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EbonyJanice & The Free People Project Newsletter.

Resist White Supremacy

Published about 1 year ago • 2 min read

Hi Reader,

Happy National Women’s Her-story Month!

I’m 30+ years in this game of activism, organizing, and political strategy both online and in the streets. March's newsletter is a little reminder to the Black girls that - especially in this political climate - dreaming and softness are valid tools for resisting the white supremacist status quo.

Connecting the dots between dreaming and softness:

  • Softness creates the inner conditions necessary for dreaming. You have the spaciousness to develop and use your highest imagination when your body and mind are in a state of ease. Prioritizing rest, healing your nervous system, and emotional safety frees up energy that would’ve been spent on the hardness of survival or otherwise.
  • Dreaming requires self-trust, and softness supports the development of that trust within yourself. Your ability to believe beyond the possibilities of your current circumstances is strengthened when you allow yourself to be vulnerable, acknowledge your circumstances, and make the intentional decision to dream beyond what is currently happening now. Practicing this makes space for you to dream more expansively and act on those dreams with confidence.
  • Softness and dreaming both reject urgency, productivity, and hustle culture as a measure of worth. When you give yourself permission to slow down, you refuse the demands of hustle culture and productivity. Both dreaming and softness thrive in this unhurried space, where you can reflect, explore, and build the Afrofuture that honors your entire whole self.

I just posted in Patreon about the ways softness can function in our lives. I have a $4 tier, it would be great for you to join us there.

Dreaming allows Black women to shed the constraints of white supremacy and, through our highest selves, we can create spaces that center our whole softness.

In Softness, Dreaming, and Resistance,

EbonyJanice

EbonyJanice is the founder and CEO of The Free People Project and the artistic exemplar of The EbonyJanice Project. She has authored several books, including “All The Black Girls Are Activists: A Fourth Wave Womanist Pursuit Of Dreams As Radical Resistance.” Her Spiritual Mentorship Program, entitled “Dream Yourself Free,” is designed to support Black Women as they do the work to heal personal and intergenerational wounds and prioritize pleasure. Her talks embody a Hip Hop Womanist perspective. She is the visionary and creator of Black Girl Mixtape, a platform and safe think space that showcases the intellectual authority of Black Women. She is the founder of the All The Black Girls Are Bestsellers Campaign, raising over a million dollars to mass purchase Black Femme books with the goal of getting them on The New York Times Best Sellers List. This project endeavored to spend the bulk of these funds in small Black and Indie-owned bookstores and gifted thousands of books to individuals and organizations nationwide. EbonyJanice is an initiated and practicing Ifa Priestess and has earned her Bachelors in Cultural Anthropology and Political Science and a Masters of Arts in Social Change with a concentration in Spiritual Leadership, Womanist Theology, and Racial Justice.

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We center Black Women and Femmes' liberation, wholeness, and wellness. I am the founder and CEO of The Free People Project and the USA Bestselling Author of “All The Black Girls Are Activists: A Fourth Wave Womanist Pursuit Of Dreams As Radical Resistance.” My Spiritual Mentorship Program, entitled “Dream Yourself Free,” is designed to support Black Women to heal intergenerational wounds and prioritize pleasure. I created Black Girl Mixtape, a platform and safe think space that elevates the intellectual authority of Black Women. I speak from a Hip Hop Womanist perspective. I earned my Bachelors in Cultural Anthropology and Political Science and a Masters of Arts in Social Change with a concentration in Spiritual Leadership, Womanist Theology, and Racial Justice.​ Welcome.

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