Donna Ann Milner went home to Holy Mt Zion on February 2, 2023 in Tempe, Arizona. She is survived by six children and five grandchildren.

Donna was born in Georgetown, Guyana to Randolph Parris and Mavis Fawcett Paris on May 23, 1960, she arrived into this world with her twin sister sister Dawn Parris who she has reunited with once again in Mt Zion.

She was born to an influential family in Guyana, her father Assistant Commissioner of the Police Force, and was educated at the prestigious Saint Bishops high school - where she excelled.

Donna was infinitely talented and a polymath to the truest sense of the word. She was a brilliant writer, an artist whose favorite medium was sculptor, and was known for her eclectic and elegant sense of style.

Donna was an avid activist that pursed studies in nursing, criminal justice, and mental health counseling to be in service to those most marginalized and oppressed.

But before anything her focus and dedication was to her children. It was her influence that propelled her daughter Yeshimabeit to found Data for Black Lives.

Donna was among the first generation of Rastafarians to practice the livity upon her emigration to Brooklyn, New York. She espoused natural living and was a vegan far before it became trendy. She was a mentor to countless young people who sought Rastafari as a spiritual and political path.

By the time of her passing, Donna accomplished her goal of being a published author - completing her magnum opus “The Pinchin Yard”, her contribution to the long and robust literary tradition of her native Guyana. Copies of her book will be available for purchase at her Miami Celebration of Life.

As our mother would say at the end of her correspondences, recalling the phrase used by Mozambiquan Freedom Fighters, A Luta Continua! The struggle continues. We are thankful to have a true fighter advocating for us on the other side.

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