’t have filters. It doesn’t have perfect lighting, but it captures something no camera technology could ever manufacture — love, perseverance, and legacy in its purest form.

The woman on the left is my grandmother, Ellen Pickering. She left school after the 3rd grade to go to work to help provide for herself and her siblings. She pushed education harder than anyone I have ever known. She made sure her children and grandchildren had what she never got.

The woman on the right is my mother, Alecia Wells. She attended All Saints Cathedral School — the same school I graduated from. She then attended Bryant College when it was still in downtown Providence, RI. Her graduation in 1969, was held in an open field ... .the very field that would become the new campus in Smithfield, RI where I graduated 26 years later.

Two women. Two journeys. One photo. And a legacy that started long before that fountain, that cap, and that Kente cloth.

This is the infrastructure behind Protect Our Culture. The names. The kitchens. The ferry rides. The sacrifices made in silence so the next generation could stand a little taller.

Whose legacy are you carrying forward? 🎙️

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Their story deserves to be heard. 🎙️

Not summarized. Not paraphrased. In their own words.

Ask your parents. Your grandparents. Your aunts and uncles.

The who. The what. The why. The when. The where.

Because culture doesn’t protect itself…..we do.

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The Clock Has Been Reset. And He Was Wearing adidas. ///

Yesterday, Sabastian Sawe of Kenya did something the entire running world has chased for decades. He crossed the finish line at the 2026 London Marathon in 1:59:30 — becoming the first person in history to run an official, competitive marathon in under two hours.

He shattered the previous world record by 65 seconds. On The Mall. Sprinting past Buckingham Palace. In front of the world.

Let that sink in. Under. Two. Hours.

For those of us who live at the intersection of sport, culture, and sneakers 🤞🏾 — Sawe crossed that finish line in adidas, and after the race he held up his shoe with the time written right on the sole: 1:59:30 WR SUB2. Written by hand. Raw. Unfiltered. That shoe is an artifact of history now. Full stop.

But the moment that made me stop scrolling? Nike’s response.

On a clean black card, the Swoosh posted: “The clock has been reset. There is no finish line.”

No shade. No chest-puffing. Just straight acknowledgment of greatness from a competitor. Nike didn’t have the shoe on the record-breaker — but they understood the assignment. This moment belongs to all of us.

Sawe said it best: “For the new generation, to run a record is possible. Everything is possible with a matter of time.”

I’ll add — everything is possible with the right preparation, the right mentality, and apparently, the right shoes on your feet. 👟

To Sabastian Sawe: you didn’t just break a record. You broke a ceiling. The kind that makes the next generation believe the impossible is just the next goal.

The clock has been reset. What are you building toward? ⬇️

The Clock Has Been Reset. And He Was Wearing adidas. ///

Yesterday, Sabastian Sawe of Kenya did something the entire running world has chased for decades. He crossed the finish line at the 2026 London Marathon in 1:59:30 — becoming the first person in history to run an official, competitive marathon in under two hours.

He shattered the previous world record by 65 seconds. On The Mall. Sprinting past Buckingham Palace. In front of the world.

Let that sink in. Under. Two. Hours.

For those of us who live at the intersection of sport, culture, and sneakers 🤞🏾 — Sawe crossed that finish line in adidas, and after the race he held up his shoe with the time written right on the sole: 1:59:30 WR SUB2. Written by hand. Raw. Unfiltered. That shoe is an artifact of history now. Full stop.

But the moment that made me stop scrolling? Nike’s response.

On a clean black card, the Swoosh posted: “The clock has been reset. There is no finish line.”

No shade. No chest-puffing. Just straight acknowledgment of greatness from a competitor. Nike didn’t have the shoe on the record-breaker — but they understood the assignment. This moment belongs to all of us.

Sawe said it best: “For the new generation, to run a record is possible. Everything is possible with a matter of time.”

I’ll add — everything is possible with the right preparation, the right mentality, and apparently, the right shoes on your feet. 👟

To Sabastian Sawe: you didn’t just break a record. You broke a ceiling. The kind that makes the next generation believe the impossible is just the next goal.

The clock has been reset. What are you building toward? ⬇️

((WATCH NOW)) KNOW YOU GOT SOLE PART 2WITH Astor Juliana @astorjr95 of @crooklyn.vintage

We discuss his experience in vintage sportswearcollecting and the origins of Crooklyn Vintage

#osdlive #knowyougotsole #crooklynvintage #sneakers

((WATCH NOW)) KNOW YOU GOT SOLE PART. 2 "LOS' GEMS"

Check out Los' classic story and heartfelt tribute to 2 dearly departed legends of our culture.

AND..Tap that Shopping Bag Icon on the bottom left of the video to shop for Classic Material items seen in parts 1 & 2 of this episode.

#knowyougotsole #osdlive #classicmaterial #sneakers

Ballers 🏀 ball

The women’s Final Four teams face off on 4/3/2026 in Phoenix, AZ, and I know that the games are going to be exciting!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🙏🏾🎊☝🏾

📸 courtesy of @espn

Ballers 🏀 ball

The women’s Final Four teams face off on 4/3/2026 in Phoenix, AZ, and I know that the games are going to be exciting!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🙏🏾🎊☝🏾

📸 courtesy of @espn

Ballers 🏀 ball

The women’s Final Four teams face off on 4/3/2026 in Phoenix, AZ, and I know that the games are going to be exciting!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🙏🏾🎊☝🏾

📸 courtesy of @espn

Ballers 🏀 ball

The women’s Final Four teams face off on 4/3/2026 in Phoenix, AZ, and I know that the games are going to be exciting!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🙏🏾🎊☝🏾

📸 courtesy of @espn

Movement of Jah’s people. 🙏🏾💛👣🎊🤲🏾☝🏾

I Needa Express Myself, I Need Colors!!! ~ Busy P

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