Habari Gani? KUJICHAGULIA! (koo–gee–cha–goo–LEE–yah) Today, on the second day of Kwanzaa we celebrate Kujichagulia or Self-Determination which is to define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves, & speak for ourselves. Kujichagulia is an opportunity to get in touch with what makes us who we are. Today’s reflection on Kujichagulia comes from Program Associate, paradyse oakley. … Continue reading Go Fetch it – Telling our Family Stories!
Category: Racial Justice
Habari Gani? UMOJA! Happy Kwanzaa! Today is the first day of Kwanzaa and we celebrate Umoja or Unity. Umoja is about striving for and maintaining unity in the family, the community, the nation, and people. For today’s reflection on Umoja, comes from our Executive Director, Trina Greene. This year for Umoja we are thinking beyond unity and about … Continue reading From Unity to Solidarity
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Trina Greene & Son, Terrence, 14 “My passion is the fight for equity and justice. I am passionate about ensuring that racism is eliminated and Black children are raised with a deep sense of self, cultural pride and Black joy.” Trina Greene Read More about Trina's Unique Passion https://parentingoc.com/oc-families/oc-moms/moms-with-unique-passions/
Trina joins Next Question with Katie Couric and shares the importance of Parenting for Liberation in this moment of multiple pandemics of COVID-19 and racial violence, and how Black families can return to healing through community and ancestral ways towards wholeness and liberation. "It has been a brutal year. Not only for the loss, heartache … Continue reading “When trauma is shared: How to heal together”
In this moment of mass uprising, where people all over the country & globe are demanding justice & dignity for black lives which necessitates the end of the police & police state, we are reminded and keep coming back to a conversation with Cecilia Caballero (@ceciliacaballerophd) of Chicana M(other)work (@chicanamotherwork) from 2016. Cecilia shares her experience in processing … Continue reading “No More Police”
“Black mothers require these healing resources because of the pre-existing disparities in access to both physical and mental health resources, coupled with the added pressures of round-the-clock caregiving, financial uncertainty, school closures, and social isolation that is uniquely impacting Black mothers,” - Trina Greene Brown Please read this important piece by A. Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez #freeblackmotherhood Read … Continue reading The unbearable grief of Black mothers
Yesterday while I was still reeling from the fact that George Floyd, yet another loved one , has been taken by an act of police cruelty, my soul brother Eric Darnell Pritchard began sharing this poem as a resource. I wrote this poem in 2014 and first shared it at the BOLD national gathering as … Continue reading Coming Back to Breath
On this podcast we connect with Ida McRae who identifies as a Black Muslim woman and parent on what it means to be Black and Muslim. With the heightened violence against Muslim communities from the New Zealand attack in Christchurch that left over 50 dead and 50 more injured and with the increased repressive policies … Continue reading Episode 26: Black + Muslim: Dealing with AntiBlackness + Islamophobia with Ida McRae
Each year, I made a point of chaperoning the first field trip of the school year. My volunteerism was as much a display of parent engagement as it was a subconscious way of helping my children assert their blackness. Read complete article here.