SB Empowerment & Consulting Services

04/10/2026

A national gathering created for Black moms, birthing folks, expectant parents, and the people who love them to learn, connect, and protect their mental wellness.

04/10/2026

HCMA advocates and supports those affected by hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

04/07/2026

🎤 Conference Concurrent Session Spotlight

Join us at the NASW-NJ Annual Conference for a powerful and transformative session with Dr. La’Tesha Sampson, a nationally respected psychotherapist, educator, and leader in culturally responsive care.

With over 27 years of experience, Dr. Sampson brings a unique blend of clinical expertise, academic leadership, and real-world impact—guiding individuals and communities from survival to wholeness.

✨ Clinical Liberation: Culturally Responsive Healing in the Age of Racial Trauma will equip social workers with the tools to recognize, assess, and treat racial trauma as a critical mental health concern.

Through an interactive, practice-based approach grounded in liberation psychology and somatic work, participants will gain actionable strategies to support anti-oppressive, culturally responsive healing.

📅 Monday, April 27
⏰ 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
🎓 Earn 2 Social/Cultural Competence or Clinical CEUs

Don’t miss this impactful conference session.

🔗 Register today and secure your spot at the conference: https://naswnj.socialworkers.org/Events/Annual-Conference

04/07/2026

A powerful group of celebrities, including John Legend, Keke Palmer, and Ayo Edebiri, are lending their voices to a critical cause—calling for the immediate closure of the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas. The facility, which houses families detained by ICE, has been under fire for its treatment of children and families, with the letter highlighting serious concerns about “abuse against children,” “rotten food,” and “dangerous medical neglect.”

Nearly 200 public figures, activists, and human rights advocates have joined the campaign, demanding an end to the inhumane conditions reported inside the center. These celebrities have taken a bold stance, using their platform to call out the unjust treatment of vulnerable families and children detained in facilities that have long been accused of violating basic human rights.

The letter shines a light on the broader issues of detention practices in the U.S., particularly those impacting children, and calls for a systemic shift in how detainees are treated. The outcry is not just about one facility; it’s part of a larger movement to address the cruelty and neglect that many immigrant families face in the country’s detention system.

This campaign is a reminder that celebrity influence can spark important conversations about justice and the treatment of vulnerable communities. Through their actions, these public figures are pushing for a more compassionate, humane approach to immigration and detention.

04/07/2026

For over 18 years, I specialized in Forensic Social Work, Domestic Violence Therapy and Consulting.
It took years of clinical experience, countless trainings, and immigration mental health VAWA evaluations to understand the complex realities of immigrant survivors of domestic violence.
Now I teach it, share it, and pass it on.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE …. STILL A GROWING CONCERN AND FAR MORE DANGEROUS DURING THESE TIMES

There are three primary forms of immigration waivers available to immigrant survivors of domestic violence: Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) self-petitions, U Visa, and T Visa. These protections involve complex legal processes designed to support vulnerable survivors seeking safety. This newsletter will focus on VAWA and the critical role mental health professionals play in evaluating, documenting, and treating immigrant survivors.

Immigrant survivors and their children deserve safety, protection, and access to care.

Become a Trained Immigration Mental Health Evaluator

This is more than a training… it’s a career shift.

✔️ In-demand specialty
✔️ Earn $2K–$10K+ monthly
✔️ Purpose-driven work
✔️ Toolkit includes all the templates you need.

🔗 Register now May 2nd or June 6th LIVE WEBINAR & TOOLKIT :
https://www.sbempowerment.org/product-page/may-2-2026-immigration-mh-evaluations-training-toolkit
https://www.sbempowerment.org/product-page/june-6-2026-immigration-mh-evaluations-training-toolkit

04/07/2026

04/05/2026

04/05/2026

🔗: bit.ly/4vcdBXJ

A Florida politician whose body was found in her bedroom this week was killed just months after her brother, a Parkland school shooting survivor, passed away.

📷️: City of Coral Springs; Gofundme

04/05/2026

“They Feared His Words—So They Tried to Break His Mind”

When Dr. Frances Cress Welsing spoke, she wasn’t just talking—she was confronting a system.

“I will not rest until Black children are taught to love themselves, as themselves.”

That wasn’t a quote for applause. It was a warning.

Because for centuries, systems of power have thrived on one silent weapon: self-rejection.
If a child is taught to doubt their skin, their history, their identity—they become easier to control, easier to divide, easier to erase.

Welsing understood this deeply. She argued that racism is not just about oppression—it is also about psychological conditioning. A war of images, narratives, and identity.

Look around today.
What are Black children told is “beautiful”?
Whose history is centered in classrooms?
Whose stories are still pushed to the margins?

This is not accidental. It is structural.

And that’s why her words still disturb people. Because teaching self-love is not just healing—it is resistance.

A child who truly understands their worth cannot be easily manipulated.
A people who know their history cannot be easily rewritten.

So the real question is:
Why does a message of self-love still feel threatening?

And what would change if it was fully embraced?

Follow .echo for more powerful African history and untold stories.
Support the movement—buy our debut book “20 African Wonder Women That Changed History.”

References:
Frances Cress Welsing, The Isis Papers; Carter G. Woodson, The Mis-Education of the Negro; bell hooks, Black Looks: Race and Representation

04/05/2026