Tag Archives: community

Not Trending

Posted on September 9, 2023 by msw blog

Sometimes it feels like BEING BLACK IS A TREND because everyone’s APPRECIATING our FEATURES now. But it’s FRUSTRATING because we’ve ALWAYS BEEN BEAUTIFUL.    Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real life wisdom … Continue reading →

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Community

Posted on September 6, 2023 by msw blog

Community care is so important to our overall health. I feel affirmed. I feel at home. I feel like the weight of this world are not on my shoulders when in community. Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments … Continue reading →

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Survivor’s Guilt

Posted on August 27, 2023 by msw blog

Something that we do a lot in our communities—I don’t just want to say in New Orleans, but something that we do in my type of neighborhoods—is we compare trauma. We wear our trauma as armor. So, because I wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Worth

Posted on August 19, 2023 by msw blog

As a woman especially,” she says, “you have to shift from this idea that you’re asking for money to the idea that you’re inviting people to get rich on your rocket ship.” – Abgail Cook Stone Positively Purging-I welcome your … Continue reading →

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Health Care: ‘Our Current System is Crumbling’

Posted on August 16, 2023 by msw blog

I love the op-ed section of the paper. I believe we all need to write at least one letter on something we’re passionate about in our lifetime. In saying that, I applaud this reader Re: “Health care: U.S. ‘system’ has … Continue reading →

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