Community Healing Network Awarded a MacArthur Foundation 2021 Equitable Recovery Grant
Today, July 27, 2021, the John T. and Catherine D. MacArthur Foundation announced approximately $80 million in awards in support of the Foundation’s Equitable Recovery initiative, centered on [...]
Juneteenth, the Humanity of Black People, and the Need for Firm Deadlines
*This post is excerpted from remarks of Enola Aird, Community Healing Network’s Founder and President, delivered at the Juneteenth Evening Prayer Service of Light and Liberation hosted by St. [...]
To My Fellow Reparations Advocates: Don’t Forget the Root Cause
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Distancing Doubt to Embrace Creativity
Kuumba, the sixth principle of Kwanzaa, honors creativity. Yet, for many of us, the call to create evokes anxiety rather than celebration. “Doubt is one of the many thieves of joy,” Dionne [...]
How 2020 Reinforced Ujima: We are responsible for and accountable to one another
The first time I celebrated Kwanzaa I was in college and, as the freshman representative for the Black Student Union, I was responsible for organizing a campus-wide event. This first celebration [...]
Healing as an Anchor for the Nguzo Saba
How emotional emancipation helped me to sustain Kwanzaa’s principles throughout 2020 2020 has been a difficult year for most. January of last year was full of promise – all which began to unravel [...]
On the Path to Healing, Honoring the Ties that Bind
This year, I will celebrate Kwanzaa for the first time since I was a teen. This decision falls during one of the most tumultuous years in my life, and in world history, and feels like a natural [...]
“Feeling” History
“Mama! Mama? Have you seen our Mama?” It’s been several days since I’ve been back from Montgomery, Alabama, where I spent some time at the Legacy Museum, but those words are still haunting [...]
Making 2020-2030 the Decade to Embrace the Truth of Black Humanity
Black men are crying uncontrollably in public. Clips of Black men hugging are going viral. Black mothers and fathers are unabashedly showing unconditional love for their children. Something [...]
