I tweet for women who have been hurt by their moms, but also want to understand her through their healing. I don't mother blame. I help you understand how things become cycles of hurt, in your family. This is how you don't repeat it.
Below will be tweets that may interest you.
I didn't understand Juneteenth as a kid, but it was celebrated. My summer came (led by a black woman) had a party every year. My grandma celebrated every single year. "Happy Juneteenth" was said every year.
You know what. . . I'm so sorry to Black people from Texas.
It was one thing when other Black Americans were learning about and celebrating Juneteenth, having the shared history of our ancestors being enslaved on this land.
A bill just passed the House & Senate to:
•End student debt relief
•Force people to pay interest cancelled due to pandemic
•Reinstate 260K+ already cancelled student loans owed by educators, nurses, & public service workers
Biden will veto—but this is the GOP. Vote them out.
TW: Lynching
The lynching of Jordan Neely is what happens when you blame every violent thing that happens in this country on mental illness because while it excuses violent behavior from white people, it criminalizes mental illness in Black people.
The man who choked him
Jambalaya
Gumbo (if you put over rice)
Red beans & rice
Black eyed peas & rice
Gullah Red Rice
These are literal staples to Black American cuisine
This is Najee. He wanted to throw a block party. This was his first event he facilitated with Paterson Healing Collective.
He had the whole block out sweeping and cleaning it up for the kids that came to enjoy our activities later.
Last month he was killed by police.