Join us on August 7th in San Francisco at Cafe Alma for a free community and book signing event centering Black parents in healing and wholeness! Come for a dynamic panel discussion moderated by event host, Maura Bairley, with Trina Greene Brown and book contributors, Dia Penning and Mia Birdsong, about liberated parenting, stretching and staying connected to ourselves and our community. We'll have … Continue reading Parenting Self: Stretching & Connecting
Category: Community Care
Celebrate Black Mama Magic with us on Saturday, May 8th from 11am-2pm for a socially-distanced and masked drive-thru, pop-up Mama’s Day celebration!
On the heels of Thanksgiving (aka Thanks-taking), decolonizing this holiday means we tell the truth about the violence this country has inflicted towards indigenous peoples, while also standing in solidarity with and honoring the ongoing struggle for native sovereignty. As we prepare to gather in safe & virtual ways with family and friends, the conversation may … Continue reading #DecolonizingThanksgiving
“As our community is trying to process inescapable exposure to Black suffering on social and traditional media, P4L’s Black August is shifting the narrative towards our healing, joy, and resilience.Trina Greene Brown Thank you A. Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez for this important piece centering Black families and our healing. Read the full article here: https://www.fastcompany.com/90544987/these-platforms-are-helping-black-americans-overcome-the-trauma-of-racism
Parenting for Liberation is honored to co-host a Grief Circle with Spiritual Alchemy. "As Black parents in the Americas, we are no stranger to harm to our communities and the killing of our children at the hands of law enforcement or vigilantes. However, what has sustained us is our ability to gather in community to … Continue reading Community Care: Grief Circle
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5UFmoQUGCtghb8J7XZKaLW?si=2b4gyO_gQJOGhZRB3bq09A We hosted a collective virtual altar building space for Black parents to reaffirm the ways that we care for ourselves and our babies. Especially when systems fail us, is when we need one another. Our altar building space was held by B. Anderson. We were so honored to be in partnership with B. to … Continue reading Community Care: Altar Building
P4L-storytime-deckDownload We are filled with joy at all the families who joined us from across the globe for our virtual Story Time with Jamia Wilson! Thanks for reading both “Young, Gifted and Black” & “Big Ideas for Young Thinkers,” and for chanting, dancing, and visioning a new world with us! It warms our hearts to bear witness … Continue reading Story Time Success
We at Parenting for Liberation are thinking of all of you and your children. We know how difficult it is that many of you are trying to implement school at home Monday - Friday--and could use a break on Saturday. So we’re here to help! We are partnering with our dear friend Jamia Wilson, a … Continue reading Is That a Read? Story Time with Jamia Wilson
Dear Community, Parenting for Liberation is holding you, your children, your families, and your communities in our thoughts and prayers. These are scary times right now—with lots of uncertainty and rapidly evolving updates about COVID-19, from school closures, remote working, to social isolation. On top of information from the government and public health officials, there … Continue reading Community Care During COV19
