As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store. Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.

Every single American should be concerned with the rapid increase of mass surveillance under ICE. It will not go away when they feel they’ve accomplished their mission of getting rid of all the non-white people.

Walking past my straight relatives watching football: Hey how is LeBron doin? I heard he was scoring points in the infield! I love soccer! My brother in law: yeah we def gon jump yo ass after the game. 🫠😂😂

Lifting up the Taínos today: The first Indigenous group contacted by the colonizers of this hemisphere; long before the violent massacre that would become coveted as a day of thanks and celebration by this country. Give thanks for Indigenous people. Not colonizers.

Apart of decolonization is realizing that MOST if not at all of the descendants of African Slaves in this country have never believed the myth of “white pilgrim generosity” because we saw first hand what their “generosity and care” looked like.

Our culture calls every practice that unpacks emotions, validates feelings, builds relational skills or heals trauma “therapy.” That’s how deeply Western psychology has colonized our imagination.

We cannot, I repeat, we CANNOT under any circumstances, allow ourselves to normalize kidnapping people off the streets, flying people to foreign countries and breaking into children’s rooms with guns in the middle of the night.

Under every unloving and mean spirited behavior is a wound in need of love. Behave accordingly.

Just a reminder: If it’s always everybody else’s fault, if you don’t have anything to own or take responsibility for EVER—chances are self delusion and betrayal are present. Cause everybody done put somethin in the pot fam. Pull that spoon back and taste some of the mess you’ve made.

Before the predictable “electoral politics will not save us” folks roll up let me just say “NEGRO we know!! Can we just have A MINUTE we been drowning in musty Cheeto dust for MONTHS! JESUS GIVE US A SECOND to be happy!!!!

This whole political moment has been depressing and disheartening on a soul level. Like we been on this planet as humans hundreds of years and these fools are the best yall could come up with? It’s embarrassing. I’ll take any win no matter how small!

And out of the foolishness and mess, a moment of magic and hope arises. ❤️‍🔥 This is not just a win for NYC, it’s a win for progressive work everywhere!!!!

Please send prayers up for Brandy. I am in Chicago at the concert and it ended abruptly after Monica came out In tears asking us to lift brandy up. People were leaving in shock. Nothing confirmed but some are saying she passed out. They didn’t even finish the show

My neighbors have filled the Little Free Libraries with whistles so we can warn each other about ICE. Chicago is not afraid.

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

These are some strange ass times. That’s it. That’s all I got.

Last but not least- everything is not about winning or losing. Ask instead; what is the opportunity to listen& release here? What am I defending against in myself from having to feel? The way to heal the pain is to feel it. The only way is through. All the projections are just distractions.

Everyone I am speaking to is dealing with more folks who are struggling with self accountability and discernment. It’s directly linked to the energy of the moment and the hyper vigilance we all are experiencing with the powers that be.

I wish you a healing so deep, you can never ever be held hostage by your own delusions.

Sometimes saying the “No” is necessary. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt.

There are few things more difficult than having to make a boundary when the behaviors of people you care about are creating hostility and chaos from their trauma responses and survival strategies.

There are few things more difficult than having to make a boundary when the behaviors of people you care about are out of dignity.

“An old tape ran”, very helpful phrase for un-learning shame. 📼 @yoloakili.bsky.social @drdoylesays.bsky.social

ATL! Black Masculinity Reimagined Leadership Institute is coming September 14th! Join us for an integenerational space with Black men and masculine folks focused on healing beyond patriarchy and much more. Great food and gifts will be given.🙏🏾 www.eventbrite.com/e/black-masc...

To support our AltaDena/Pasadena community, BEAM’s monthly Healing circle will now relocate to Pasadena. Hot food, healing strategies and community care held by us. If you know folks in need of space, share with them and join us next week. 🙏🏾 www.eventbrite.com/e/heart-spac... #HealingCircles

“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.

NYC join me with the people next week. Looking forward to this conversation on Black men, boys, & children & the very real issue of sexual assault. All Black children deserve a world where they are honored & protected. Let’s heal &reimagine together.🙏🏾 metoomvmt.org/me-too-psa-pre…

Protect Trans youth. Period. Trans and nonbinary young people deserve safety, joy, and futures full of possibility—not policies rooted in fear and control. Whether it’s at school, at home, or in the community—we all have a role to play in making sure Trans youth are seen, supported and protected.

Leadership rooted in healing hits different. Join us tomorrow, Aug 6th for Emotionally Intelligent Leadership 101 — a virtual training for Black leaders & organizers who are committed to healing justice! 1–3PM PT / 4–6PM ET RSVP: beam.community/events #HealingJustice #LiberatedLeadership

From the cuts to vaccines, research, HIV care, trans and reproductive care- to FURTHER criminalizing mental conditions— our health and well being are under attack on a blatant level unseen for generations. We can’t keep actin like it’s business as usual. It is not business as usual!!

This is one of my favorite conversations I have had this year!!!

"Don’t let the news mislead you. Across the world, in every hood and in every borough the people are fighting back." from the desk of @yoloakili.bsky.social

Divestment in Public Health will continue and it’s our informal community networks that will show up for our folks. Sharing new writing by me: The UnderGround Wellness Network and The Future of Care medium.com/@_BEAM/the-u...

Join us for “When the System Pulls Back, We Pull Up”—a virtual convo on grassroots healing + community care as public health systems fail. With @yoloakili.bsky.social, Natalie Patterson & Joëlle Dussek. Click here to register: www.eventbrite.com/e/1478019729... #BEAMWellness

The radical divestment from public health means that community practitioners are going to have to pull up to make sure our people are taken care of. Join me & BEAM for a community convo on what the future of mental health is calling for us to do now!! bit.ly/4lMgslc

There is a lot of grief, frustration, sadness and loss right now. BEAM is holding space for us to hold and process our feelings. Join us in ATl next week for food and spiritual nourishment as we move thru grief. www.eventbrite.com/e/heart-spac...

As care is defunded, BEAM reminds us: healing is our birthright. While systems divest, we invest. Community care is resistance. Support the work. beam.community/donate #BEAMWellness #HealingJustice #CommunityCare

Los Angeles—have you been to Heart Space yet? When the world feels heavy, we gather to ground, share, and breathe. Rooted in peer support and care, led by folks who get it—and yes, there’s always a plate waiting. Heart Space returns tomorrow. Pull up. www.eventbrite.com/e/1394913938...

Ayo...have you heard? We're raising $50K for Black Mental Health. The time is now to support BEAM as we train, resource, restore & reciprocate our folks. It's time to tap in ya'll! Click the link to donate today: beam.kindful.com?campaign=136...

Happy to share that BEAM’s annual report is out!! 🥰To honor the dedication & care that our team does for our folks,we are also raising 50K to support our efforts! 💰Full report here: beam.community/about/reports/ And u can donate here: beam.kindful.com/?campaign=1367… All support appreciated☀️

Turn off the phone and color. Or meditate. Or listen to jazz. Or stretch. Plant seeds and read books. Un plug as u can so that when u have to plug back in; u have the capacity to resist

Pull ur trusted community closer in friends. Pull the folks closer to share food, and warmth and care so we can remember what we are fighting for. Our love for each other, is the engine we have to fuel to keep us going

We are fighting for a world that centers care and dignity. That is a war worth loving for.

It’s our care for eachother that will keep us going when the fight gets rough. And the fight has been rough for a very long time for a lot of us. Lean into ur feelings whatever they are. hold space for your feelings. Let others hold you. Hold space for others. This is one way we will get through

Every day it feels like another horror; another attempt to gut care, dignity, humanity from everyday life. We have to keep fighting back. And we also have to lean into tenderness with our loved ones, so that we can be sustained and strengthened for the fight

Some bruja’s wear fitted caps and J’s. But ya’ll been so focused on head wraps and sandals you missed who was moving spirit versus who was shifting scams. Be mindful. Without spirit and integrity; all those costumes ain’t nothing but caricatures in cotton balls.

Patriarchy & untreated trauma, when paired with structural power and white privilege; is one of the most dangerous threats to our world today.

Please be safe L.A. Resist. And take care of each other.