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Honoring James Baldwin and His Legacy Through ‘Inviting In Day’
The Root and the National Black Justice Coalition commemorate the late American writer who invited others into his full, multifaceted life as a Black gay man.
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'Bring More Black Farmer Voices Together': How the Black Farmers Collective Is Growing a Black-Led Food System Rooted in Black Liberation
Members of the Black Farmers Collective open up about discrimination in farming, the halted federal relief bill intended to help farmers of color and more.
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Dignity and Pride: The Relevant and Important Backstory of 'The Dap'
Handshakes between Black folks are often a symbol of cultural solidarity or cool. But ‘the dap,’ specifically, highlights a uniquely American story and history.
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The LGBTQ Freedom Fund Is Doing the Work to Bail Out People In U.S. Jails and Immigration Facilities
Mass incarceration is an LGBTQ issue, and we must examine the societal conditions that disproportionately push LGBTQ-identified people into the carceral system.
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'We Don't Just Change on a Dime': The Importance of Prioritizing Mental Health and Self-Care as We Transition Into a Post-Pandemic World
“We’ve been told that we’ve had to stay six feet away, and then three feet away, and then we can all of a sudden be back together. And that’s not how human beings work. We don’t just change on a dime and decide that it’s OK for us to do something different when we’ve been…
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Psychotherapist Chamin Ajjan Recommends These Dos and Don'ts for Navigating Post-Pandemic Life
“What happened to us with the pandemic was just kind of thrust upon us and we didn’t have a chance to really think about it. We had to pivot immediately. And now we have an opportunity, really, to think about what we want post-pandemic life to look like.” — Chamin Ajjan, Psychotherapist text It’s no…
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'The Most Positively Challenging Rollercoaster You'll Ever Be On': Here's How These Three Women Are Experiencing First-Time Motherhood
Keara James and her husband were long distance for three years when she got pregnant in October 2019. “He didn’t move up to Seattle until March. So we combined lives,” James said. “Cohabitation was one thing, then I was pregnant. Six months later we had a baby. So we just had a whirlwind for 2020.”…
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'There's No Limit': Mom Blogger Shina Sanabria Is All About Using Her Platform to Help Women Learn to Heal and Be Whole
“The support that we get as a community as Black mothers is different than if you search a hashtag that’s just mom blogger. I am not negating or lessening the powerfulness of just mom blogging in general, but there’s a different set of substance and support when you pull up Black mom bloggers.” — Shina…
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Self-Care, Sleep and Sisterhood: Mommy Advocate Cynthia Simpson Shares Practical Takeaways About Motherhood
“As a mother, especially a Black mother, I think it’s important to be transparent about how you feel as a mother, and actually the highs and lows of motherhood.” — Cynthia Simpson, GatherBK, Co-Founder text When Cynthia Simpson noticed that none of her friends were going through pregnancy around the same time she was, the…
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'Motherhood Is Activism': How One Black Mom Is Using Her Platform to Normalize Conversations About Social Justice Issues With Children
“People are moving away from the colorblind theory of, ‘It’s OK, we all get along. We don’t see color’ or ‘I want to protect my kids until they’re old enough to understand.’ Parents are really starting to get behind the idea that it’s never too early.” —Traci Baxley, Ed.D., Educator and Belonging Advocate text Traci…
