Tracy, what convinced you that this was a moment to invest in your journalism instead of retreating from it? And before you answer that question, please introduce yourself to our listeners.

Yes, sure.

Hello, everyone.

My name is Tracy Phillips, the new...

Director of Development with Black by God, a brand new position that was created thanks to you, Tracy Powell and the Pivot Fund.

So kudos to you and all the work that you do.

But again, my name is Tracy Phillips and I started off maybe volunteer slash contractor.

Tracy, can you take a stab at answering that question too? What would you have funders know?

Why? Why is now the most important?

Especially now because, like, I love AI.

I really do.

And, like, it's 2026, so I'd be remiss if I didn't mention AI.

I use it in my business.

We use it in many, many aspects of our business.

But right now, we are inundated with AI slops.

You've known him since he was, or you both were young.

[laughs] Oh, we go as long as we need to.

As we need to.

As you said, my name is Tracy Phillips.

I'm a pharmacist, uh, by trade, and I am the owner of the Westport Village Pharmacy.

I came to Westport, um, because I do have family, uh, that's from Westport.

So originally my grandfather was born in, um, Westport, uh, just on the outskirts of Westport.

And when he was younger, uh, they moved around a little bit, and then they finally settled in Cornwall, but they maintained a property here in Westport.

Oh.