Remembering: a reflection on Black August
Black August centers resistance on different terms: It celebrates all forms of resistance. Activists chose August because of ...
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The Lighthouse closes for two weeks of intentional rest, will return August 17
If you emailed a member of the Lighthouse team during the first two weeks of August, you would have received a very singular out-of-office message.
A primer: Black August and its importance to Black resistance and survival
Delivered from the confines of the California penitentiary system, Black August is, at its simplest, a month of remembrance and resistance that began with the arrest of a Black teen.
“We shouldn’t be eating lettuce right now anyway”
In addition to the danger of explosive diarrhea from eating contaminated lettuce, Lighthouse food and farming expert, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) coordinator and Director of Community Impact Nekia “Mac” McDonald doesn't think we should be eating lettuce ... not right now, anyway.
"Grown Black Girls" podcast: rethinking aesthetics in the age of algorithms
University professor Dr. Charity Clay made a startling discovery about her students. No matter where they were from they would ...
Pinching pennies doesn’t mean squeezing Black women out of our budgets
The next time we cut a Black business out of our budget to make up for the failures of our government, we must contemplate whether these purchases are truly a luxury or...
Am I my family’s keeper?
More Black women deserve permission to unlearn the idea we have to carry the world alone because we always have. Maybe the strongest thing we can do is...
Setting boundaries in Black families: tips for Black women
"You teach people how to treat you" — if you never speak up for yourself, people start to assume you'll always be available to help. She also points out many Black women grow up being passive because they're expected to respect everyone else's needs before their own. Instead of feeling guilty for setting limits, she encourages Black women to ...
Grown Black Girls: FIFA World Cup African fashion, the evolution of Juneteenth, Skinfolk vs. Kinfolk (Black TV dad edition)
If you aren't following the World Cup for the sports, at least follow it for the fashions. Natalie A. Collier makes an impassioned and (very) detailed case for linking "luxury" and "quality" to Africa.
When academia imitates life: The mother of three of Nick Cannon’s children does her dissertation
Just in time for Father’s Day: Mother of three (out of 12, at last count) of Nick Cannon’s children, Brittany Bell, just completed her Ph.D. in psychology. Her very self-aware subject? Experiences of children who have siblings from multiple mothers. We got our hands on a copy of her dissertation. Here are a few of our teams’ hot takes on Bell’s work.