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Resilience & racial healing

Below are the best resources we could find on Resilience and racial healing.

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No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America

When Darnell Moore was fourteen, three boys from his neighborhood tried to set him on fire. They cornered him while he was walking home from school, harassed him because they thought he was gay, and poured a jug of gasoline on him. He escaped, but just barely.

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Obama’s Complete Nelson Mandela Memorial Speech

President Barack Obama’s full speech at memorial service for Nelson Mandela.

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Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger: A Memoir

Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger is Donovan’s searing, beautiful, and searching chronicle of reclaiming her own story and the narrative of the women who came before her. Her family’s matriarchs found strength and passion through food, and they inspired Donovan’s accomplished career.

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What Black Motherhood Means to Me

“Black motherhood has always been and continues to be a beautifully divine, liberating, and revolutionary act.”

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Stop the Cycle of Intergenerational Trauma. You Matter | Jabrea Ali | TEDxYouth@Jacksonville

In her talk, Jabrea will discuss the three steps in self-transparency that can improve mental health among our youth. Jabrea is a high school senior. She also is the President of her school’s Black Student Caucus, a member of the National Honor Society and Golden Eagle (School) Ambassador.

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Healing Racial Trauma: The Road to Resilience

As a child, Sheila Wise Rowe was bused across town to a majority white school, where she experienced the racist lie that one group is superior to all others.

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Do We Ask Too Much of Black Heroes?

The Black American hero is necessarily more complicated than the mainstream “Great American heroes.”

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The Racial Healing Handbook: Practical Activities to Help You Challenge Privilege, Confront Systemic Racism, and Engage in Collective Healing

A powerful and practical guide to help you navigate racism, challenge privilege, manage stress and trauma, and begin to heal. Healing from racism is a journey that often involves reliving trauma and experiencing feelings of shame, guilt, and anxiety.

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Black Surfers Reclaim Their Place on the Waves

Black people surf for the same reasons as anyone else—the feeling of weightlessness and propulsion, of being in perfect harmony with the energy of the wave.

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Encouraging Meaningful Conversations About Race and Trauma

Moments of calm, Jenée Johnson believes, are the foundation of emotional intelligence and its skills of resilience and compassion.

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