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La Negrada

“La Negrada” is the first mexican feature film about the Afro-mexican community, filmed entirely with people from different towns around the Costa Chica in Oaxaca.”

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Ms. Lauryn Hill Stars in Woolrich FW18 Campaign.

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photographs of judith jameson performing in alvin ailey’s cry, 1970s

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An Alien Lands in Lagos, Nigeria in This Afro-Futuristic Short Fashion Film.

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Lionel St. Eloi

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Healing is layers. Healing is time. Healing is excruciating. Once you think it’s done, it’s not.

Mary DeMuth (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

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Images.  Young Ballet Dancers Perfect Their Art in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Full Moon Lunar Eclipse at 22° Leo

 What’s iiinnntaresting about this opposition between the sun and the moon is that this position is the literally beheading the King. This full moon eclipse calls to attention what illusions are you holding on to when you define yourself. What delusions of the ego must be destroyed for you to accept the truth of tapping into spirit/the divine/highest consciousness/god-head (Aquarius) in order to manifest your real desires and your highest Self (Leo)? Leo is the actor; Aquarius is the creator of the script- how do you tap into the collective to define who you are?  How do you admit that you can’t do it on your own thus depending on the forces of nature, the light of others, the energy from outer space, to ground the Self in centered identification?

THEN I found out that 22° Leo is literally a malefic degree in Leo called (catch this) “Being One’s Worst Enemy.” You can look this up lol. You must discover the thing that is your wor(st) enemy- the thing that disallows you from becoming your best Self, the ruler of your own reality– you kill it. What king must you behead? The king of doubt, of self-hate, of worry, (the principalities and powers that think they are in control but don’t know who the fquck you are!?), anything holding you back from complete control of your Self. Behead the king, and know that you are the co-creator of your universe. Tap into the collective energy without, to define the Self within.

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“What can I do to help Syria?”

Well, after educating yourself and advocating for the rights of the Syrian people in their fight for freedom against a brutal dictatorship as well as naming and holding accountable those who aid the Assad regime such as Iran, Hezbollah and Russia among others, *breathes*, you can help by donating to any of the organisations/groups listed below. 

These groups mainly help on the ground in Syria providing aid; be it medical or psychological as well as food and clothes to those in need.

SAMS Foundation: the foundation works with Syrian American health care professionals and operates 106 medical facilities throughout Syria

Doctors Without Borders (also known as MSF): the organisation provides front-line medical treatment as well as providing drugs, medical supplies and equipment

Questscope: the organisation’s work is mostly centered on providing immediate trauma support and psychosocial counseling

Save the Children: the organisation is on the ground in Syria and in refugee communities providing children and their families with warm clothes, shelters, clean water and emergency care

Syrian Civil Defense (also known as The White Helmets): they are about 3,000 neutral, impartial and humanitarian Syrian volunteers who operate as first responders in rebel-held areas across the country. They were recently nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Karam Foundation: the organisations is focused on educational opportunities for Syrian children, currently raising funds to rebuild schools in Syria.

NuDay Syria: the organisation’s mission focuses on bringing housing and food to displaced families with single mothers or wounded family members. They are especially concerned with the lack of safe shelter and living for single mothers with daughters.

Hand in Hand for Syria: the organisation provides aid including food, clothing, water, sanitation and crucial medical assistance 

According to the United Nations, there are almost 14 million Syrian refugees around the world (so far) in need of humanitarian aid. The groups below are mainly focused on helping Syrian refugees:

Migrant Offshore Aid Station: this charity exists to save children like Alan Kurdi, with a fleet of rescue boats patrolling the Mediterranean to save migrants lost at sea.

Refugees Welcome: dubbed as a kind of “Airbnb for refugees” this German nonprofit matches people with spare rooms with refugees in need of housing. If you don’t have a spare bed in Germany.

The Worldwide Tribe in Calais: a group of social activists documenting stories in the Calais migrant camp, they also raise relief funds.  

Small Projects Istanbul: the initiative provides classes and cultural enrichment and scholarships to Syrian children in Turkey.

International Medical Corps: they run a service center for Syrian refugees that provides medical care, classes and job training.

Medical Teams International: the organisation focuses on health and dental care for Syrian refugees in Lebanon. 

Mercy Corps: the group provides direct aid to Syrian refugees in the form of food and supplies, and by increasing access to clean water and sanitation, shelters, and safe spaces and activities for children

Shelterbox: the group has been providing emergency shelter and supplies to families affected by the Syrian crisis in Iraq Kurdistan, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, including clothing, stoves and, water filters.

UNICEF: the UN agency focuses on assisting Syrian children by providing healthcare, nutrition, immunization, water and sanitation, and classes.

Oxfam: the nonprofit provides aid to Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan such as clean water, sanitation services, and hygiene education to help ward of cholera and other intestinal diseases.

Yes, donating won’t stop barrel bombs from falling on besieged civilian areas (that comes by being vocal about Assad’s crimes) but it can definitely help create a start.

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As many of you already know, it’s really looking bad in Aleppo right now. Here’s some recommendations for charities serving refugees or offering humanitarian aid for civilians caught in the Syrian Civil War.

*TULIP for Syria Relief* specializes in providing short-term life-saving emergency relief for Syrians in the country or on the Syrian-Turkish border

*Helping Hand for Relief and Development* specializes in providing global humanitarian relief in Syria, Burma, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Haiti, Mexico and many other countries

*International Rescue Committee* specializes in global humanitarian aid and development

*Islamic Relief* specializes in providing international humanitarian relief. They provided 40,000 gallons of clean water to Flint, Michigan recently

*Karam Foundation* specializes in education services for Syrian children resettled in Turkey & currently raising funds to rebuild schools in Syria

*Mercy Corps* specializes in global humanitarian aid. Currently serving displaced Syrian families with immediate needs for food, water and shelter

*Sunrise USA* specializes in providing emergency relief, trauma-care and orphan sponsorships

*Limbs for Life Foundation* specializes in providing prosthetic limbs to amputees in Syria and other countries like Nigeria and Mongolia

*NuDay Syria* my friend’s mother created this org. Provides humanitarian, education and financial services to Syrian women and children

*Hand in Hand for Syria* - works inside Syria, taking emergency humanitarian aid to the people in most desperate need. 

— Sarah Harvard, Identities Mic writer

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Happy Blackout from a dope ass chubby chick ✨

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Passeports, by Keisha Scarville

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MISSING: 16-year-old girl from Prince George's Co.

PRINCE GEORGE’S CO., MD (WUSA9) - Police need your help locating a missing girl from Prince George’s Co.

Tanyia Buttler was last seen on Hil Mar Drive in Prince George’s County.

She is 5-feet-1-inch tall, 100 pounds.

She was wearing a black coat, boot and a pink bag.

Let’s help to find this girl! She is in danger! There are so many racists on the streets!

Please call 911 if you see Tanyia!

ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT!!!

BOOST!!!

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Not all transformations are gentle. Many times we are forced into change not because we see light at the end of the tunnel, but because we feel the heat. Before your breakthrough, the garden must be weeded + trimmed. Release the people, places, things, and habits blocking you from personal freedom. Tend to your garden + rebirth will immediately follow.

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Film.  'White Color Black.’ A British Photographer Rediscovers Himself in His Ancestral Homeland of Senegal.