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Health & Wholeness
We are fighting for affordable healthcare, access to nutritious food, and an intentional commitment to addressing historical traumas.
"It dawned on me in the wee hours of falling down to rock bottom that I was born on the shoulders of giants who stood taller than Kilimanjaro played frisbee with the moon and sculpted maps to freedom in the constellations"
Rudy Bankston, "The North Star"
RESOURCE LIST
Additional resources and guides for further exploring Black liberation through health and wholeness.
Ceramics
COVID
Healthcare for All
Self-care
Joy
Tips
- https://thetriibe.com/2019/12/wellness-experts-share-tips-for-black-chicagoans-coping-with-grief-during-the-holidays/
- https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/06/six-podcasts-that-reveal-the-actual-meaning-of-self-care
- Therapy For Black Girls
- Haji Healing Salon
- Yoga for Black Lives
- Sister Aya Community Mental Wellness
- Black Girl in Om
Environmental Racism
Climate Change
- https://climatechange.chicago.gov/
- https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-cb-climate-change-chicago-midwest-20190408-20190812-v6klfm3hkvdatdd4qmahgzynvm-story.html
- https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/progs/env/climateaction.html
- https://www.chicagoriver.org/issues/policy/climate-change#:~:text=Climate%20change%20could%20have%20a%20real%20impact%20on%20the%20Chicago%20River.&text=More%20erosion%20and%20fluctuation%20of,reduced%20summer%20water%20levels%3B%20and
- https://news.wttw.com/2020/01/16/chicago-more-vulnerable-climate-change-miami-says-death-and-life-great-lakes-author
- https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/04/22/after-the-flood-how-chicago-is-coping-with-the-effects-of-climate-change
- https://www.fieldmuseum.org/sites/default/files/DOE%20NKO%20Full%20Report_0.pdf
- https://www.chicagotribune.com/weather/weather-news/sns-nyt-climate-affects-black-pregnant-mothers-20200619-35iwlioa3jhwvl7oxqov6bsngy-story.html?int=lat_digitaladshouse_bx-modal_acquisition-subscriber_ngux_display-ad-interstitial_bx-bonus-story_______
- https://www.naacp.org/issues/environmental-justice/
Institutional Racism
- https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-health-care-racism-george-floyd-implicit-bias--20200813-nxrujltiyvg37pks2hyf6iwb7m-story.html
- https://www.modernhealthcare.com/safety-quality/36-chicago-area-hospitals-name-racism-public-health-crisis
- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/racism-in-health-care-isnt-always-obvious/
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4638275/
- https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/racism-discrimination-health-care-providers-patients-2017011611015
- https://www.aafp.org/about/policies/all/institutional-racism.html
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/racism-in-care-leads-to-health-disparities-doctors-and-other-experts-say-as-they-push-for-change/2020/07/10/a1a1e40a-bb9e-11ea-80b9-40ece9a701dc_story.html
- http://www.rootcausecoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Racism-in-healthcare-Its-relationship-to-shared-decision-making-and-health-disparities.pdf
Disability Rights
- Vilissa Thompson: http://www.rampyourvoice.com/ramp-your-voice-services/
Wellness in Schools
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3304442/
- https://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2019/10/22/why-wellness-work-belongs-in-the-classroom/
Innovators + People Providing Care
- Janice Bond
- Sista Afya
- Therapy for Black Girls Podcast
- I'm Able Family Services?
- Chicago CRED-counseling for young Black men
- Brave Space Alliance
Virtual Meditation: