By Tre'vell Anderson — 2021
The ever-viral artist discusses his meteoric rise and the pressures of being a Black gay musician on a global stage.
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In the wake of the death of George Floyd, a black man killed by police in Minneapolis, dharma teacher Larry Ward says we have to “create communities of resilience,” and offers his mantras for this time.
Moments of calm, Jenée Johnson believes, are the foundation of emotional intelligence and its skills of resilience and compassion.
While visiting historically Black campuses, I began to reimagine what my college experience could be.
White masses, laced with anger and jealousy, armed with white supremacy, propaganda, and the powers afforded to them by the Jim Crow South, did carry out one of the worse incidents of racial violence in U.S. history.
Where society has told Black people to “be quiet”, or that we’re “too loud”, revelling in joy is an act of resistance. As our feeds become even more inundated with images of trauma, joy can help us heal, too.
Amid protests against police brutality and structural racism toward black Americans, some lean into the joy of tradition as resistance.
Black joy isn’t about erasing the difficulties of the Black experience, but showing the whole truth by creating balance, says Kleaver Cruz.
The pandemic was rough for Black and Latina families, but many women in these communities met the challenges head on.
Being laid off can be a financial nightmare, but what isn’t talked about enough is the psychic toll it takes, and the decisions we make around work in the aftermath.
Creative Growth is a place for artists with disabilities to gather, work, talk, and think without fear of reproach or dismissal.