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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Patriarchal domination does not just live in the big moments. It lives in what we laugh off, what we stay quiet about, and what we pass down without questioning. We have the power to interrupt that. And we have every reason to.

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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

That is not an indictment of Black men. It is a call to them. A call to us. Because protecting Black women cannot start at the funeral. It has to start in the conversations we have, the behaviors we name, the boys we raise, and the men we hold accountable when they fall short.

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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

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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Right now, organizers and advocates are mobilizing faster than ever, responding to crisis after crisis — from attacks on immigrant communities, to economic instability, to policies that directly harm the people we serve.

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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

How to make systems and processes that create space. Taking inventory on how false urgency lives in our bodies and guides our movement. Making action plans routed in care and not just productivity.

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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

We refuse to stay silent. And we refuse to heal alone. Come heal. Come connect. Come ready to grieve what has been lost and imagine what becomes possible when Black birth is protected the way it always should have been. Protecting Black Birth in Broken Systems: A Community Healing Circle

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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

So when we return to ancestral ways of healing—community care, embodiment, spirituality, collective support—we are not reaching for something new. We are reclaiming what was always ours. This is resistance. This is remembrance. This is repair. It is ancestral. It is ours.

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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

We held each other. We sang, moved, prayed, witnessed, and healed in ways that honored the fullness of who we are. Colonization disrupted that. It renamed our ways as primitive, erased our practices, and replaced them with systems that often criminalize, or disconnect us from ourselves.

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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

So today: come back to yourself. Take a breath. Check in with your body. Reach out to someone you trust. And if you need to, step away from the news for a little while. That's not avoidance, that's self-preservation. How are you doing today, for real? We're here and we want to know.

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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

You are not alone in what you're feeling. This community was built on the belief that our healing matters, not just in the good moments, but especially in the hard ones. Especially when the world outside is loud and uncertain and scary.

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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Anxiety can look like scrolling. Grief can look like numbness. Fear can look like just… going through the motions. We want to slow down with you for a second.

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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?

BEAM | BLACK EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH COLLECTIVE
visit www.beam.community

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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

There’s something powerful about healing out loud, together. Don’t miss the next Heart Space. **Unmasked & Unapologetic: A Healing Circle for Black Autistic Folks** 🗓 April 8th | ⏰ 3–4:30pm PT / 6–7:30pm ET Register at beam.community/events

beam.community

BEAM: Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective

Imagine a world where there are no barriers to Black healing. Together, we can heal through education, training, and advocacy.

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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

We used EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)—a gentle, body-based practice that combines tapping on pressure points with naming what’s coming up. It helps regulate the nervous system, soften overwhelm, and move emotions through instead of holding them in.

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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

This April, BEAM is committed to seeing the full picture—recognizing the challenges, honoring every experience, and creating a community where everyone is supported and understood. See Me. Understand Me. Include Me.

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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

The friend who communicates in their own way and feels deeply, even if it doesn’t always show in expected ways. And we can’t forget the parents and caregivers navigating therapies, school systems, and daily routines while carrying so much behind the scenes.

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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

The Okra Project is a Black Trans-led mutual aid collective working to ensure Black Trans and gender-expansive people have access to food, safe housing, transportation, and affirming mental health care.

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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Today and every day: protect Black trans lives. Fund them. Listen to them. Follow their leadership. 🏳️‍⚧️

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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

It’s about building a world where healing isn’t a privilege, but a right. Visibility without protection is not enough. We need resources. We need accountability. We need systems that support—not punish—people for being who they are.

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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Black trans communities are navigating the compounded impact of racism, transphobia, medical neglect, and systemic harm—and still creating spaces of care, brilliance, and resistance. Fighting for Black trans lives is mental health work. It’s harm reduction. It’s community care.

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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 COLLECTIVE

THINGS 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.

BEAM
BLACK EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH COLLECTIVE

RESOURCES 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

We have always found ways to heal, pour into each other, and rise. This month, we're making it official. Bring yourself. Bring your sister. Bring your cousin who needs this most. Show up and get the care u need!

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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Reset and restore with Community Float Therapy, because rest is a radical act. And pour into your leadership with Beyond Burnout: Building Emotionally Intelligent Leaders, rooted in the wisdom our community has always carried.

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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Join us for Protecting Black Birth in Broken Systems, because our lives matter before, during, and after birth. Come exhale and be fully seen at our Unmasked & Unapologetic Healing Circle for autistic girls.

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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

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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

We put this together for you because you deserve a little more peace and a little less noise. Our Social Media & Mental Health Tool is here to help you set boundaries with your screen, refresh your feed, and give yourself grace when you need to step away.

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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

And as if that wasn't enough, somebody announced a new job, a new baby, and a new boo all in the same scroll. Now you're out here questioning your whole life plan. The timeline is not your measuring stick.

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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

BEAM
BLACK EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH COLLECTIVE

Social 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

BEAM
BLACK EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH COLLECTIVE

Your 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

BEAM
BLACK EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL HEALTH COLLECTIVE

You 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

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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

This is what it looks like when we pour back into our people. Want to help us reach even more families? Every dollar goes directly to parents who need it most. Visit the link in our bio to donate and keep this movement going.

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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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6 STATES
Funding reached families

THE PARENT SUPPORT FUND BHM 26'

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Funds 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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"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

Your donation can make a difference. Visit LetCubaLive.info to give today and help spread the word. Let Cuba Live, Love and Thrive! 🇨🇺

letcubalive.info

Let Cuba Live

CLICK HERE TO GIVE AN URGENT DONATION TO SEND BREAD TO CUBA

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Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective @beamorg.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Cuba is facing its worst crisis in generations and the people caught in the middle are mothers, children, students, and families just like yours. This isn't politics. This is humanity.

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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

Learn from our trainings and bring these tools, practices, and frameworks directly into your work and your community. No cost barriers, just growth. Visit the link in our bio to apply today!

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