This week for #28DaysofBlackLove, we’re affirming the importance of healing from our collective and individual experiences with trauma. When we take the time to visit our pain, confront it, and move through it, we set ourselves up for more than survival -- we generate the possibility for us and our future generations to thrive.
Today we honor Marsha P. Johnson, once called a patron saint - "holy" and "angel" for the glow and kindness she displayed. Folks would say meeting her was "like a religious experience,” embodying that #HealingLove. How will you give yourself and other Black people #HealingLove this week?
Take some time during the week to meditate/reflect/get grounded/etc then write down three areas on a small sheet of paper about where you see yourself in your healing this year. #HealingLove #28DaysOfBlackLove
Happy #BlackHistoryMonth! Every day is a celebration of unapologetic Blackness, and February is our time to amplify our love for Black people. We invite you to join us in our #28DaysofBlackLove campaign, where we’ll take action together each week to honor the liberating power of Black Love. Black Love is a crucial element in our freedom and ability to thrive - none of us would be here without a Black person showing us we are worthy of an unwavering, radical love.
This week for #28DaysofBlackLove, we’re uplifting the incredible work Black women, femmes, trans people, and GNC folks have done to end sexual violence against Black people. Those who not only listened to and believed survivors, but relentlessly advocated for them to seek justice and reparations. We give praise and gratitude for survivors like Rosa Parks, Recy Taylor, and Gertrude Perkins who declared that silence was no longer an option against the sexual harm they endured. We honor Celia, the 19 year old enslaved girl who killed her master in Missouri (1855) after years of sexual abuse, and was later executed due to her fighting back. We uplift Ky Peterson and Gigi Thomas, who are still imprisoned for fighting back against their sexual assaulters.
We thank Gwendolyn Z Simmons, who used her vivid creativity to highlight the range of trauma and triumph survivors of sexual violence endure. Today, we’re asking you how do you #loveliberates, so that we can live in a world free of sexual harm? Post a selfie or video using the #loveliberates hashtag and show us the limitless ways we can fight to end centuries of sexual violence against Black women, femmes, trans and GNC folks.
