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Healing, Self Care & JOY 
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You matter. The following section provides links to resources for people of color in the wake of the tragedy and trauma of racial injustice in our country.
 
Black Lives Matter co-founder, Alicia Garza reminds us that "BLM is a movement to build a multiracial democracy that benefits all of us. It didn’t start as a 501c3. It’s a love note to black people.” 
Why Self-Care? 
These Days, Black Self-Care Matters Too
Why We Need Self-Care In the Face of Race Based Trauma
The Spirituality of Resilience
How To Practice Self-Care
5 Self-care Practices Black People Can Use While Coping with Trauma (Huffington Post)
#BlackLivesMatter: 6 Ways Afro-Latinos Can Practice Self- Care Now (Latina Magazine)
Black Girl In Om (Yoga)
POETRY  & music
Black JOY  & Care Free Black Kids 
17 Poems to Read When The World Is Too Much
#CarefreeBlackKids2k16 is the Uplifting Hashtag You Need Right Now
How the Black Joy Project is Helping Activisits Deal
Black Joy Is Black Resistance (Huffington Post)
Raising free-spirited black children in a world set on punishing them
Songs of Black Lives Matter: 22 New Protest Anthems
VIDEOS
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  • In A World Where Black Lives Matter...            
        I Imagine (a project of Black Lives Matter)
  • "Glory" by John Legend & Common
  • "Black Girl Blues" Poem
  • "Rebel (I Find It Hard To Say)" by Lauryn Hill
  • "Dear White America" by Danez Smith 
  • Rochester, New York Black Pride Promo
  • Racial Discussion Fatigue Syndrome by Akilah Obviously 
  • "Young, Gifted & Black" by Nina Simone 
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