Black People Breathing
If 1 Cor 13 is the barometer for loving, 400 years would bear witness to the thesis of this project: America has never loved us, Black people. Before we shout “Amen,” hear this: we too are complicit in America’s loveless relationship with Black people. This section offers resources.
Healing
Racialized Trauma
Healing Racial Trauma: The Road to Resilience, Sheila Wise Rowe
My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies Resmaa Menakem
Post Traumatic Slave Disorder: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing, Joy DeGruy
Decolonized Christianity
Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery, Mark Charles and Soong Chan Rah
Plantation Jesus: Race, Faith, and a New Way Forward, Skot Welch and Rick Wilson
Health
Practices
Too Heavy A Yoke: The Burden of the Strongblackwoman, Chanequa Walker-Barnes
Survivor's Guilt: Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man's Education, Mychal Denzel Smith
The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health: Navigate an Unequal System, Learn Tools for Emotional Wellness, and Get the Help You Deserve, Rheeda Walker
Self Care Matters: A Revolutionary’s Approach, The Self-Care Agency
Disciplines of the Spirit, Howard Thurman
Trust: Mastering the Four Essential Trusts: Trust in Self, Trust in God, Trust in Others, Trust in Life, Iyanla Vanzant
Everyday Ubuntu: Living Better Together, the African Way, Mungi Ngomane
Biblical Resources
What's Faith Got to Do with It? Black Bodies/Christian Souls, Kelly Brown Douglas
Reading the Bible From the Margins, Miguel De la Torre
The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong Can Be Made Right, Lisa Sharon Harper
Telling Stories
Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope, bell hooks
Repentance
Rehearsing
Examining Our History
What Has/Has Not Served Us
Re-minding
Placing the Life-Sustaining Ingredients into the Soil
Black Women Reproductive Health Forum
Healing Practices and Rituals
Re-membering
Telling Our Stories Well (that is, not just telling them in a good way but telling them from a place of wellness so we don’t reinjure ourselves)