How police killings of unarmed blacks affect us
They directly impact both our mental healthas well as our physical health Have you, like so many black parents andhelping ...
Rx for racism
Now that racism has come out of the closet, there is thequestion of how to approach it. As black folks, ...
Trumpin’ for domestic violence
A recent article in the Huffington Post pointed out something that many victims of domestic violence have been thinking; that ...
Grace standing in her truth
Fear blocks your ability to hear God Ieshia Evans, a peaceful protester in Baton Rouge, LA demonstration in July, 2016 ...
We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation by Jeff Chang
"Race makes itself known in crisis, in the singular event that captures a larger pattern of abuse and pain," writes ...
Police violence – Every 10 days an unarmed black person is killed
A mental health threat for our peoplePolice killed 346 black people in 2015, making fear of our "protectors" a rational, ...
“They Can’t Kill Us All” – A Washington Post reporter on shootings of unarmed black men
"They Can’t Kill Us All; Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America’s Racial Justice Movement By Wesley Lowery, Publisher: ...
We all need to read “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness”
Michele Alexander is a lawyer, legal scholar, advocate and author who has written a comprehensive, well-researched examination of what is ...
Political depression – What next for “the African-Americans”?
A good rule of thumb for choosing a therapist is to find someone who can understand your feelings - someone ...
We are reading…..”Nobody: Casualties of America’s War on the Vulnerable from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond”
There is an almost palpable level of fear rising in the minds of many Americans over the steady stream of ...
For Black Girls, Teenage Behavior is Criminal
From TakePart.com We all watched in horror, the video of South Carolina school resources officer, Ben Fields, of the Richland ...
Between the world and Ta-Nehisi Coates – Every black mother should read…..
"Crazy"....is what people feel when their reality doesn't match that of the masses. "Crazy" is what many black folks have ...