Don’t be the face they blame
“I would rather be called difficult than be used as a scapegoat.”
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Author: Anya Nicola
Cutting class and saving our futures
“Sometimes the most responsible thing you can do is be irresponsible to systems that don’t serve you.”
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How Caribbean bodies heal in a cold world
“We’re missing the rhythm of life our bodies remember from generations of Caribbean living.”
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Healing starts with releasing what we carry
“Where did you first learn that wanting more meant being ungrateful?”
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Why Caribbean healing doesn’t follow January 1st rules
“Caribbean healing moves like island time; it happens when it’s supposed to happen.”
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Kwanzaa Is the Healing Practice Our Caribbean Community Desperately Needs
“Kwanzaa’s seven principles are proof that ‘I am because we are’ isn’t just philosophy.”
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Why I stopped apologizing for speaking Patois
“Mi stop seh sorry fi di language weh raise mi. If everybody else can love our Patois, why we cyaan love it too?”
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Justice Is Healing: How one program is rewriting the rules for our community
“We’re not asking the system to be kind, we’re demanding it follow its own rules while we heal from the harm it’s caused.”
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When bush tea meets big data; The healthcare revolution your Granny started
“They spent millions to discover what any Caribbean grandmother could tell you for free.”
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Cuba taught me what we lost, and how to get it back
“What traditional healing practice from your culture have you been afraid to embrace? It’s time to bring it home.”
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