Habari Gani? KUUMBA! Today, on the sixth day of Kwanzaa, we celebrate Kuumba or Creativity which is to do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful & beneficial than we inherited it. This sixth day is one of the most lively and festive of the holiday. … Continue reading Kuumba: Watering Our Creativity
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Ujima (Collective Work & Responsibility) which is to build & maintain our community together & make our brothers’ & sisters’ problems our problems, and to solve them together. Today, on the third day of Kwanzaa, we celebrate Ujima (Collective Work & Responsibility) which is to build & maintain our community together & make our brothers' & sisters' problems … Continue reading Ujima: We are Each Other’s Harvest
Let's Get Ready for Kwanzaa! Kwanzaa is a 7-day African-American & Pan-African holiday that celebrates family, community and culture. Since 1966, Kwanzaa is observed from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1. Derived from the phrase "matuna ya kwanza" meaning "first fruits" in Swahili, Kwanzaa incorporates 7 principles, called "Nguzo Saba", and 7 symbols that represent values … Continue reading First Fruits: Getting Ready for Kwanzaa
It’s Back to School season for many children and families right now! Whether you’ve started school a few weeks ago, just getting started, or waiting to return, we are sending you lots of compassion and grace as we all navigate institutions, schooling and unschooling, and all the uncertainty that this transition might bring up. We … Continue reading Black to School
Parenting for Liberation is growing! As we continue to address the needs of Black parents and families, we recognize that this movement is for all of us and that building collective power is what will bring us closer towards liberation. We are hiring for three part-time roles to support the three pillars of Parenting for Liberation’s bodies of … Continue reading P4L is Growing!
Make sure to check out A. Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez’s New York Times Parenting piece on centering Joy this Black History Month!✨This Black History month, P4L has been thinking about futures and what it means to proclaim our joy publicly.✨Trina reminds us “This is what liberation looks like — black families playing together, enjoying one another’s presence. … Continue reading This Black History Month’s Lesson: Joy
At Parenting for Liberation, we believe that to truly manifest the dreams cast in the past, we must celebrate Black Futures—Black children. We launched our Black Futures campaign with a photoshoot in January inviting Black families to share what liberation looks, feels, smells like and how they embody liberation in their family. The photoshoot centered joy and play. … Continue reading Black Futures Month
Instead of teaching our kids to work twice as hard to seek the approval of people and companies that simply don't know how to appreciate and respect Black brilliance, let's start teaching our kids that racist systems will never be able to fully value them because many were never built with them in mind, but … Continue reading Why The “Working Twice As Hard” Mentality Doesn’t Work
Incredible piece to challenge us to #FreeBlackMotherhood by a Parenting for Liberation partner, Ambreia Meadows Fernandez: Since arriving on U.S. shores, black mothers have been sacrificing joy to save their families. We’re the glue that holds our community together, but we’re regularly overlooked and under supported. We’ve been beaten to death with the stigma the … Continue reading Black mothers deserve to be freed from outrageous stereotypes
The Courage of Parenting When You Have A History of Trauma — Gretchen Schmelzer Parenting with a trauma history is one of the bravest things that people can do—and it is invisible. If you are doing it well, nobody knows. Nobody cheers. If you had been physically disabled by a past trauma and chose to run … Continue reading The Courage of Parenting When You Have A History of Trauma