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“Shouting ‘self-care’ at people who actually need community care is how we fail people.”- Nakita Valerio
“Shouting ‘self-care’ at people who actually need community care is how we fail people.”- Nakita Valerio
Community is not just about the groups and identities that we belong to. Community is a verb and is about how we show up in support of and in service to the communities we belong to. The resources on this page are meant to help you identify ways that you can show up for your communities.
BEAM Community & Self Care Support Plans
BEAM Community & Self Care Support Plans
The Community care support plan is a map to begin asking the critical questions from our loved one’s that help us show up for them in the face of a psychological or physical crisis. Use it as a tool before a crisis to plan out and map support systems. Download the BEAM self care map.
BEAM Community Care Map
BEAM Community Care Map
The community care map is a tool developed by BEAM to help our communities explore, build and uplift their community support needs. Download the BEAM community care map.
BEAM Healing & Accountability Wheel
BEAM Healing & Accountability Wheel
The BEAM Healing & Accountability Wheel serves as a guide on how to build and maintain trust, shared decisoin making, honor strengths, and create safety within your communities.
Download the Accountability wheel to learn more about the wheel.
Download the Activity Guide to generate discussions with friends and loved ones. This activity can also be done solo, but it's much more powerful with others.
Download a Blank Healing & Accountability Wheel to fill in for yourself.
This toolkit was created by Black Lives Matter (BLM) Healing Justice Working Group for building healing justice into direct actions. This toolkit was created to share the lessons learned in ensuring that our direct actions are centered on healing justice.
Black Healing and Wellness are essential to our Liberation - State violence and systems of oppression traumatize us and our communities, and make it simultaneously impossible for us to fully heal. We have the inherent right to access healing and be free of institutions and systems that explicitly harm and undermine our capacity to live with our full humanity, connection and purpose.
Support Black Creators and Businesses
Support Black Creators and Businesses
One of the best ways we can help take care of our Black communities is through supporting small Black owned businesses. There are many Black-owned bookstores, restaurants and brands where you can spend your dollars getting all the things you might normally get. Plus, it will be helping many small businesses who are suffering due to COVID-19. Here is a short list of my favorite Black businesses you can support today:
Blk & Bld is a coffee and tea company that also gives back by helping young people and donating 5% of its profits to initiatives aligned to sustaining youth programming, enhancing workforce development, and eradicating youth homelessness.
Blk+Grn is an all-natural marketplace that sells Black-owned skincare, wellness and beauty products.
Legendary Rootz is a retail brand that celebrates Black culture through apparel, accessories and decor.
Hanahana Beauty is a consciously clean skincare and wellness brand whose mission is to disrupt the global beauty industry.
Mielle Organics is a black owned hair care line promoting healthy, tailbone-length hair for the masses.
The Lit. Bar is the only indie bookstore/wine bar in the Bronx. You can order their books online including a whole selection focused on understanding race and racism in America. (When it's safe to travel again, this is one of the first places on my list to visit in person).
If you're local to the Durham, Raleigh, Chapel Hill, NC area - here's a short list of some of my favorite Black Owned Restaurants in the area:
Goorsha | 910 Main Street, Durham, NC
Goorsha, in Amharic, is an act of feeding each other through love, friendship, and culture. The Goorsha experience is all about communal eating, or family-style. While we can't safely join together for communal eating, you can still order food to-go.
Jeddah's Tea | 123 Market St Suite A, Durham, NC
Jeddah's was born out of a deep love for community. They foster community through preparing authentic, traditional teas, blends and concentrates that are often underrepresented in American tea. If you don't live in the Triangle, they also ship. My favorites are the Cairo Chamomile, Shahy Nana, and Lavender Rooibos.
Boricua Soul | 406 Blackwell St, Durham, NC
A food truck turned brick and mortar that combines traditional African and Caribbean ingredients with Southern staples like collard greens and mac and cheese.
Perkins Orchard | 5749 Barbee Rd, Durham, NC 27713
Perkins Orchard is Durham’s largest and oldest fruit and vegetable stand. They have a diverse variety of locally sourced fresh fruits and vegetables, and they even have a meat freezer now. They also offer a $20 bag deal that allows you to fill up a bag with all your produce needs.
Lee's Kitchen | 4638 Capital Blvd, Raleigh, NC
If you live in Durham or Chapel Hill, Lee's is a bit of a trek, but it is SO worth it. They serve up the best jamaican staples from curry goat to jerk chicken as well as many southern favorites, like mac and cheese and yams.
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