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How Gun Purchases are Bringing Black Women Piece of Mind
Safety first. That’s the mantra of gun owners all over the country. But for the growing number of Black women who are changing the idea of what a gun owner looks like and comes from, gun safety takes on another meaning. According to the Gun Violence Archive, a total of 464 mass shootings took place…
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Approaching Mental Health from A Black Hebrew Israelite’s Perspective
As women of color open up about mental health, some still seek the traditional route to enlightenment, and one Atlanta woman proves that this is okay. By: Aaleah Naomi McConnell Avianna Johnson, 22, wakes up each morning and doesn’t leave the house without completing her morning routine, getting dressed and adorning the top of her…
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Deep Within: A New Mental Health Podcast
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The LMS Mission
Welcome to Little Mental Sky. This blog is a personal take on the role of mental health for black women. My goal is to provide a voice and a safe space especially for black women who are mothers, students, working-class citizens, and beyond. And who feel misunderstood, unheard, and alone. As a Black woman, especially…
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How This Blog Came to Be
Little Mental Sky is the namesake of Martin Luther King Jr.’s prolific writing, “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” Behind locked bars, which alone serves as a kind of metaphor for mental health in the Black community, Dr. King wrote of the injustices he faced while fighting for equality. However, reading his letter struck a nerve…
