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.
The Vulnerability of Our Own Humanity
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Invite a friend to join my newsletter Hi Reader, I have learned that vulnerability in relationships is an invitation to co-create softness within that relationship because I co-create the possibility of removing harm so that we can have more space to become familiar with myself and trust myself. The definition of vulnerability: the quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally. Vulnerability opens the possibility of being soft in a relationship. Being able to define softness for yourself is so important. For me, softness is a state of embodied awareness that allows me to be creative from a place of deep-seated trust in my abilities and vulnerabilities. In softness, I am able to let go of tension, resistance, and fear of judgment and lean into a healed nervous system and greater peace, which supports the tenderness and spaciousness of the work I do. We are learning. Softness will reach into greater areas of our lives as we become vulnerable in more areas of our lives. Give a tax-deductible donation to Emma's Legacy and support the healing of Black women and femmes. Softness is a part of a full ethic of care. What are some of your personal expressions of vulnerability? Feel free to reply to this email and share some of your vulnerability practices with me.
I’m so humbled by the following: Read these articles by brilliant Black women shouting out my work and my book, "All The Black Girls Are Activists: A Fourth Wave Womanist Pursuit of Dreaming as Radical Resistance". 😍 Black Women Teach Us to Resist by Dr. Chanequa Walker-BarnesReflections from Dr. Ashanti Hands, President, San Diego Mesa College: Passionate Pursuit of My PurposeDream Yourself Free Masterclass applications are open for Cohort 7! Send the application to a Black woman or femme in your life who has been seeking a safe space to radically dream in real time with other Black femmes. Applications close on May 8th. Listen to this recent podcast episode I was on with Stephanie Graham of the noseyAF podcast!
“you do not have to be a fire
for
every mountain blocking you.
you could be a water
and
soft river your way to freedom
too”
― Nayyirah Waheed, Salt
Thank you for being a subscriber! I look forward to dreaming in community with you soon! In Grace, 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 elevates 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 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. Website & Newsletter: https://www.ebonyjanice.com/ | IG: https://www.instagram.com/ebonyjanice/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ebonyjanice | Email: info@thefreepeopleproject.com |
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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.
Sit down somewhere. Sit down again. Now... now's the time to get up. Sign up for updates on my forthcoming book, Real Soft Girl Shit: A Womanist Reclamation of Black Girl Vulnerability. Hi Reader, I just arrived back from a month in Paris, and I did exactly what I needed: nothing. I leaned into stillness. I sat by the Seine, gazed at the Eiffel Tower, got really comfortable with something I like to call "*Second Nap." I simply let my mind unfurl. That pause has reset me. I’m breathing easier....
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Sign up for updates on my forthcoming book, Real Soft Girl Shit: A Womanist Reclamation of Black Girl Vulnerability. Hi Reader, Did you know I’m a trained theologian? Like, I went to school to study the nature of God and how our relationships with God develop. Growing up Black Southern Baptist, the threat of hell was so real. Yes, in church we learned of God’s grace and mercy, but the threat of burning eternally remained a constant theme of discourse, even into my early thirties. As a Black...