Category: Education

• June 22, 2022

  Pain of Black Boys & Their Moms

  

  This reflection was in light of father’s day. After Kendrick dropped his latest album, I realized I can go deeper. (*This piece circumvents a heterosexual cis lens* -the only space I’m truly authorized to speak from) Another piece on generational trauma and pain? It’s like: enough of that already. We are reminded of our pain […]
• May 7, 2021

  Displaced: Could I Even Go Back?

  

  What do you do when you feel like home is dying? The dollar in Jamaica is .006 of the an American dollar. We think our pennies mean nothing. The moment I set foot out of the vestibule, I can feel the heat.I would come out with my bags and see the line of buses waiting […]
• July 3, 2020

  Realizing You Have Anxiety

  

  Naming It. I didn’t even know it had a name. I was in my second year of college. I was lucky to have someone in my life who, at the time, was already on their mental health journey. They were seeing a therapist for six years. It was the subtle things they’d say to me: […]