Black Women’s Mental Health and Wellness in Times of Crisis
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Black Women’s Mental Health and Wellness in Times of Crisis

Photo: Shutterstock This week we’re featuring an essay from FierceforBlackWomen.com on finding solace and even joy in these dark times. The author is writer Sheree…

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Five Black Women Turn Community-Backed Series Into 100K-View Soci
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Five Black Women Turn Community-Backed Series Into 100K-View Soci

Independent filmmaker Tamieka Briscoe’s Black-led series gains 100K+ organic views, strong community support, and plans for Season Two. Separate Rooms proves that authentic Black stories,…

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1700 Russian Commandos just Arrived Burkina Faso to Protect Traore after COUP
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1700 Russian Commandos just Arrived Burkina Faso to Protect Traore after COUP

In a move that has the West on high alert, some of Russia’s elite commandos have just landed in Burkina Faso. Their reported mission isn’t…

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Stop Defending the WRONG People. #karmeloanthony
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Stop Defending the WRONG People. #karmeloanthony

About Video: Karmelo Anthony was convicted. Now comes the harder conversation. At what point do we stop blaming everyone else and start addressing the problems…

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For Black queer people, Juneteenth is about identities and intersection
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For Black queer people, Juneteenth is about identities and intersection

June is already a special time for LGBTQ+ people, but for Black people in the community, the month holds even more significance when Juneteenth (also…

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Five Black Women Turn Community-Backed Series Into 100K-View Social Media Success
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Five Black Women Turn Community-Backed Series Into 100K-View Social Media Success

Independent filmmaker Tamieka Briscoe’s Black-led series gains 100K+ organic views, strong community support, and plans for Season Two. Separate Rooms proves that authentic Black stories,…

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Improving Culturally Responsive Trauma-Informed Hospice Care
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Improving Culturally Responsive Trauma-Informed Hospice Care

Integrating culturally responsive approaches to trauma-informed care can help hospices to better address gaps of unmet end-of-life needs among underserved communities. Generational racial prejudice can…

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VIDEO: Ahead of America’s 250th, Pressley, Advocates Call On Congress to Advance Transformative Reparative Justice Agenda
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VIDEO: Ahead of America’s 250th, Pressley, Advocates Call On Congress to Advance Transformative Reparative Justice Agenda

“The next 250 years cannot look like the last. The next 250 years must be about repair.” “So today, we call on Congress to act….

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To Those Who Ganged Up On A Black Woman For Writing “Too Much” (and to Those Who Did Not Defend Her), Shame On You!
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To Those Who Ganged Up On A Black Woman For Writing “Too Much” (and to Those Who Did Not Defend Her), Shame On You!

When some members of a community, attack and pile on against a black woman member for being too outspoken, especially about race, it is a…

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‘Hiding in plain sight’: Historic Honey Hill cemetery on James Island to be restored 
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‘Hiding in plain sight’: Historic Honey Hill cemetery on James Island to be restored 

JAMES ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) — A historic Black cemetery in the Honey Hill community on James Island is on its way to being reclaimed and…

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