Ruby Jean is the late grandmother of Chris Goode, founder and CEO of Ruby Jean’s Juicery.Ruby Jean was raised on a soul food diet and lived on very meager means, never in her life learning how to drive a car. She eventually moved to Kansas City, Mo.,in the late 1950s with several other family members.She raised her family the same way she was raised, with a diet leaning heavily on salty, fatty foods like cornbread smothered in butter, fried chicken and luscious homemade desserts every day, ...| The Whole Story
Cutting up the canon of photographic images gave Justine Kurland an interest in collage that has blossomed into The Rose, a celebrated exhibition on show and in print this summer The post Over fifty women photographers use collage as a feminist form at CPW, Kingston appeared first on 1854 Photography.| 1854 Photography
Food for the Spirit hosted a two-day gathering in Buffalo on March 22-23, launching the Buffalo Bypass Network with 48 food justice advocates, including QTBIPOC growers. The initiative aims to enhance food access, sustainability, and community collaboration. Participants shared resources and explored collective ownership models to strengthen regional food systems and empower communities.| Food for the Spirit
Let’s be honest, talking about Black mental health myths in the community hasn’t always been easy. For generations, we’ve been taught to be strong, keep pushing, pray harder, and keep our business in the family. Vulnerability was often seen as weakness, and therapy? That was for “other people.” But here’s the truth: strength is not […] The post 5 Myths About Black Mental Health and The Truth For Healing appeared first on GoodTherapy.org Therapy Blog.| GoodTherapy.org Therapy Blog
By Courtland J. Powers-Gunnells What I realized was that I needed to communicate my impact differently. In my portfolio, I began telling the story of how my approach to fundraising centered on what organizations needed most. The post How to separate your personal & professional value from the funds you raise as a fundraiser of color appeared first on CCF.| CCF
Race is central to identity and lived experience. It touches much more than skin pigment; it plays a role in our societal norms, values, and traditions. Today, because of the historical enslavement of people from Africa, Black people live in every part of the globe. This dissemination of a large group of people with the […] The post Roadmap to Black Mental Health appeared first on The Mental Health Coalition.| The Mental Health Coalition
This book is incredibly gruesome and, frankly, terrifying. It is its own kind of beast, and what a horrifically beautiful beast that is.| BOOK RIOT
Page count: 400 pagesRating: 4 stars| Malin's Blog of Books
Three York University alumni and one former faculty member are among this year's list of the top 25 immigrants or refugees who have made a major impact on Canadian society.| York University
Written by Alex Huls (YFile July 25, 2025) It all began with one day. In 2022, Black high school students from the York Region District School Board (YRDSB) were invited by York University’s Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community & Diaspora to the Keele Campus to take part in “A Day at York.” The event was designed […]| Faculty of Education
It’s human nature to want to feel validated in your feelings and experiences, and therapy is a great avenue for feeling understood. Yet, our unique perspectives, cultures, and outlooks often impact our emotions and struggles, which means therapy must also be personal. Culturally competent therapists better understand the qualities and identifiers that make you unique, […] The post Culturally Competent Therapy: What Is It & Why Does It Matter? appeared first on GoodTherapy.org Therapy Blog.| GoodTherapy.org Therapy Blog
This promotion is not currently available. Our Open Book program celebrates authors from a variety of cultural experiences and backgrounds by sharing their stories, inspiration, writing process and more. Learn More.| Hachette Book Group
From the New York Times best-selling author of The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry—a glorious and immersive novel about two childhood friends, once estranged, who reunite as adults to create video games, finding an intimacy in digital worlds that eludes them in their real lives. Spanning thirty years, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Venice Beach, California,…| Hooks, Books, & Wanderlust
Ruby Jean is the late grandmother of Chris Goode, founder and CEO of Ruby Jean’s Juicery.Ruby Jean was raised on a soul food diet and lived on very meager means, never in her life learning how to drive a car. She eventually moved to Kansas City, Mo.,in the late 1950s with several other family members. […] The post A Love Letter to Ruby Jean appeared first on The Whole Story.| The Whole Story
Page count: 416 pages Rating: 5 stars StoryGraph Easy Reading Challenge 25: A book with two authors Felicity "Fizzy" Chen loves her life and...| kingmagu.blogspot.com
Page count: 384 pagesRating: 4 stars| Malin's Blog of Books
The centuries-long genocidal program of the US settler-colonial regimen has largely been omitted from history. Now, for the first time, acclaimed historian and activist Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz offers a history of the United States told from the perspective of Indigenous peoples and reveals how Native Americans, for centuries, actively resisted expansion of the US empire. An…| Hooks, Books, & Wanderlust
Dana, a modern Black woman, is celebrating her 26th birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South. Rufus, the white son of a plantation owner, is drowning, and Dana has been summoned to save him. Dana is drawn back repeatedly through time…| Hooks, Books, & Wanderlust
We are so excited for this year’s 2024 – 2025 BIPOC Editorial series. In its fourth year, Network Weaver’s BIPOC Editorial series continues to amplify the voices of BIPOC network weavers, connectors, leaders, and mappers and invites community workers, builders, carers, and anyone reimagining network leadership practices through a lens of liberation to write us into the future.| Network Weaver
Kim Guerra, MFT (she/her/ella) is a writer, advocate and entrepreneur and creator of Brown Badass Bonita, a brand movement that she considers to be a work of self love and love for h…| Hachette Book Group
Racism has a profound impact on the mental health of teenagers. According to an article published in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America Journal, minority teens and ...| New Haven Treatment Center
"So I ask you as a community: is your allegiance and proximity to white supremacy and privilege more important than our lives? Because whiteness has created the emergency and there are disabled BIPOC in the building scrambling towards safety."| Crutches and Spice
In 2023, Food for the Spirit created this timeline to share a snapshot of our history and the parallel and often intersecting timelines and developments of Food for the Spirit (F4tS) and the Buffalo Food Equity Network (BFEN). The post Our [Her/His/Their] Story appeared first on Food for the Spirit.| Food for the Spirit
Join us for a virtual film screening event titled "Power of Narrative: Creating An Equitable Food & Farm Bill" hosted by Black Farmers United NYS, Equity Advocates, and others, showcasing a 15-minute film featuring BIPOC voices in food and farming. The event includes insights from guest speakers and is part of a collective farm bill campaign.| Food for the Spirit
BFEN Director, Nnenna Ferguson, discussed Food for the Spirit and BFEN's Farm to School initiatives at the NY Health Foundation's conference on transforming food systems. Panelists talked about how institutions address food quality issues.| Food for the Spirit
Study: Over half (57%) of professionals say their companies have started new initiatives to improve diversity in the workplace in the last six months.| Office Pulse
Doran H. Ross in the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion: Africa (2010) in an article on Ghana explores in detail how adinkra is created (Figs. 1-2), and why it is worn:| Fashion History Timeline
The Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion (2005) offers a brief definition of the dashiki and its etymology:| Fashion History Timeline