By & For: Our Communities
VIDEO: Indigenous communities can’t defeat colonialism without fighting anti-Blackness
Blackness was and is considered expensive, yet indigeneity was and is not.
Read MoreDirect giving is our legacy. Ignoring that legacy is anti-Black
Our folks built special kinds of ecosystems amidst all the strategies of economic instability that antiBlackness necessitates.
Read MoreSeason 2, Episode 5: Richard Pryor’s Smith College professor daughter & granddaughter discuss the ‘N Word’ & respectability politics
Famous 1970’s comedian Richard Pryor had his own journey around the “N word,” and current Smith College Professor, Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor explains how her father disavowed his own use of the word.
Read More9 intimate photos exploring the meaning & importance of Black queer love
Black queer love, in and of itself, is a defiance to what a Eurocentric, hateful world views as worthy, beautiful, and acceptable.
Read MoreMy Colorful Nana Project: “Education unlocks human stories & makes ‘othering’ people harder” an interview with Chidi Asoluka
Chidi Asoluka and MCNP founder Lauren Stockmon Brown question how we can collectively liberate the minds of young people
Read MoreCOVID-19 & the response to it shows how dangerously inaccessible safety nets are for people with disabilities
We were clearly not prepared for a pandemic, but the system in place has never made things easy for disabled people.
Read MoreVIDEO: The Stress of the Pandemic is Gendered. Our Response Has to Be, Too
This is just to say that this pandemic has heightened forms of violence that have existed before, and have especially increased for many, especially women and GNC individuals.
Read MoreA Black woman navigates outrage over continued anti-Black state violence alongside the pandemic’s mental health challenges
Ultimately, we rely on community care.
Read MoreWhat might happen if we ignore our grief during quarantine?
The day edges on. Repeats. Cracks open. Falls apart. I try to ignore my grief. But it’s still there, underneath everything.
Read MoreVIDEO: Connecting with my ancestors showed me that healing is possible, even in a pandemic
With the guidance and wisdom of my ancestors and that of a supportive group of friends, my mother, and sister, I feel and know I am a better person than before.
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