Sunday, March 1, 2020

Black Futures Month – Parenting for Liberation

Black Futures Month – Parenting for Liberation
Parenting for Liberation
Black Futures Month 


Black Futures Month – Parenting for Liberation 
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 At Parenting for Liberation, we believe that to truly manifest the dreams cast in the past, we must celebrate Black Futures—Black children. We launched our Black Futures campaign with a photoshoot in January inviting Black families to share what liberation looks, feels, smells like and how they embody liberation in their family. The photoshoot centered joy and play. Families played ball, blew bubbles, played with dolls, read books, sang on a karaoke mic, etc. The photoshoot disrupts many narratives around Black families and creates new possibilities for what liberation looks like. 

 That is what liberation looks like—Black families playing together, CONTINUE READING: https://wp.me/p7fXox-1me


 Note from Trina: Parenting & Leading with a Grieving Heart – Parenting for Liberation  https://wp.me/p7fXox-1mm via @Parenting4Lib
They say grief is like an ocean. Well on January 14, 2020, a volcano erupted under the waters of my heart causing a tsunami of grief for me when my daddy passed away unexpectedly. My dad, so full of life, my number one supporter, always rocking his Parenting for Liberation shirt was gone from this earth. Since then, I have been struggling to pick up the pieces of the wreckage, the pieces of my heart. These pieces are what keep me afloat when the waves of grief ripple in and try to take me under. From this collection, I created my own grief rituals that I wanted to share with folks who may also be grieving while parenting. While I embark on riding the waves of grief with the ebb and flow, I am also CONTINUE READING: https://wp.me/p7fXox-1mm 

 This Black History Month’s Lesson: Joy – Parenting for Liberation 
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Make sure to check out A. Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez’s New York Times Parenting piece on centering Joy this Black History Month!
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This Black History month, P4L has been thinking about futures and what it means to proclaim our joy publicly.
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Trina reminds us “This is what liberation looks like — black families playing together, enjoying one another’s presence. This is what our ancestors fought for — our ability to be free.”
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