By Chimdindu Okafor — 2022
While visiting historically Black campuses, I began to reimagine what my college experience could be.
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Psychologist Riana Elyse Anderson explains how families can communicate about race and cope with racial stress and trauma.
Sometimes, doing the work means looking at yourself and your actions first.
“I still eat rice and beans. I just use brown rice now,” said Annya Santana of Menos Mas, a wellness company that speaks to African-American and Latinx communities.
I will start at the end. All lives will not (really) matter until Black lives Matter. All Lives Matter is like a giant eraser; a thing folx say to remain comfortable at best and neutral at worst while erasing the obvious (Black Lives Matter TOO).
The pandemic was rough for Black and Latina families, but many women in these communities met the challenges head on.
A place to start for Black women and women of color looking to reclaim their power.
From songs referencing grandma’s backyard garden to lyrics ripping government for destroying the water supply, many hip hop artists seamlessly weave climate justice into their sounds. After all, being sustainably savvy is how their grandparents and great-grandparents survived.
It’s far from news that there is a lack of space and resources allocated for Black women to heal.
Dr. Kamilah Majied reflects her experiences at The Gathering of Buddhist Teachers of Black African Descent.
This is me, 90% of the time. The other 10% is often filled with performance anxiety and unrealistic standards of perfection.