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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective

@beamorg.bsky.social
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BEAM funds, trains and resources an international network of grassroots wellness orgs, mental health institutions, and wellness practitioners across the world while holding healing spaces that center healing justice.

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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
There is a crisis unfolding in real time and we have to be willing to name it clearly. Black women are being taken from us, not by strangers, not by the unknown, but by people who called them family. People who shared their beds, their dinner tables, their last names.
ONE WAY WE PROTECT BLACK WOMEN
IS BY TEACHING & HOLDING BLACK
MEN ACCOUNTABLE TO A MANHOOD THAT ISN’T ABOUT PATRIARCHAL DOMINATION.

-YOLO AKILI

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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Black Healing Remixed: Regulate to Resist. Four sessions. All free and donation based. With ASL. Register + share: beam.community/remix
* Visual Description: A vertical flyer with a blue background featuring a halftone (dot) pattern. The top contains the header in bold yellow and black text. Five white rounded rectangular buttons list individual events in a chronological list.
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    * Header: MAY EVENTS AT BEAM 2026. REGULATE TO RESIST.
    * Event 1: MAY 05 - Diasporic Healing as Resistance.
    * Event 2: MAY 14 - Supporting People Living With Schizophrenia in Black Communities.
    * Event 3: MAY 19 - What Black Communities Should Know About Psychiatric Care.
    * Event 4: MAY 21 - Fighting For The Mental Health of Black Trans Communities.
    * Event 5: MAY 30 - Black Healing Remixed: 10 year Anniversary Celebration.
    * Footer: BEAM: Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective. www.beam.community* Visual Description: Promotional graphic for a virtual event. It features five headshots at the bottom of the speakers: a Black man with short hair and an earring, a woman in Indigenous Caribbean ceremonial headwear and beads, a Black woman with reddish locs, a Black woman with an updo and pink shirt, and a Black woman with curly hair and a blue top.
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    * Header: BEAM logo. REGULATE TO RESIST.
    * Title: DIASPORIC HEALING AS RESISTANCE.
    * Logistics: MAY 5. 11:30 - 12:30 PM PT / 2:30 - 3:30 PM ET. VIRTUAL EVENT.
    * Speakers: Yolo Akili (Moderator), Irka Mateo, Samanta Nyinawumuntu, Melissa Ifill, Nadège Robertson.
    * URL: www.beam.community/events* Visual Description: Event flyer featuring two headshots side-by-side. On the left is a Black man in a blue suit smiling (Dr. Allen Limpscomb). On the right is a Black woman with a dark headwrap smiling (Chaun Lewis Green).
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    * Header: BEAM logo. REGULATE TO RESIST.
    * Title: SUPPORTING PEOPLE LIVING WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA IN BLACK COMMUNITIES.
    * Logistics: MAY 14. 3:30 - 5:00 PM PT / 6:30 - 8:00 PM ET. VIRTUAL EVENT.
    * Speakers: Dr. Allen Limpscomb, Chaun Lewis Green.
    * URL: www.beam.community/events* Visual Description: A digital flyer with a blue halftone textured background. Below the event title and logistics are five circular headshots of the speakers. From left to right: a Black man with short hair and a gold drop earring; a Black woman with long dark braids and geometric earrings; a woman with voluminous curly brown hair; a Black woman with locs and a black hoodie; and a woman with short dark hair, a colorful floral blazer, and gold sun-shaped earrings.
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    * Header: BEAM logo (Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective). REGULATE TO RESIST.
    * Title: WHAT BLACK COMMUNITIES SHOULD KNOW ABOUT PSYCHIATRIC CARE.
    * Logistics: MAY 19. 11:30 – 12:30 PM PT / 2:30 – 3:30 PM ET. VIRTUAL EVENT.
    * Speakers:
        * Yolo Akili (Moderator)
        * Kelechi Ubozoh
        * Antonia Hylton
        * Imadé Borha
        * Dr. Rupi Legha
    * Footer: www.beam.community/events
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Beyond Burnout: Building Emotionally Intelligent Leaders is a space created for the advocates and organizers who give everything to the movement and deserve support in return. This is where we build our capacity to embody what sustainable leadership actually looks like.
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Black Maternal Health Week exists because the fight is not over. Because the data is still devastating. Because too many of us have sat in hospital rooms, birth centers, and waiting areas and felt invisible. Too many of us have held grief that never made the headlines.
Overview
Title: Protecting Black Birth in Broken Systems: A Community Healing Circle

Location: Los Angeles (In-Person Event)

Hosts: * BEAM (Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective)

Kindred Space LA

Date & Time
Date: April 28

Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM PT

Registration & More Information
Website: www.beam.community/events
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Our healing lineage didn’t begin in Europe—it began in Africa. Before diagnoses, before clinical language, before systems that pathologize our pain—there were traditions rooted in community, spirit, land, and rhythm.
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Some news stops you in your tracks. Today might be one of those days. When the world feels this unstable, it's easy to stay glued to your phone, refreshing, absorbing, bracing without realizing how much your body and mind are taking on.
How am I?
a self check-in
We are our first resource. Noticing what needs are present within us helps us identify how we can support ourselves as we identify what support we need from others.

Emotional
What am I feeling? What helps me to feel resourced and grounded before taking on something that requires more from me?

Mental
What are my thoughts right now? How are they impacting me? What fear of how folks will perceive me is getting in the way of asking for the help I need?

Physical
Am I hungry? Am I tired? Am I in pain? What am I feeling in my body and where? What is/are the message(s) my body is sending about my needs?

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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
This is what healing can look like. We gathered 45 Black women in Atlanta for Tapping Into Tenderness—and Black women came ready. Ready to feel, release, and be held.
A group of people at a community event looking at a projector screen displaying "Our Community Agreement." A warm, close-up shot of two women sharing a heartfelt hug. The woman facing the camera is wearing glasses and has a wide, joyful smile.A close-up of a Black woman with locs pulled back, wearing a tan turtleneck and sitting in a relaxed, attentive pose with her chin resting on her interlaced hands. She has a soft, thoughtful smile while listening.
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Autism looks different on everyone. The differences may show up subtly or recognizably. It looks like the child overwhelmed by bright lights and loud sounds in a grocery store, trying to stay regulated. The adult masking their needs just to get through a workday.
AUTISM AWARENESS month
See Me. Understand Me. Include Me.

EVERY MIND THINKS DIFFERENTLY. EVERY MIND DESERVES TO BE UNDERSTOOD.

SEE ME
Sensory sensitivities: (Icon of a megaphone/sound waves)

Repetitive behaviors: (Icon of circular arrows)

Sometimes I may need more Support with social cues: (Icon of a speech bubble with ellipses)

UNDERSTAND ME
Be patient with me with change: (Icon of a warning triangle)

Respect my curiosity and interests: (Icon of a magnifying glass)

Honor and learn my communication styles: (Icon of overlapping speech bubbles)

INCLUDE ME
Respect stimming: (Icon of interlocking rings)

Adapt spaces and activities: (Icon of a puzzle piece with a plus sign)

Be patient and kind: (Icon of a smiling heart)

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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
We know Black autistic folks are too often overlooked, misunderstood, or misdiagnosed. This virtual Heart Space Healing Circle is for Black folks on the autism spectrum and the people who love and support them. Visit beam.community/events to register.
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Trans Visibility Day isn’t just about being seen—it’s about survival, safety, and dignity. It’s about access to affirming mental health care, housing, community, and the right to exist without violence or erasure.
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
For a lot of trans people, today carries both pride and pain. Kansas just made it legal to strip trans people of valid ID, restrict where they can exist in public, and sue them for simply being visible. Celebrating trans lives means protecting them too. Save this and share it!
Things You Need To Know (Kansas Outline)
THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

1,700 KANSANS HAD THEIR LICENSES REVOKED. NOT FOR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. FOR BEING TRANSGENDER.

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BLACK EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH COLLECTIVETHINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

1,700+ driver's licenses and birth certificates were immediately invalidated, requiring people to pay for new documents reflecting their sex assigned at birth.

Trans people must use bathrooms and locker rooms in all government buildings, including schools, based on sex assigned at birth.

Private citizens can sue for $1,000 if they feel "aggrieved" by someone using a restroom that doesn't match their birth sex.

Repeated violations can result in a class B misdemeanor charge.

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BLACK EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH COLLECTIVERESOURCES FOR TRANS KANSANS

IF YOU NEED LEGAL HELP

ACLU of Kansas at aclukansas.org

ACLU National at aclu.org

Lambda Legal at lambdalegal.org

IF YOU NEED ID/DOCUMENT HELP

National Center for Transgender Equality at transequality.org

IF YOU NEED TO TALK TO SOMEONE

Trans Lifeline (peer support, run by trans people) 877-565-8860

Trevor Project (LGBTQ+ youth crisis line) 1-866-488-7386 or text START to 678-678

988 Crisis Line, call 988 and press 3 for LGBTQ+ support

HOW YOU CAN HELP AS AN ALLY

Share these resources

Donate to the ACLU of Kansas

Offer practical support like rides, a safe space, or help navigating paperwork

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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
This World Bipolar Day, let's unlearn some things. Let's replace the phrases that hurt with the ones that can potentially help. Because our people deserve more than survival. They deserve support. They deserve to be seen. They deserve to heal.
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Bipolar Disorder is real. And the people living with it need us to show up differently.
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Nobody taught us how to talk about mental health. We were taught to push through, pray about it, and keep it moving. But what happens when someone we love is struggling with something bigger than willpower?
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
This April, we're creating space for the conversations and healing that our community has always deserved.
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Our healing was never waiting on a license. For generations, it was passed down through our communities. Our ancestors were therapists long before the world had a word for it.
Before they allowed us to be therapists, our communities had healers and counselors who have healed generations
- Yolo Akili

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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
We've all seen the 'I'm leaving social media' post…followed by a new post three days later. Between the news, the posts, and the debates…it's a lot. Your nervous system feels every bit of it. You don't have to carry the weight of the world through your phone.
How to Navigate Mental Health & Social Media

Practical tools for care, agency, and balance

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BLACK EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH COLLECTIVESocial media can connect us and overwhelm us at the same time.

It can inform, affirm, and build community

It can also dysregulate our nervous systems and attention

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BLACK EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH COLLECTIVEYour phone should work with you, not against you.

Ask: What do I want right now. Connection, rest, or information?

Let intention guide usage instead of guilt or pressure

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BLACK EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH COLLECTIVEYou don’t have to quit social media to protect your mental health.

It’s all about finding what works for you.

Set specific times for scrolling instead of leaving it open all day.

Create extra distance from your feed on hard days.

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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
We’ve said it time and again— money is a mental health intervention. The Parent Support Fund exist to ease the disproportional burdens that Black and marginalized parents carry every day. Direct support, straight to the families who need it most.
$10K Distributed directly to families during Black History Month 2026

16 STATES
Funding reached families

50 FAMILIES
Gift cards were redistributed across the country

THE PARENT SUPPORT FUND BHM 26'

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BLACK EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH COLLECTIVE6 STATES
Funding reached families

THE PARENT SUPPORT FUND BHM 26'

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BLACK EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH COLLECTIVEFunds gave me some financial security. I was able to buy groceries
– Parent Support Fund Recipient

THE PARENT SUPPORT FUND BHM 26'

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BLACK EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH COLLECTIVE"I was able to spend $100 each on my daughters for essentials as well as a couple new outfits for school."
– Parent Support Fund Recipient

THE PARENT SUPPORT FUND BHM 26'

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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Imagine going to bed not knowing if the lights will be on tomorrow. Not knowing if the hospital can treat your loved one. Not knowing when your next meal is coming. This is the reality for 10 million Cubans right now.
Let Cuba Live, Love and Thrive! ¡Viva Cuba Libre!
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Healing Justice starts with you being resourced. BEAM’s Healing Justice Training scholarships are now open for community organizers and movement leaders.
Graphic from Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective (BEAM) announcing “2026 Healing Justice Training Scholarships for Community Organizers & Movement Leaders.” The design features a collage of protest scenes at the top with people holding signs and raising fists. Text highlights funding of up to $500 and includes the BEAM logo at the bottom.Informational graphic from Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective (BEAM) outlining “Healing Justice Training Scholarships for Community Organizers & Movement Leaders.” The text lists included trainings such as Black Masculinity (Re)Imagined, Black Mental Health & Healing Justice Peer Support Training, and Emotionally Intelligent Leadership Training. It notes selected applicants receive up to $500 and access to BEAM trainings, and invites organizers working in areas like voting rights, reproductive justice, trans rights, racial justice, disability justice, healing justice, diasporic justice, and abolition to apply. A link at the bottom reads beam.community/grants.
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
”Unh unh! Is that AI?!” Let’s talk about it. Cultural wisdom has taught us to be skeptical with most things that have the potential to advance society. Historically when new things arise, something else declines. We want to address these things. Together.
Flyer from Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective (BEAM) promoting a virtual event titled “The Hidden Cost of AI: Black Mental Health, Water & Collective Survival.” The event takes place March 24 at 1:00 PM PT / 4:00 PM ET. The graphic features four speakers: Dr. Moya Bailey, Yolo Akili, Dr. Jessica Jackson, and Dr. Alfiee Breland-Noble, shown in portrait photos. A link at the bottom reads beam.community/events.
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
**Care must be accountable, relational, and community rooted.

Pair it with real conversations and professional care

Notice if you're leaning on it more than the people in your life**If you use AI**

- Pair AI use with real conversations and professional care
- Pause if you notice emotional dependency forming
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Next week we’re gathering some of the most qualified voices in the field to discuss the hidden cost of AI. Join us for this virtual panel on March 24th at 1pm PT/4pm ET featuring @moyazb @therapyis4everyone @dralfiee and @yoloakili Swipe for details.
AI Can Not Replace Community Care.

- It does not have accountability, lived experience, or ethics
- It cannot replace community, consent, or relational healing**AI can offer structure and language.**

- Journaling prompts, organizing thoughts, and coping ideas
- Solutions to accessing care, not replacing it**Problems arise when AI replaces human connection.**

- Reinforcing isolation instead of encouraging connection
- It cannot intervene when someone is in crisis**AI can unintentionally support delusions or harmful beliefs.**

- It reflects back what users give it without clinical judgment
- It cannot intervene when someone is spiraling or unsafe
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Let’s be real! Although AI comes with convenience, it is NOT care. Relying on the use of Artificial lntelligence comes with its own set of consequences, and the impact hits harder in Black and marginalized communities. We want to raise awareness on a few things, in case you are using AI.
AI is not care. It is a tool.AI is destroying our environment, especially in Black communities. BEAM does NOT endorse the use of AI -- but if you ARE using it -- here are some things you need to know.AI is on the rise 

*screen shots of articles from npr, the New York Times, and Global news. AI is being used for emotional support and here’s why that matters.

- People are venting to AI, seeking advice, and processing emotions
- Some are treating AI like a therapist, partner, or authority
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Black women have long shaped the evolution of healing and mental health care — even when their contributions were overlooked or excluded from the mainstream story. Without Black feminists- bell hooks, Barbara Smith, Demita Frazier, Dr. Moya Bailey, Dr. Alfiee Breland-Noble, Dr. Thema Bryant,
Black background graphic from Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective with bold colorful text that reads: “Black feminism and Black women made Western therapy better.”Flyer from Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective (BEAM) promoting an event titled “Tapping Into Tenderness: EFT for Grief & Anxiety for Black Women – Atlanta.” The graphic features three women demonstrating EFT tapping on their face and chest. Event details read: March 17, 6:00–8:00 PM ET, in-person event. A link at the bottom says beam.community/events.
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
We are excited to learn more and practice EFT during this Wednesday’s Virtual Heartspace! Join us today or next week in-person in ATL! Register at beam.community/events Healing is not something we have to carry alone.
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Grief and anxiety can live in our bodies in ways words don’t always reach. Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), also known as tapping, is a gentle practice that uses rhythmic tapping on specific points of the body while acknowledging what we’re feeling. This can help calm the nervous system, reduce
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Rest is not a reward. It is a necessity! Black women deserve rest. Misogynoir says Black women are not worthy of it, can’t have it, and don’t deserve it. We reject that. This Women’s History Month, we honor the countless ways Black women have shown up in the world. As caregivers, nurturers, and
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Caregivers, who is taking care of YOU?! Caregiving is powerful. And so are you. As we move throughout the year developing communities of care and building maps to guide us through our own caregiving experience, we invite you to join us next week for our upcoming Heart Space Healing Circle
A purple and orange promotional flyer from BEAM, the Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective. Large text reads, “Holding Others Without Losing Yourself: A Workshop for Caregivers.” The event is listed as virtual and takes place on March 5 from 12:30–2:30 PM PT and 3:30–5:30 PM ET. Below the text is a photo of a younger Black caregiver standing behind and smiling warmly at an older Black adult seated in a chair, both appearing relaxed and joyful in a cozy room filled with bookshelves and soft furniture. At the bottom of the flyer is a web address: www.beam.community/events.
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
It’s back. And the timing matters. As Black families face rising costs, political instability, and shrinking systems of care, parents are carrying the weight first—often in silence. Mental health doesn’t exist without material support, and right now, relief is critical.
A blue-toned flyer with layered geometric shapes announces BEAM’s Parent Support Fund for Black History Month. Large text at the top reads, “BEAM is giving $10,000.” Smaller text explains the funds are for Black and marginalized parents and caregivers living with mental health conditions or supporting children with mental health conditions. A large photo shows a smiling Black family sitting together outdoors: two adults and four children, close and relaxed, conveying warmth and connection. Below the photo, text reads, “Apply for up to $250 of monetary support.” Additional text notes that funds are limited and directs viewers to beam.community/grants to learn more and apply. The BEAM logo and the words “The Parent Support Fund BHM ’26” appear at the bottom.A blue informational flyer titled “Why We Provide the Parent Support Fund.” On the left side, large text states that 48% of parents report their stress is completely overwhelming, compared to 26% among other adults. Below, text explains that the Parent Support Fund offers direct financial assistance to Black and marginalized parents to help ease mental and financial burdens. A source citation from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services appears at the bottom. On the right side is a photo of a Black parent seated outdoors with three children, smiling and interacting closely. The BEAM logo and the words “The Parent Support Fund BHM ’26” appear at the bottom of the flyer.
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
We are living through a lot right now—collectively and personally. In a time shaped by uncertainty, violence, and grief, it’s okay to feel worn down *and* still reach for moments that help you breathe. Joy doesn’t betray our grief. Grief doesn’t cancel our joy.
GRIEF DOESN'T CANCEL OUT JOY AND JOY DOESN'T ERASE GRIEF. BOTH CAN EXIST AT THE SAME TIME5 ways to gently center joy while honoring what you’ve lost:
1. Let joy and grief coexist without guilt
2. Return to what feels familiar and nourishing
3. Notice micro-joys in everyday moments
4. Stay connected to people who let you be real
5. Honor your grief with intention and care
1. **Let joy and grief coexist without guilt**

You might find yourself laughing at a joke and then suddenly feeling a wave of sadness. As two things can be true at once, practice by allowing the laugh without immediately scolding yourself for it.
2. **Return to what feels familiar and nourishing**

This could look like re-watching a show you’ve watched more than a few times or cooking a meal you grew up with, letting the comfort of the familiar hold you when everything else feels uncertain.
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Care is intentional, and community makes it possible! Screenshot with your folks and start the conversation!
What kinds of outdoor activities does your family enjoy, or what are you curious about trying together? What helps your family feel connected or special together -- like faith, prayer, traditions, or something else you do as a family? What would you like to do more of?
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
One of our goals is to reimagine how families heal. That looks like making time in the day to reflect on how we show up for the people we love, and who we consider family during these times. Today we are sharing these reflective questions that we extracted from our new Family Care Map tool.
REIMAGINE HOW FAMILIES HEALName Your Family: Who are you thinking about for this family care map? 

Reminder: We get to define and chose who our family is.How does you family currently talk about feelings, or how would you like to check in with one another about emotions? What helps your family rest or unwind right now, or what do you think could help you relax more?
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
In hard times, it matters to know who we can lean on. Whether that is family we’re born into, family we choose, or both— it is important to be able to identify who is there for support.
A photo shows three Black adults seated at a table during a facilitated group activity, appearing focused and engaged. Art supplies such as colored pencils, markers, paper, and notebooks are spread across the table, suggesting a reflective or creative healing exercise. The BEAM (Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective) logo appears at the top. Overlaid text reads: “Building a Family Care Map for Hard Times,” followed by “Heart Space Virtual Healing Circle.” Event details list February 11, from 3:00–4:30 PM PT and 6:00–7:30 PM ET, with the word “Virtual” highlighted. A website link at the bottom reads: www.beam.community/events.
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Did Bad Bunny make you want to learn Spanish? A great way to start is through your FEELINGS! Start everyday learning a feeling word and understanding it’s meaning. For all my Afro-Latinos, here is a great tool to use to connect with your feelings in real time and cultivate wellness.
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
When systems withdraw care, we deepen it together.✊🏾 This National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, BEAM is excited to announce we are now accepting applications for the Healing Circles Facilitator Training: HIV Care Cohort—a 3-month certification program rooted in Afro-Indigenous healing practices,
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A group of Black adults stand in a circle outdoors during a community healing gathering. Text reads: “Healing Circles Facilitator Training: HIV Care Cohort,” with a red HIV awareness ribbon and BEAM logo. Application deadline: March 7, 2026.

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An outdoor photograph shows a diverse group of Black adults standing in a large circle on grass, suggesting a community healing or discussion space. At the top is the BEAM (Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective) logo and a red HIV awareness ribbon flowing across the image. Large text reads “Healing Circles Facilitator Training: HIV Care Cohort.” Below, text explains that this is a 3-month BEAM certification program training community members to facilitate Heart Space healing circles for communities impacted by HIV/AIDS, grounded in Afro-Indigenous practices. A banner at the bottom states the application deadline: March 7, 2026.Alt Text
Graphic listing who the certification is for and what participants will gain, including BEAM certification, HIV stigma reduction tools, and a $1,000 honorarium with travel covered.
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A blue-toned graphic with the BEAM logo and red HIV awareness ribbon presents eligibility and benefits for the training. Under the heading “This certification is for,” bullet points list experienced facilitators, healers, and careworkers; people with lived experience or experience supporting people living with HIV; community members grounded in healing justice and systems analysis; and those who have previously participated in BEAM programming. A second section titled “You’ll gain” lists training in emotionally intelligent leadership and healing justice, tools for HIV stigma reduction and community care, BEAM certification in the Heart Space method, and a $1,000 honorarium with covered travel for required in-person training.### **Alt Text**

Graphic with BEAM logo and red HIV ribbon listing training details: June–August 2026, U.S. East Coast & Caribbean, apply by March 7, 2026, notifications by April 17, 2026.

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A blue and purple gradient graphic features the BEAM logo at the top and a red HIV awareness ribbon on the right. Text outlines key details for the Healing Circles Facilitator Training: training dates are June through August 2026; the region includes the U.S. East Coast and the Caribbean; applications are due by March 7, 2026 at 11:59 PM PST; notifications will be sent by April 17, 2026. A button at the bottom reads “Apply via link in bio.” The phrase “When systems withdraw care, we deepen it together” appears at the bottom.
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
At BEAM we stand in solidarity with communities across the country by participating in today’s National Shutdown in response to the ongoing harm caused by ICE and its unethical, illegal anti-immigrant policies.
A black background graphic with large, bold, cream-colored capital letters. The text announces a “Nationwide Shutdown” scheduled for Friday, January 30, 2026. Below, smaller stacked lines read “No work,” “No school,” and “No shopping.” At the bottom, the phrase “Ice out everywhere!!!” appears, emphasizing a call for a complete halt to normal activity. The design is stark and urgent, resembling a protest or boycott announcement.
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
At BEAM we stand in solidarity with communities across the country by participating in today’s National Shutdown in response to the ongoing harm caused by ICE and its unethical, illegal anti-immigrant policies.
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
This Black History Month, our theme is Regulate to Resist. Our communities are navigating relentless political violence, state harm, and instability that wear on our bodies, minds, and nervous systems. Regulation isn’t a luxury — it’s a survival skill and a form of resistance.
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
We also want to invite you to make arrangements with your community of support, to use our Community Care Plan tool. This tool was created to help individuals identify ways to be cared for in the midst of crisis. This is how we resist. This is how we protect each other. More offerings coming!
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Take a moment and swipe for protest safety tips, what to do if stopped by police, how to track and defund ICE activity, and resources for food, legal support, mutual aid, and mental health.
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
We can’t heal our communities while hate-centered systems thrive. We Been on ABOLISH ICE—and any and all systems that dehumanize our communities in the name of profit and hate. We have taken time to gather a few critical resources from organizers and accounts we respect.
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
They have been lying to us. They lied to us about Pretti— but they have lied to us about all of our folks, Haitians, Mexicans, Trans folks- that they have hunted down, incarcerated and traumatized.
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Fighting fascism helps us heal. Organizing helps us regulate. Resistance, paired with care for one another; especially when hatred is loud—reminds us of our sacred power. Healing justice teaches us that we cannot retreat, detach, or disappear forever.
FIGHTING FASCISM HELPS US HEAL 

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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
How are you — for real? We are living through an ongoing series of events and circumstances that have created collective tension, activated deep emotions, and heightened anxiety for many of us.
Graphic with the text “How Am I? a self check-in.” Below are four side-profile portraits of Black adults with different hairstyles, facing different directions. The text reads: “We are our first resource. Noticing what needs are present within us helps us identify how we can support ourselves as we identify what support we need from others.” BEAM logo appears at the bottom.Graphic titled “How Am I? a self check-in — Emotional.” The text reads: “What am I feeling? What helps me stay calm and grounded? Am I honoring what I feel or running away from my truth?” Two side-profile portraits of Black adults appear at the bottom corners. BEAM logo and “2/4” indicator are shown.Graphic titled “How Am I? a self check-in — Physical.” The text asks: “Am I hungry or tired? Am I in pain? What am I feeling in my body and where? What are the messages my body is sending me?” Two side-profile portraits of Black adults appear at the bottom corners. BEAM logo and “3/4” indicator are shown.Graphic titled “How Am I? a self check-in — Physical.” The text asks: “What are my thoughts right now? How are they impacting me? What gets in the way of me asking for help?” Two side-profile portraits of Black adults appear at the bottom corners. BEAM logo and “4/4” indicator are shown.
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
At the same time, many of our people rely on medication — and when used thoughtfully, it can be a powerful, life-sustaining tool. Choosing medication is not a failure of faith or strength. For many, it is a survival strategy in systems that were never designed to keep us well.
Healing justice invites us to honor **both the science and the spirit.**

We can take what helps from Western medicine *and* keep building our own traditions of care while creating new systems. We acknowledge the way corporations have abused medications in our communities, and still know that when used wisely, they can still help us.

**Alt-text:** A collage of stethoscope, altar, herbs, and ancestral photos — merging traditional and modern healing.Medication matters.

And so does connection.

And joy.

And collective care. 

**Alt-text:** Smiling group of Black people embracing, surrounded by the words “Care is Collective.”Healing justice reminds us:

**You deserve access to *all* the tools that support your healing — not just the ones that fit neatly in a bottle.**
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
In a moment when our bodies and minds are under constant political stress — from state violence to medical racism to shrinking access to care — healing cannot be one-size-fits-all. We have to hold multiple truths at once. Pharmaceutical companies have not always been allies to our communities.
“For Black People Mental Health Medication Matters — But It’s Not the Whole Story”**Medication Matters**

But it’s not the only tool in our mental health journey.

Healing justice reminds us that *care is complex, layered, and communal.*

**Alt-text:** Black person holding a pill bottle and journal, surrounded by soft healing imagery — herbs, candles, and community hands symbolizing holistic care.For some of us, **medication is life-saving.**

It helps us sleep, manage anxiety, stabilize moods, and find balance again.

There’s no shame in using what supports your healing. 💊✨

**Alt-text:** Illustration of open hands holding both a pill bottle and a heart — symbolizing balance between medicine and emotional wellness.Heling is not only through pills 

It’s also **ancestral, spiritual, and collective.**

No pill can replace the medicine of rest, ritual, or being seen and held by community. No pill can replace the structural and systemic changes we need that have created our mental health distress in the first place. 

**Alt-text:** Black community circle under a tree, drumming, meditating, cooking — showing multiple forms of healing.
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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
This year, we’re encouraging honest reflection. As we move into a new year, this is an invitation to pause and check in with ourselves. Are our actions aligned with the care, boundaries, rest, and connection we say we value?
YOUR BEHAVIOR TELLS THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT YOU REALLY VALUE - YOLO AKILI 

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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Use this writing exercise to check in with yourself honestly and set intentions that honor what your body and spirit are asking for.
HEALING IN THE PRESENT — Grounding in 2026

4. How can I root myself more deeply in ancestral wisdom or cultural practices that nourish me?
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5. What does safety—emotional, physical, spiritual—look like for me, and how can I cultivate it?HEALING IN THE PRESENT — Grounding in 2026

6. How can I honor my own needs while participating in collective liberation?
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