GrassROOTS Community Foundation

10/22/2026

Culture Creators ®️ talks 10 reasons why voting in this midterm election (and every election) will be critical to the economic future of the average person in the U.S. From rising housing costs to student financial aid, pretty much everything will be affected by these elections. Swipe to see some of the reasons why it is important that we ALL should be VOTING🫵🏾

Are you registered to vote? See http://USA.gov/voting for deadline information and registration details.

10/07/2026

It’s day 3 of and hundreds of users across social media platforms are posting and promoting their favorite banned books😍📚!!

Now more than ever before, book challenges continue to rise and in 2025 at least 92% of book challenges came from pressure groups and government officials who continue to run censorship campaigns aimed to decide what we can and cannot read. Let’s end this! This Banned Books Week, (and every week😉), We’re celebrating the freedom to read, learn, explore, and think for ourselves🪄📚👩🏽‍🏫! Swipe through this post to see/hear about how people are spending their all across the world 🌎 📚

10/05/2026

Check out this great read regarding the conversations had amongst the librarians who attended the ALA (American Library Association) conference this past summer📚👩🏽‍🏫. From banned books to health resources, so many topics were touched on by our librarians, thus reminding us all of how valuable and critical they truly are to our society.

To read the full article, see the link in The New York Times ‘ bio.

10/05/2026

09/30/2026

At the UN’s high-level meeting marking 25 years of the Durban Declaration, Marley Dias spoke on the role young people can play when it comes to building a more equitable, anti-racist future for society👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾!!! She advocated for youth leadership in the global fight against racism and motivated the next generation to be the
change that they wish to see. Marley along with the other youth activists attending the conference reminded us of our power and advised us to use it by taking action to protect, progress, and educate society. Thank you Marley Dias for continuing to make sure that youth voices are heard🌍!!!

09/29/2026

Action🎥🍿!!

This year’s Conch Shell International Film Festival in NYC will be held from October 9th to October 11th! This film festival was founded in 2021 and continues to solely spotlight independent film projects created, written, and directed by those belonging to the Caribbean diaspora! See Conch Shell International Film Fest ‘s Substack and Instagram page for more info on how you can attend screenings of featured films and even Q&A sessions with directors and screenwriters🎬📝🎥

Swipe to see some featured films at the festival this year, written and or directed by Jamaican filmmakers!

09/23/2026

Happy 10 year anniversary HerFlow Foundation 🇯🇲👸🏾♥️!!!

Founded by Sexual & Reproductive Health Specialist, Shelly-Ann Weeks, in 2016, HerFlow Foundation has spent the last decade championing menstrual and reproductive health, education, fitness, equity, and dignity for women and girls across Jamaica🇯🇲!!

In honor of this incredible milestone, our organization’s President, Dr. Janice Johnson Dias, will represent GrassROOTS Community Foundation by headlining Day Two of HerFlow’s anniversary conference👸🏾 where she’ll be leading the Parenting Fireside Chat! Her keynote address will include conversations centered on raising “informed, confident, and healthy young people” 👧🏾👦🏾

Congratulations to Shelly-Ann Weeks and HerFlow Foundation’s entire team on a decade of impact!

We’ll keep you updated with more info on
HerFlow’s two-day national reproductive health conference designed to spark conversations about the menstrual health of girls and women all over the world♥️!

09/18/2026

Sonia Fergus and Tori Fergus celebrating 💚💚💚💚!!!

Across the globe, people are constantly experiencing mental health challenges and, due to their schedule/daily responsibilities, oftentimes neglect their wellbeing simply because they don’t have the time to do otherwise. This year alone, the CDC reported that roughly 30 percent of high school students claimed to have been experiencing poor mental health daily over the course of the school year, and only 19 percent of adults in the U.S. were ever told by a doctor or other health care professionals that they had any type of depression disorder. Given these statistics, it is important that we have initiatives like to help further spread awareness on how we can help ourselves and eachother prioritize our wellbeing. We are all victims of mental health challenges in some way or another; Talking about it, understanding why, and not feeling ashamed are great places to start when learning how we can address this public-health crisis.

Swipe to the 3rd slide to see our three daily practices, here at GCF, aimed to help better our ways of , , and 💚

09/17/2026

To Green Ribbon Week in 2022💚!!! This is how the students of West Orange High School celebrated the week in spirit😍💚!!! Creating a wall filled with positive affirmations and encouragement is an example of how you and your community can engage and participate in this initiative to prioritize the mental health of everyone around you, including yourself💚!

Check out the last slide of the post to become familiar with our Green Ribbon Promise. It’s a great reminder of how we can support ourselves and each other🌳!

Let’s , , and 💚

09/09/2026

Are you ready for Green Ribbon Week next week?!!

Read the info on the pic above and think about incorporating this simple 20-minute wellness pledge into your routine this week, ALL of next week, and maybe even making it one of your daily rituals moving forward🧘🏾‍♀️💚🧘🏾‍♀️💚🧘🏾‍♀️

Stay tuned for more posts and tips on how we can ALL prioritize our mental health and wellness💚!!!