In this episode, I talked with EbonyJanice about showing up authentically. EbonyJanice is the founder and CEO of The Free People Project and The EbonyJanice Project. She has authored several books, including All The Black Girls Are Activists: A Fourth Wave Womanist Pursuit Of Dreams As Radical Resistance. Her Spiritual Mentorship Program, entitled “Dream Yourself Free,” is designed to support Black Women to heal intergenerational wounds and prioritize pleasure. Her talks embody a Hip Hop Womanist perspective. She is the visionary and creator of Black Girl Mixtape, a platform and safe think space that elevates the intellectual authority of Black Women. She is the founder of the All The Black Girls Are Bestsellers Campaign, raising over a million dollars to mass purchase Black femme books with the goal of getting them on The New York Times Best Sellers List. This project endeavored to spend the bulk of these funds in small Black and Indie-owned bookstores and gifted thousands of books to individuals and organizations nationwide. EbonyJanice earned her Bachelors in Cultural Anthropology and Political Science and a Masters of Arts in Social Change with a concentration in Spiritual Leadership, Womanist Theology, and Racial Justice.

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IG: @ebonyjanice

Website: https://www.ebonyjanice.com/ 

Resources Mentioned

Tell Me Where It Hurts by Tasha Hunter

All the Black Girls Are Activists by EbonyJanice

Abolition Geography by Ruth Wilson Gilmore

Healing Justice Lineages by Cara Page and Erica Woodland

Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary by Miss Major Griffin-Gracy and Toshio Meronek

Sensual Faith by Lyvonne Briggs

“Mindfulness, Metta, and Mutual Aid with Oneika Mays” episode of Broadening the Narrative

“When Feminism Is White Supremacy in Heels” by Rachel Cargle

Are We Free Yet? by Tina Strawn

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