Grounding Space for Queering Racial Equity Summit by Jessica Baker

jessica874 — 2021-04-15 21:16:27 UTC

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jessica874 — 2021-04-15 21:18:06 UTC

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jessica874 — 2021-04-15 21:18:50 UTC

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Please leave an offering for those we lost, for our communities or for yourself. ♥

jessica874 — 2021-04-15 21:20:16 UTC

UnityHope

jessica874 — 2021-04-15 22:21:06 UTC

Unity Hope delivers crisis support for Southern California communities impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Unity Hope can:
- connect those wanting resources in Southern Californa, such as mental health care, ____________________
- provide workshops and presentations on LGBTQ+ mental health

Unity Hope is a project of the Unity Social Justice Center sponsored by CalHope to bring hope and wellness to Southern California residents.

Access: https://www.unityhope.org/

jessica874 — 2021-04-15 22:41:21 UTC

Anxious

2021-04-20 00:21:03 UTC

I am feeling a bit of combustible anxiety and anxiousness over the news and anti-blackness in all its forms.

Music is my balm

2021-04-20 00:23:31 UTC

Music : Loud Music, Soft music, the sounds of raindrops and drums have equally call me back when I feel myself fading.

Ode to George

2021-04-20 00:27:11 UTC

Black Liturgies

2021-04-20 00:31:05 UTC

Free Virtual Emotional Emancipation Circles

sisikreid — 2021-04-20 01:12:53 UTC

Facilitated by Erika Totten, Spiritual Life Coach: Founder, Unchained Visioning

“Emotional Emancipation Circles are virtual (and in-person) spaces for Black people to share how we’re feeling - allowing ourselves to experience the full range of human emotion, remembering the truths of our history and unlearning the lies, embodying joy, and learning & practicing essential emotional wellness skills to help us deal with the stress of this world.

*All in-person EEC spaces are canceled due to COVID-19
**We're meeting virtually biweekly so this space is always here whenever you need it <3”

Register:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUldO6hqT0vHdNCrn22fjrzhS3rulMkBEYa?fbclid=IwAR2vii_NYfS0JlN2AZOhq-CStlK8DEFEt74Lyy_C5663ta7SXmEsG3PALGQ

Safety is Fleeting

revbenita — 2021-06-19 19:58:33 UTC

Safety is being surrounded by my human angels, safety is tucked away in a little corner of my mind that i am still reaching for.

Offering for Juneteenth

revbenita — 2021-06-19 20:00:31 UTC

revbenita — 2021-06-19 20:04:38 UTC

Queer Racial Equality Summit

revbenita — 2021-06-19 21:16:18 UTC

The Keynote speaker Vic really helped center me.

my tarot reading, very reaffirming

2021-06-19 21:17:48 UTC

Angry

2021-06-19 21:17:59 UTC

I feel angry that there is so much homophobia and hatred towards the LGBTQ+ community. The lengths some people will go to in order to silence us is angering.

Understand

2021-06-19 21:18:00 UTC

Duting

vanessazamora393 — 2021-06-19 21:20:41 UTC

Litany for Survival by Audre Lorde

2021-06-19 21:25:42 UTC

this has been a balm and reminds me why we thrive