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Kwanzaa and Christmas—the Importance of Cultural Tradition

By Jovan A. Brown — 2021

Kwanzaa was instituted as a means to reaffirm the human agency and cultural dignity of people of African descent. This agency was disrupted during enslavement as persons who owned enslaved Africans, influenced a displacement of practices that were intrinsically African. In its stead, Christianity was often misused to justify the institution of slavery.

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Social Media Helps Native Americans Preserve Cultural Traditions During Pandemic

Many Native people have found innovative ways throughout the pandemic to continue sharing their culture despite physical distancing restrictions. Social media groups have provided some remedies, in ways that may continue after the pandemic wanes.

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Sara Reardon
2021
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Black Americans Are Very Connected to Being Black

The overwhelming majority of black Americans view their racial identity as a core part of their overall identity, and this black identity and kinship with other black people has likely been heightened by recent events.

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Perry Bacon Jr., Meredith Conroy
2021
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Honoring Our Interdependence with Black People

“If we only explore interdependence to feel good,” writes Dr. Kamilah Majied, “we miss a lot.” She shares the importance of recognizing and honoring the deep connections each of us has to Black lives.

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Kamilah Majied
2020
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Investors and Entrepreneurs Need to Address the Mental Health Crisis in Startups

The most brilliant and creative amongst us are sometimes the most troubled, and nowhere is that clearer than in the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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Jake Chapman
2018
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Belonging at Work Is Essential—Here Are 4 Ways to Foster It

When we feel like we belong, we experience meaning, life satisfaction, physical health and psychological stability. When we feel excluded, physical pain and a wide range of psychological ailments result.

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Rebecca Fraser-Thill
2019
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Belongingness: Essential Bridges that Support the Self

Recent research is establishing the critical nature of social belongingness.

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Allen R McConnell
2013
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Create a Sense of Belonging

Finding ways to belong can help ease the pain of loneliness.

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Karyn Hall
2014
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On Belonging: What Is Behind Our Psychological Need to Belong?

Much of human behavior, thought, and emotion stems from our psychological need to belong. In psychologist Christopher Peterson’s words, other people matter.

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Marianna Pogosyan
2017
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Moving vs. Staying. Instructions for Finding Your People and Your Place.

I sense two questions in your one question. The one you’ve spoken is “How do I decide which place to live?” but the one unspoken is “How do I find where I belong?” They sound similar, but they’re super different.

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Commander Logic
2011
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Brené Brown: Why Human Connection Will Bring Us Closer Together

I spoke to Brené Brown, author of the new book Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone, about why we have a crisis of disconnection in society, the importance of a sense of belonging, the difference between true belonging and fitting in, why human...

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Dan Schawbel
2017
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