The Reading Quilt: Kitchen
This month’s selection is Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto, translated by Megan Backus.
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The ugly side of beauty: Chemicals in cosmetics threaten college-age Black women’s reproductive health
That’s a big concern, because these products are heavily marketed to young women in the years before they might consider starting a family.
Juneteenth Wrap-Up: Unveiling the Historical Significance, Community Commerce, and Lasting Importance
As the summer of 2023 unfolds, we reflect on Juneteenth’s powerful and transformative celebration.
Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days – and the history of how emancipated people were kept unfree needs to be remembered, too
The actual day was June 19, 1865, and it was the Black dockworkers in Galveston, Texas, who first heard the word that freedom for the enslaved had come.
Aztec and Maya civilizations are household names, especially in Black communities – but it’s the Olmecs who are the ‘mother culture’ of ancient Mesoamerica
Many scholars regard the Olmec as the “mother culture” of ancient Mesoamerica, a civilization where particular types of monumental architecture, sculpture and gods originated.
Bemba: The Zambian Wedding Tradition with a Focal Point on the Bride’s Culinary Skills
One exciting thing about the Bemba ethnic group is their traditional marriage rites. For them, marriage is a very serious process with several stages that must be completed before the couple is declared married!
Never mind Cleopatra – what about the forgotten queens of ancient Nubia?
Growing up in Cairo’s Nubian community, we children didn’t hear about Cleopatra, but about Amanirenas: a warrior queen who ruled the Kingdom of Kush during the first century B.C.E.
Get fired up for June finale & July 4th’ firsts’
July takes it to the next level, with the ‘Dynamic Five’ synonymous with Independence Day: Food, fireworks, fun, family and the Fourth!
Drawing, making music and writing poetry can support healing and bring more humanity to health care in US hospitals
Evidence shows that taking part in art programs has many therapeutic benefits.
6 books that explain the history and meaning of Juneteenth
Juneteenth – the long-standing holiday that commemorates the arrival of news of emancipation and freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, in 1865 – became a federal holiday in 2021.