Ruby. Rosa. Bree. Takiyah. And now Therese. Black women have always been on the forefront of resistance, putting our physical bodies on the line to demand justice in highly visible ways. Therese Patricia Okoumou joined these revolutionary Black women on July 4th when she scaled the base of the Statue of Liberty. Therese, a migrant of the Republic of Congo, has made her home in New York for the last 10 years, and she has taken an active role in the struggle since 2009. Okoumou has been a part of Rise and Resist, the group that organized a banner drop at the statue earlier that day. Okoumou took a step further on the revolutionary road and climbed the statue saying that “…when they go low, we go high. And I went as high as I could.” Therese demanded that ICE be abolished, that the thousands of migrant children be released from detainment centers around the country and that she would not come down until “all the children are released.” Okoumou was arrested and charged with trespassing, interference with government agency functions, and disorderly conduct. At a press conference after her release, Okoumou said “Trump has ripped this country apart. It is depressing. It is outrageous. His Draconian zero-tolerance policy on immigration has got to go.”