
Black Maternal Health Week –– Advocating For Your Birth Plan
April 11th, 2022
This week is Black Maternal Health Week, a campaign dedicated to bringing awareness to the values and traditions of the reproductive and birth justice movements, and deepening the conversation about Black maternal health. This week we are centering and amplifying the voices of Black mamas and experts in th...
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Solly Journal No. 4 –– Blooming
April 4th, 2022
“One day you’ll look back and see that all along you were blooming”. - Morgan Harper Nichols
You’ve probably seen the now Insta-famous quote as you’ve scrolled through various social media channels the past few years. Honestly, I thought about not using it because of how ubiquitous it has become, but it...
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Why Slowness Is Worth Your Time
March 30th, 2022
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We live in a world that thrives on a “more is better” mentality. That the more you have, the more possibilities you find. But, do these things and possessions really fulfill us? Or are we simply buying into them incessantly to meet the criteria for social validation? Being “busy” i...
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How to Achieve Slowness When You’re Overwhelmed
March 10th, 2022
When you’re overwhelmed it can feel hard to check even a single item of your seemingly never-ending to-do list. You’re so busy flitting from one thing to the next that you can barely complete a sentence, let alone an entire task. But what if the secret to mitigating overwhelm is not to do more but to do l...
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