Lessons from The Wedding: The Kind of Love That Looks Goodβand Still Costs You
Another televised Oprah production. She doesn't appear in this film, but if you are a fan of the wonderful series Greenleaf, you w [...]
Survivor Affirmation: My Scars Tell a Story of Strength
If youβve ever worried that sharing your story makes you look weakβLet me remind you what your story really says:
Something struck me.Something t [...]
They Went to a Jamaica Retreat Before a Hurricane and Found Belonging
I am a fan of how people from the African diaspora give love and how we embrace others.Β
There are seasons when life feels like a storm that just won [...]
π The Sacred Right to Take Up Space
You were not created to be small.You were not born to be a whisper in someone elseβs legacy.You are not furniture in someone else's story βYou are the [...]
β‘They Misjudged YouβBut You Didnβt Disappear
You know whatβs wild?
They thought that breaking you would end the story.They thought silence meant defeat.They mistook your stillness for surrender. [...]
πΏ Dear Woman Who is Letting Herself Rest Without Earning It
The way you pauseβhalf ready to sit down, half ready to keep moving,still listening for some unseen judge to tell you itβs okay to stop.
The guilt th [...]
Survivor Affirmations: History Remembers What is Rooted in Truth, Love, and Dignity.
American fashion icon Dapper Dan shares the history of the Adinkra symbol 'Sankofa' in Harlem, New York (& other places around the United St [...]
π The Sacred Right to Take Up Space
You were not created to be small.You were not born to be a whisper in someone elseβs legacy.You are not furniture in someone else's story βYou are the [...]
Sheila Johnson: When the Path Changes, I Do Not ShrinkβI Reimagine
I am not limited by what did not work.I am expanded by what I now know.I dream againβand this time, I dream with power.
There are women who succeed.
[...]
10 Facts About Lift Every Voice and SING!
So my childhood was spent learning this song. We sang this and other songs like it for assemblies. I get out into the world and learn not only have ot [...]
You Didnβt Ask to Be the Mirror
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Dear Survivor,
You didnβt ask to be the mirror.But here you areβliving, healing, choosing joy.And without even tryi [...]
When You Stop Feeling Like You Have to Keep Proving Yourself
Lauryn Hill was awarded the BET Icon Award, and some are still saying that she didn't do enough. "It was just one album."
That framing leaves out a l [...]
Reclaiming Strength: What Yoga Teaches Survivors About Power
Yoga isnβt about bending your body into impossible shapes.Itβs about remembering that your body is yours β capable, responsive, sacred.
People someti [...]
How to Embrace Your Imperfections and Still Believe in Your Worth
πΏ A healing reminder for Survivors learning that they donβt have to be perfect to be powerful.
If youβre a Survivor, chances are you were taughtβdire [...]
Mood Book: Thy Name is Serwa (eBook of Quotes)
Mood Book: Serwa
Mood Bood Serwa by Tonya GJ Prince [...]
Speak Woman Speak (audio)
Reminding women that our voices are powerful and deserve to be heard. (2022)
Speak Woman Speak (audio): WESurviveAbuse.com encour [...]
π Dear Strong Black Girl
Who had to grow up before she was ready.
You were praised for how grown you acted.For how well you held things together.For how much you helped, how [...]
Denise Oliver-Velez: May the Ancestors Welcome a Warrior Home
She was connection. Connection to history. Connection to power. ConnectionΒ to love. Connection to belonging. Connection to power.
Some lives become [...]
Quotes from Harlem Renaissance Author Nella Larsen
β¨ Nella Larsen was one of the most brilliant yet often overlooked voices of the Harlem Renaissance. Born in 1891 to a Danish mother and a West [...]
Mama I Love You: Women Are Amazing, Unique, and Special!
Tyron Woodleyβs mother congratulates Kamaru Usman at UFC 235
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"It's all good, baby. It's all good. It's your turn. It [...]
VΓ΅ Thα» SΓ‘u: πΏShe Was Young. And Stillβ¦ She Stood.
βI was never too young to see clearlyβand I honor the strength that rose in me anyway.β
VΓ΅ Thα» SΓ‘uΒ was a girl.
Not grown.Not protected.Not given tim [...]
BLACK GIRL, YOUR CREATIVITY HAS TRAVELED THE WORLD ππ€
Look around.
Hair.
Fashion.
Dance.
Music.
Language.
Beauty.
Humor.
Style.
So much of what Black communities h [...]
REMEMBER THE BLACK GIRL BEST FRIENDS? π
Not every Black girl on television was the star.
Some were the friend who walked through the front door without knocking.
The classmate at the l [...]
πΏ Josephine Baker: She Found a Place Where She Could Breathe
JosΓ©phine BakerΒ did not just βmove to France.β
She left a place that constrained herβ¦and stepped into a place that, for a time, allowed her to expand [...]
Lessons from The Wedding: The Kind of Love That Looks Goodβand Still Costs You
Another televised Oprah production. She doesn't appear in this film, but if you are a fan of the wonderful series Greenleaf, you will definitely note [...]
