A call to healing: Black Lives Matter movement as a framework in addressing the health and wellness of Black women

Bartholomew, Melissa Wood; Harris, Abril N.; Maglalang, Dale Dagar

doi:10.1285/i24212113v4i2p85

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“…Destine 2019;BLM 2017;Ginright 2015); and later spreading to other contexts and countries (e.g. Bartholomew, Harris and Maglalang 2018).…”

Section: Situating Healing Justice As a Response To African Whrd Circ...mentioning

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Contextualising Healing Justice as a Feminist Organising Framework in Africa

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Amir²,

Lewin³

et al. 2022

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Healing justice is a political organising framework that aims to address the systemic causes of injustice experienced by marginalised peoples due to the harmful impacts of oppressive histories, intergenerational trauma, and structural violence. It recognises that these damaging factors generate collective trauma, which manifests in negative physical, mental–emotional, and spiritual effects in activists and in the functioning of their movements. Healing justice integrates collective healing in political organising processes, and is contextualised as appropriate to situational needs. This provided the rationale for a research study to explore the potential of healing justice for feminist activists in Africa, and how pathways to collective healing could be supported in specific contexts. Research teams in DRC, Senegal, and South Africa conducted interviews with feminist activists and healers, in addition to supplementary interviews across sub-regions of Africa and two learning events with wider stakeholders.

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“…Destine 2019;BLM 2017;Ginright 2015); and later spreading to other contexts and countries (e.g. Bartholomew, Harris and Maglalang 2018).…”

Section: Situating Healing Justice As a Response To African Whrd Circ...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Contextualising Healing Justice as a Feminist Organising Framework in Africa

Shaw¹,

Amir²,

Lewin³

et al. 2022

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“…The BLM global network, which is committed to dismantling the systems of oppression that have sustained the trauma and pain of Black and other Racialized communities for generations (Bartholomew et al, 2018 ), became the face of the movement (Black Lives Matter, 2013 ; Burch et al, 2021 ). Previous research shows that engaging in political activism may act as a protective factor for certain young adults (Ballard et al, 2020 ) and is associated with higher levels of psychological well-being (Dwyer et al, 2019 ).…”

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Better Together: Family and Peer Support for Black Young Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Black Lives Matter Movement

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The study investigated how the COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement impacted Black young adults’ social relationships and how receiving support from family or peers differentially influenced psychological adjustment. Surveys were sent in January 2021 and respondents included a total of 346 Black adults (66% female; mean age 26.2). A 2X2 repeated measures analysis of variance with social convoys and events was performed. Separate hierarchical regression analyses were performed with psychological well-being, psychological distress, and psychological need satisfaction. The pandemic negatively impacted relationships with peers. The BLM movement had favorable effects on both peer and family relationships. Family support relating to the pandemic and peer support relating to the BLM movement were associated with heightened psychological adjustment. The beneficial effects of pandemic-related support were mediated by greater psychological need satisfaction. The results indicate how important family and peer support are to individuals’ psychological adjustment during pivotal events.

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