Dr. Valeria Benabdallah, LCSW, DCSW

Psychotherapist. Author. Board-Approved Clinical Supervisor. Owner of VEMB Psychotherapy Services. Therapy. Advocacy. School Consultations. Trauma-informed.

[Dr. Valeria Benabdallah, LCSW, DCSW @VBenabdallah]

Understanding is contextual and experiential. Here's some context in Hip-Hop and Dismantling The School-to-Prison Pipeline. Check out my opening chapter, "Hip Hop in the Time of Trauma." https://t.co/8sJGSo9elU

[ABC News @ABC]

A 17-year-old student has been accepted into more than 60 colleges and awarded over $1 million in scholarships, bringing him closer to his goal of pursuing a career in medicine. https://t.co/QdXlH0sXbv

[Kevin W. @Brink_Thinker]

What an impressive young boy!

[Deon Devon Osborne @indepthwithDeon]

Newly elected Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols signed an executive order Sunday officially designating June 1 as Tulsa Race Massacre Observance Day.

Tulsa police deputized thousands of White Tulsans in 1921 to “get you a gun a get a n*gger”, according to Oklahoma Historical Society.

[ABC News @ABC]

NEW: Harvard University on Monday announced that tuition will be free for students from families with annual incomes of $200,000 or less starting in the 2025-26 academic year. https://t.co/fNQDbi2VIz

[Dr. Valeria Benabdallah, LCSW, DCSW @VBenabdallah]

Happy International Women's Day and Happy Harriet Tubman Day! I'm attending GirlTrek's event, “National Membership Meeting” - sign up now to join me! #GirlTREK https://t.co/PXqKaTbgq4

[OU Daily @OUDaily]

Oklahoma coffee shop chain Stella Nova will donate all four of its locations to Not Your Average Joe, a local nonprofit coffee shop with a mission to provide jobs to people with disabilities:
https://t.co/mesG5c0ogQ

[Vice President Kamala Harris Archived @VP46Archive]

The founders of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. believed in the power of sisterhood, and they believed in the promise of America.

As we celebrate 117 years, we are proud to continue their fight for freedom, opportunity, and equality. Let us continue to lead with purpose and be in Service to All Mankind. Happy Founders’ Day.

[Dr. Valeria Benabdallah, LCSW, DCSW @VBenabdallah]

Happy Founders Day! 🩷💚#AKA1908 #aka117 https://t.co/7dudDGa4Qd

[Jarvis R. Givens @jarvisrgivens]

The Black Teacher Archive has a new grant program—up to $40k in funding for projects that amplify, preserve, and produce historical knowledge about the intellectual and political legacy of black teachers. Accepting letters of interest until 1/25/25. https://t.co/ilbqGVJHsh

[uché blackstock, md @uche_blackstock]

Very much looking forward to being one of the keynote speakers on Jan 14, 2025, for the 2025 Health Equity Symposium, co-hosted by @StanfordMed & @MLKInstitute!

[Helen Neville @HelenNeville12]

BIPOC psychologists have written extensively on racial trauma & healing. See #RadicalHealingSyllabus and other resources I'll drop in the thread. @DellaVMosley @DoctorBry @JioniLewis @HYAdames @NYChavez @GACspeaksout

https://t.co/tDRnFsqRU2

[Dr. Valeria Benabdallah, LCSW, DCSW @VBenabdallah]

@HelenNeville12 @APADivision17 Congrats! Can't wait to read.

[Black Perspectives @BlkPerspectives]

🚨The Carter G. Woodson Institute’s distinguished fellowship is a two-year residential fellowship for pre-doctoral students (ABD) whose work focuses on African American and African Diasporic Studies. Apply today!

https://t.co/C6vUjSHBXK

DEADLINE: December 15, 2024

[Dr. Valeria Benabdallah, LCSW, DCSW @VBenabdallah]

@ShawnTheScholar You waste no time entertaining the frivolous in this work. It is powerful and love-wrapped from the beginning! 🔥🔥🔥 #hooksian #SelfLove is necessary for #BlackWomen #MentalHealth

[Dr. Valeria Benabdallah, LCSW, DCSW @VBenabdallah]

@ShawnTheScholar Congrats! Sounds deeply thought-provoking and robust. Can't wait to read!

[Kimberlé Crenshaw @sandylocks]

Thank you @HutchinsCenter I am still overwhelmed with pride to receive the W.E.B Du Bois medal in recognition of my contributions to African American studies. At the same time, I reflect on what Du Bois would say about the commitments that are unraveling in this place and time.

[Jerry Mitchell @JMitchellNews]

120 years ago today, Mary McLeod Bethune opened a training school in Daytona Beach, Florida, with “$1.50, faith in God and five little girls.” Discarded crates and boxes served as their desks and chairs.

Eventually that school became an accredited institution, Bethune-Cookman College, and she served as a college president, one of the few women in the world to do so.

“Invest in the human soul,” she urged. “Who knows? It might be a diamond in the rough.”

A determined civil rights leader, she decried the lynchings of Black Americans and fought for voting rights and better health care. President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed her as a national adviser of his “Black Cabinet” to direct the National Youth Administration. She was known as “The First Lady of The Struggle” because of her dedication to the movement.

Her home in Daytona Beach was designated as a National Historic Landmark. In 2018, the Florida Legislature designated her to become one of two statues representing the state inside the U.S. Capitol. Two years later, Time selected her as one of the most influential women of the past century.
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[Child Mind Institute @childmindinst]

Tantrums and defiance may mask issues that aren't apparent to teachers and parents.

Often children who lash out or refuse to follow directions are thought to have oppositional defiant disorder, which is characterized by a pattern of negative, hostile, or defiant behavior. Symptoms of ODD include a child frequently losing their temper, arguing with adults, becoming easily annoyed, or actively disobeying requests or rules.

However several other issues could lead to kids being oppositional or out of control in school or at home. Read more:
https://t.co/iXiggeqrga

[SAMHSA @samhsagov]

Black Mental Health Matters! Let's support the mental wellbeing of Black communities by breaking down barriers to #MentalHealth support. #SPM24

Everyone deserves the care they need. https://t.co/Lx7CFVczdE #988Lifeline

[AERA @AERA_EdResearch]

The number of educational opportunities that children accrue as they grow up are strongly linked to their educational attainment and earnings in early adulthood, according to new research published in @ERjournal_AERA. @Eric_Dearing @Bustamante_AS @henrikdz https://t.co/YV13BSeUDs