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Posted: February 26, 2023
March 1st is Self-Injury Awareness Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness and learning about self-harming behaviors. Self-injury, refers to when a person purposefully harms their body, and this harm is not intended to end their lives. There is an unfortunate narrative that self-injury…
Posted: February 12, 2023
I am currently listening to Mikki Kendall’s Hood Feminism: Notes From the Women That a Movement Forgot, and I think this is a good reminder during Black History Month. I am an intersectional feminist, a term coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw, a Black civil rights advocate…
Posted: December 16, 2022
Trigger warning: talk of suicide My heart is saddened by the loss of Twitch, a performer & self-described smile-spreader who rose to fame through So You Think You Can Dance. He died by suicide this week. There’s a lot on social media right now about…
Posted: November 20, 2022
November is Native American Heritage Month and is intended to be a celebration of the divers, and rich cultures, traditions, and histories among Native Americans and Alaska Natives. I would encourage each of you to discover on whose land you live. You can go to…
Posted: November 6, 2022
Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week is November 12-20, 2022. The week before Thanksgiving is intended to draw attention to the issue of hunger and homelessness. It is intended to draw awareness to this issue, get donations to help address the issue. Homeless people are just…
Posted: October 2, 2022
From September 15 to October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month. This month is intended to recognize & celebrate the many contributions, diverse cultures, and extensive histories of the Hispanic-American communities. As of 2016, one out of every 6 people in the US identifies as…