The AlloVillage

08/11/2022

02/09/2022

reposting this important reminder
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some things to keep doing this Black history month and the other 11 months of the year…
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✨ celebrate ALL Black history (not just the trauma y’all!)
✨ learn from Black antiracist educators (and pay for their time too!)
✨ support Black-owned businesses + creators
✨ donate your time/money/resources to Black-owned and ran organizations
✨ amplify, listen, and center Black voices
✨ make short-term and long-term actionable goals to support Black liberation (in ways the Black community is actually asking for!)
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Can’t stress enough my friends the importance of honoring the Black community 365 days of the year, but this upcoming month is certainly no better of a time to keep learning more about Black history, celebrating Black joy, supporting Black creators/educators authentically, and holding yourself accountable to actionable steps in supporting Black liberation today and everyday.
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Many Black educators are kindly putting out paid and free resources for Black history month, a huge reminder that you can and should pay them for their time if you are able to. Support them on patreon, buy their classes, drop some funds in their venmo, show them that their time matters to you, y’all! ✌️
Reposted from

01/02/2022

Happy New Year, from the team here at AlloVillage!

We hope that you and yours have an excellent one!

Likewise, we look forward to what this new year has in store for this future Nonprofit, so we hope that you will stay tuned!

11/28/2021

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The holiday season can be difficult for folks who never had loving families.

As a society we talk a lot about how everyone is deserving of love and care but we rarely provide that beyond our own immediate circle. Essentially it's a lot of talk, another false value of a failing society.

And like many traumas it's hard to fully process your privilege if you've never belonged to a toxic family. Among many other things we lose our support system, our first experience of unconditional love, help with child care and monetary support.

Being without a supportive family often results in compounded trauma. Often because it's considered normal to have one. Such as a boss who doesn't understand you really can't work late or an eviction that results in homelessness.

When you are single the pain of this loss can be further compounded. One can feel like they'll never have a loving family. That they'll always be alone.

Not having a family can thus drive people to assume they are unlovable or wrong. But the truth is many of us were just born to people in trauma, selfish adults, or just really cruel people. And leaving that behind was the best choice we could make to stay safe or sane. I hope those of us who struggle with this remember that it isn't a personal flaw but a rather significant disadvantage.

And I hope those who do come from loving families learn to open their doors and their hearts... Open them a lot further than has been so far. That folks learn to adopt people into their family and not just perfect people either.

I was born to an unsafe family and now I'm living in a van alone, doing my best to raise a kid with love as the ultimate super power. It's not enough but it's more than I had. Or have.

For those of us alone on the holidays.. you may be alone but you're in good company. We can do this❣️

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