diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 2661d4c..b98f291 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ title: "{B/qKC}"
 tagline: a decentralized archive of Black queer Kansas City history
 # description appears in meta tags and other locations
 # this description might appear in search result lists, keep around 160 characters max
-description: "This is the official database for {B/qKC}: a community archival project challenging institutional practices within the framework and study of midwestern Black queer history."
+description: "This is the official database for {B/qKC}: a community project innovating archiving practices within the framework and study of midwestern Black queer history."
 # keywords, a short list of subjects describing the collection, separated by semicolon, to appear in rich markup
 keywords: kansas city; history; queer; black
 # creator of the digital collection, to appear in meta tags; we typically use our GitHub usernames but feel free to just use your name
diff --git a/pages/about.md b/pages/about.md
index 1851c83..3201a3c 100644
--- a/pages/about.md
+++ b/pages/about.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ padding: 6em
 ---
 ---
 
-# **{B/qKC}** is a *decentralized* community archival project challenging institutional practices within the framework and study of midwestern Black queer history.
+# **{B/qKC}** is a community project that innovates archiving practices through accessible *storytelling*, *repairing* of our historical record, and intergenerational *power building*–all within the frame and study of midwestern Black queer history.
 
 Under a reinvigorated wave of white nationalism and fascism post-2016, our historical record continues to erode.