“I’ll find a way, or I’ll make one”: the Clark Atlanta University motto that was engraved into my heart - and head - some 16 years ago as I began my freshman year at the nation’s first black university in the south. It’s a constant reminder of the principles that remain at the core of why HBCUs were started, or as Tyler Perry put it, creating our own tables. It challenges one to be resilient, innovative and strategic in what we do, and purposeful in why we move.