“Confronting chronic emotional pain in Black life is the terrain of political resistance we must now explore, the new revolutionary frontier—” -bell hooks 

On this podcast, we celebrate National Mental Health Awareness Week! In this podcast we talk to Mattice Haynes and discuss our participation and learnings from BEAM’s Black Mental Health and Healing Justice training in Summer 2018 and through storytelling explore the role of healing in Parenting for Liberation. When emotions rise on the call, we lean into them, and practice breathing together. Much gratitude for authentic vulnerability. 

We conclude the call with a practice from the BEAM training, a collective mantra, that we co-created about the capacity for Black folks to heal: I have a right to my feelings and emotions Black people have a right to heal We have a right to exist and just be Our families deserve freedom to play, to laugh, and to love We can and we must love and support one another Healing is essential to Black liberation Let’s get free y’all! To learn more about BEAM and their Black Mental Health trainings visit: http://www.beam.community/hjtraining/