Beautifully Owned by Us - Nonprofit

05/10/2026

Happy Mother’s Day from Beautifully Owned by Us 🌸

Today we celebrate the women who nurture, lead, sacrifice, encourage, build, heal, and love so deeply every single day. Whether you’re a mother by birth, by choice, by mentorship, or by heart… we honor you today. 💕

Thank you for being the strength behind families, businesses, communities, and dreams. Your love leaves a lasting impact in ways words could never fully express.

Wishing every mother a day filled with love, peace, joy, and appreciation. You deserve it. 🤍

04/16/2026

02/20/2026

Beautifully Owned by Us Black History Month Spotlight 🌿

Honoring Dr. Nadine Burke Harris

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris is a board-certified pediatrician and nationally recognized public health leader known for her work on Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and their long-term impact on health.

She founded the Center for Youth Wellness in San Francisco (now part of UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals), where she focused on screening and treating children exposed to trauma.

From 2019 to 2022, she served as the first Surgeon General of California. In that role, she led efforts to reduce toxic stress and expand trauma-informed care across healthcare systems.

Her research and advocacy helped connect early childhood trauma to increased risks of conditions such as heart disease, depression, substance use disorders, and other chronic illnesses later in life.

She is also the author of The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity, where she explains how toxic stress affects brain and body development.

✔️ Board-certified pediatrician
✔️ Founder of Center for Youth Wellness
✔️ First Surgeon General of California (2019–2022)
✔️ Leader in ACEs and toxic stress research advocacy

Her work reminds us that true wellness includes emotional safety, prevention, and early support.

Education. Awareness. Prevention.

02/19/2026

💫 Beautifully Owned by Us Black History Month Spotlight 💫

Today we honor Dr. Jessica Shepherd, a board-certified OB-GYN and nationally recognized women’s health expert.

Dr. Shepherd specializes in women’s health, menopause, sexual wellness, and preventive care. She is the founder of Sanctum Med + Wellness, a practice that blends traditional medicine with integrative approaches to support whole-body wellness.

She has become a trusted medical voice in national media, educating women about hormonal health, heart health, reproductive health, and aging with confidence. Her work focuses on empowering women with accurate information so they can advocate for themselves and make informed decisions about their bodies.

Dr. Shepherd continues to push forward conversations around health equity and access to quality care, especially for women who have historically been underserved in healthcare systems.

Representation in medicine matters. Education matters. Advocacy matters.

02/18/2026

🌿 Beautifully Owned by Us Black History Month Spotlight 🌿

Today we recognize Dr. Sebi (Alfredo Bowman) — a figure who sparked major conversations around natural healing within Black communities.

Born November 26, 1933, in Honduras, Dr. Sebi was an herbalist and natural health advocate who promoted an alkaline, plant-based lifestyle. He believed that many illnesses were connected to excess mucus and acidity in the body and encouraged people to focus on whole, unprocessed plant foods and herbal remedies.

He founded Usha Village in Honduras, a healing center where individuals participated in detox and wellness programs centered on nutrition and herbs.

It is important to share full context: while he gained a large following and influenced many in holistic wellness spaces, his medical claims were widely disputed and not supported by mainstream scientific research.

Regardless of perspective, his influence helped push conversations about nutrition, food awareness, and self-advocacy in health into the spotlight for many communities.

Wellness is power. Knowledge is ownership.

02/17/2026

🖤✨ Beautifully Owned by Us Black History Month Spotlight ✨🖤

ANN LOWE

A visionary designer whose craftsmanship shaped American high fashion.

Long before diversity became a conversation in the fashion industry, Ann Lowe was designing couture gowns for some of the most prominent families in America — including Jacqueline Kennedy’s wedding dress in 1953.

Her work was exquisite.
Her talent undeniable.
Her recognition delayed.

Despite discrimination and financial challenges, she built a career rooted in excellence and refinement.

Ann Lowe reminds us that brilliance does not need permission — it simply needs opportunity.

Her legacy lives on in every conversation about equity in fashion.

02/17/2026

02/16/2026

🖤✨ BOBU Black History Month Spotlight ✨🖤

Before luxury brands embraced hip hop culture, Dapper Dan was already designing for it.

In the 1980s, from his Harlem boutique, he created bold, custom pieces for artists, athletes, and cultural icons. He reimagined high-fashion logos in ways that spoke directly to the streets. At the time, major fashion houses rejected that influence.

Years later? Those same brands came back.

In 2018, Gucci partnered with Dapper Dan and opened a collaborative atelier in Harlem. What was once criticized became celebrated.

His story is about vision.
About culture shaping luxury.
About staying true to your creativity even when the industry doesn’t validate you yet.

He didn’t wait for permission. He built anyway.

That’s legacy.

Drop a 🖤 if you love seeing culture shift the mainstream.

02/13/2026

🌟 BOBU Black History Month Spotlight 🌟

Today we’re honoring Dr. Mamie Phipps Clark, a groundbreaking psychologist whose work reshaped conversations around race, identity, and mental health.

Dr. Clark was one of the first Black women to earn a PhD in psychology (1943, Columbia University). Alongside her husband, Kenneth Clark, she conducted the famous “doll experiments,” which studied how segregation impacted the self-perception of Black children.

Their research showed that many Black children in segregated environments internalized negative beliefs about themselves. This work was later cited in the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education, which ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.

In 1946, Dr. Clark co-founded the Northside Center for Child Development in Harlem, one of the first organizations to provide psychological services to Black children and families who were often denied access to quality mental health care.

Her legacy reminds us that mental health care is essential and that representation, environment, and equity deeply affect a child’s development and self-worth.

✨ Mental Health. Equity. Lasting Impact. ✨

02/11/2026

✨ Black History Month Spotlight: Rebecca Lee Crumpler, MD ✨

Today we honor Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler, the first Black woman in the United States to earn a medical degree.

After receiving her MD in 1864, Dr. Crumpler devoted her career to caring for women and children, particularly in underserved and formerly enslaved communities during the Reconstruction era. She believed deeply in preventive care and access to quality medical treatment for all.

She also authored A Book of Medical Discourses, one of the first medical texts written by a Black physician, with a strong focus on maternal and child health—topics that remain critical in health and wellness today.

Her legacy reminds us that compassion, education, and advocacy have always been at the heart of Black excellence in healthcare.

💜 Drop a 💜 as we honor pioneers who laid the foundation for wellness and care.