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Black Well-Being videos

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Though many minority groups face discrimination and bigotry, certain patterns of intergenerational trauma, othering, and colorism are unique to the Black community within the US, which undergoes the constant stress of racial discrimination, police violence, health-care biases, and generations of economic injustice—among many other systemic stressors. Social pressure and cultural messaging can have a great impact on our feelings of self-worth and can make us struggle with self-acceptance. Everyone has the right to live a vibrant life in their full identity, and the struggle for physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being can find support from those who understand and validate the complexities, nuance, pain, and joy of the community’s lived experiences.

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This Black Mom Is Using Her Platform to Normalize Conversations about Social Justice with Children

The professor and belonging advocate with 30 years of diversity, inclusion, and anti-racism work under her belt says that her kids are her “why”—from why she wakes up every morning to why she wants to create a better, more just society and world.

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Peace and Freedom: Black Women’s Yoga and Health Freedom

Stephanie Y. Evans, Ph.D. is a Professor of Black Women's Studies and serves as Director of the Institute for Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Georgia State University.

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Stress Management Speaker Series with Dr. Stephanie Y. Evans

Dr. Stephanie Y. Evans, professor and director of the Institute for Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Georgia State University. The title for her talk is "Black Women’s Yoga Memoirs Before and After 1975: An Intellectual History of Inner Peace, Self-Care and Stress."

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Saeed Jones on Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr.

In this clip from Overheard, poet and author Saeed Jones discusses the impact that the murders of Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. had on him as a child.

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Alliance Fastpitch Webinar: Black Athletes Through the Decades in Softball

The Alliance Fastpitch co-hosted their first history series panel with the NFCA, titled Black Athletes Through the Decades in Softball. LSU All American and the first female Gold Glove Winner A. J.

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Wisdom Keepers: Yeye Luisah Teish

In this video, Priestess Yeshe Matthews of the Mt Shasta Goddess Temple interviews Yoruba Chief, Priestess of Oshun, storyteller, and magical woman Yeye Luisah Teish about life, love, and the art of divination.

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Nikki Giovanni Love, Work, Society

Nikki Giovanni, world-renowned American poet, writer, activist, and educator, appeared at the Governors State University Center for Performing Arts on November 7, 2012. She will speak on The Courage for Equality: Nikki Giovanni Love, Work, Society.

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Adrienne Maree Brown: Octavia Butler’s Visions of the Future Have Transformed Generation of Readers

The visionary Black science-fiction writer Octavia Butler died 15 years ago on February 24, 2006, but her influence and readership has only continued to grow since then. In September, Butler’s novel “Parable of the Sower” became her first to reach the New York Times best-seller list.

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Alice Walker

Patricia Gras speaks with Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple.

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Black Trans Female Empowerment—Mila Jam—TEDxPrincetonWomen

Lessons in radical self love & unapologetic existence for women: black, Trans, femme and beyond. A path to owning your identity, purpose and presence.

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