“Until the lions tell their story, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.” Those words have guided every step of this work. For too long, the stories of the silenced, those pushed to the margins by power, prejudice, and institutional neglect, were told for them and reshaped to fit someone else’s narrative. A Stolen Legacy was born out of the conviction that we must change that. That our people deserve not only to be heard but to become the authors of their own histories.

This is more than publishing books. It is about reclamation. Every story we help bring to light is an act of defiance against erasure, a refusal to allow injustice to be memorialized as truth. We are building an archive of courage, one page at a time, a record not written to glorify the hunter but to vindicate the hunted.

Our latest release, Loving the Church: Experiences and Insights About Its Truth, is a perfect example of that mission in action. Charon A. Barconey’s words are a testament to resilience and faith, even when confronted with betrayal and silence. Her story is not simply about her. It is about all of us who have been told to endure quietly and who now understand that silence is not survival but surrender.

As founder, my promise is this. A Stolen Legacy will continue to be a home for these voices. We will bridge the personal and the collective, transforming grief into witness and witness into change. This is only the beginning. Restoration starts here, with the courage to tell the truth out loud and the determination to ensure it is never forgotten.