Bright Blessings, Beautiful Beings, Bienvenido! It is Afro August and we want to take a moment to celebrate with our community! Afro August. An image of Harriet Tubman, One of many conductors of the underground railroad. The festivities include -actualizing by creating a culture of reparations, resource return, and self growth. - a party. Singing,… Continue reading Afro August | A Legacy Of Self Preservation
Category: centering blackness
Cultural Uniqueness | Centering Blackness
Bright blessings, Beautiful beings, Bienvenido!! Moon Phase: Waxing CrescentSun Phase: early SpringPause: to notice your authentic selfAffirmation: I am unique and follow the cues of my body As is the African tradition in moments of great uncertainty.This painting depicts the braiding of Seeds into one's hair. With fields and the Sun in the background Most… Continue reading Cultural Uniqueness | Centering Blackness
Reparations Curious | Resolve To Do Better
Greetings, Beautiful Beings, Bienvenido!Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous MoonSun Phase: after Winter SolsticePrayer: May balance bring you peaceAffirmation: European settlers embody truth and reconciliation I am writing as the Founding Steward of Artistic Apothecary. Since 2011, we have sustained a reputation as a community care and advocacy group. We are picking up the torch lit by our Ancestry,… Continue reading Reparations Curious | Resolve To Do Better
Centering blackness | I pour love into myself
2 black Cormorants and 2 White/Gray Pelicans wade in the Lake. BEautiful BEings, Bienvenido! Moon Phase: Waning MoonSun Phase: before Fall EquinoxPrayer: May we rise as the monarchy falls. As you know I am about Liberation for all! Plus I know to get there I must uplift the most marginalized of us. Specifically in this… Continue reading Centering blackness | I pour love into myself
Multi-Cultural Center & Heritage Seed Gardens
Find your FAMILY. on a black background. FAMILY in bubble letters contains all the gender/queer flags. Greetings, Beautiful Beings, Bienvenido! Our Giving Land Reparations campaign is in full swing! Are you searching for a grassroots initiative to give land to? Are you offering remedies for African chattel slavery? Are you practicing racial reckoning for an… Continue reading Multi-Cultural Center & Heritage Seed Gardens
Resource Return + Racial Reckoning
Dark Skin Afro being with black afro, jewelry and green googles communicates dear white people your work has just begun The three best ways we have found to tend wounds are by telling the truth, believing others, and being accountable for ourselves and lineage. Through our organization, we educate privileged folks on (micro)aggressions (generational, societal,… Continue reading Resource Return + Racial Reckoning
Our Action Plan | Centering blackness
Beauties, Moon Phase: Waning Moon Sun Phase: before Summer Solstice Music: Battle Cry by Angel Haze featuring Sia Prayer: May the world remember us when the rallies wane. As you may know we are steadily making herbal medicine to keep our community in wellness. As we approach a decade of service we are shifting our… Continue reading Our Action Plan | Centering blackness