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Jun 8, 2022
"Joy is an act of rebellion. And so is allowing ourselves to feel our grief." --Octavia Raheem
Black Joy in Pursuit of Racial Justice
"I've been longing to talk about all the ways in which these last couple of years have been so much of a gift for me. And yet I struggle with holding that fact in the same space with all the ways these last couple of years have challenged the very core of who I am as a human being and the way I navigate this world as a Black woman. And yet, in writing my book Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration, I've learned that the ancestral legacy of our joy tells me I don't have to choose." Tracey M. Lewis-Giggetts shares more.