Gregory frames Black community-based education (BCSEs) as an intergenerational, self-determination project developed in response to systemic miseducation and anti-Black racism. Drawing on his childhood experiences in a parent-led Saturday school through the emergence of Black educator resource groups and his BCSE, he describes his BCSE as an ecosystem of Black community-led institutions that work to fill curricular and cultural gaps left by colonial schooling.  They advocate for Black students at different representation levels—school, district and provincial—and protect Black educators and families by buffering them from the control of school boards. Gregory emphasizes his BCSE’s purpose-driven autonomy, self-funding as central to its ability to advocate freely for Black community priorities, and to challenge systemic injustice.