The One About Black Joy

Ann Cvetkovich is currently Professor in the Feminist Institute of Social Transformation at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.  She has been Ellen Clayton Garwood Centennial Professor of English and Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. 

She is the author of Mixed Feelings:  Feminism, Mass Culture, and Victorian Sensationalism (Rutgers, 1992); An Archive of Feelings:  Trauma, Sexuality, and Lesbian Public Cultures (Duke, 2003); and Depression:  A Public Feeling (Duke, 2012).  She co-edited (with Ann Pellegrini) “Public Sentiments,” a special issue of The Scholar and Feminist Online, and (with Janet Staiger and Ann Reynolds) Political Emotions (Routledge, 2010).   She has been coeditor, with Annamarie Jagose, of GLQ:  A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies. She currently has two books in progress:  Feeling My Way Through the Archives:  A Journey in Queer Method and How To Live in A Body:  A Survival Guide for Troubled Times.

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As a writer and thought-leader, Tracey Michae’l Lewis-Giggetts offers those who read her work and hear her speak an authentic experience; an opportunity to explore the intersection of culture, identity and faith/spirituality at the deepest levels. She is the host of the podcast, HeARTtalk with Tracey Michae’l, and founder of HeARTspace, a healing community created to serve those who have experienced trauma of any kind through the use of storytelling and the arts.

As a writer, Tracey has published 23 books including several collaborations with numerous high-profile authors. Calling herself a “literary midwife,” Tracey is a highly sought-after ghostwriter/collaborator whose work includes the New York Times bestselling book, Feeding the Soul by Tabitha Brown, Better Not Bitter by Yusef Salaam, The Other Side of Yet by Michelle Hord, and many others.

In 2022, Tracey’s critically-acclaimed book, Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration (Gallery/Simon and Schuster) was published. Black Joy won the 2023 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Instructional and has received rave reviews from celebrities like Kerry Washington, literary authors like Kiese Laymon and Deesha Philyaw, and media outlets like Good Morning America, Essence Magazine, and USA Today. Tracey’s most recent book, Then They Came for Mine: Healing from the Trauma of Racial Violence (WJK), examines the source and impact of racial violence against Black people in all its forms and offers a blueprint for the way the Christian Church can help facilitate healing. Then They Came for Mine has won the 2023 Wilbur Award, the highest honor given by the Religion Communicators Council, for excellence in the communication of religious issues, values, and themes, in public media.

Tracey has spoken on a number of platforms around the country on topics related to race/social justice, healing, and faith/spirituality. Additionally, her freelance work has been published in print and online publications such as Oprah Daily, The Washington Post, Essence Magazine, The Guardian, The Chronicle for Higher Education, Ebony Magazine, TheRoot.com, and more.

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Dr. Chanda Reynolds recently obtained her doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology. Her areas of interest include the impact of transgenerational trauma on the Black community, the integration of faith and mental health, and mental health within the Black church. Dr. Chanda enjoys teaching as an adjunct professor and providing therapy to children, adolescents, and their families. Dr. Reynolds has contributed to various media platforms, including ABC7, FOX news, PHL-17, Live Civil, and more.

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Check out her podcasts, Paging Dr. Chanda and Double Dose

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Dean Spade is a professor at the Seattle University School of Law. Dean has been working in movements for queer and trans liberation and racial and economic justice for the past two decades. He’s the author of Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law and the director of the documentary “Pinkwashing Exposed: Seattle Fights Back!” His latest book, Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next), was published in 2020 by Verso press and has since been published in Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Korean, Spanish, Thai, Czech, and German.

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Rebeckah Price is a wellness advocate, yoga instructor (RYT 200), and meditation teacher, and wellness entrepreneur that draws on her wealth of knowledge of working in underserved, marginalized, racialized, and immigrant communities in Canada, the United States and the Caribbean. With a background and education in Community Development and Engagement she saw the ways in which the social determinants of health had direct impacts on one's ability to be well. As an avid yoga practitioner she saw a gap in the ways in which people had access to the necessary resources and tools to support their wellbeing. Paralleling the worlds of community development and wellness, she sought to find a more mindful balance between her work and community impact. In 2013 she founded irise yoga + wellness- as a way to connect, promote, bring awareness to and foster the inclusion of people of colour and other historically marginalized groups in yoga and wellness spaces. 

In 2023 Rebeckah was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and is actively working on creating an inclusive platform to help support people with chronic illnesses and autoimmune diseases with the resources to help them along their wellness journey.

Rebeckah’s work has been featured in: Refinery29, well + good, The Cut, Essence magazine and Reader's Digest. She has guest lectured at Universities across Canada, and taught for companies like Genuine Health, Nike, Shopify, Footlocker Canada, and many others. 

Outside of teaching, mentoring, and contributing to her community, Rebeckah works to intentionally make wellness more accessible through her philanthropic work. When she is not busy wearing her many hats she can be found courtside at one of her three sons' basketball games or taking long walks in nature.

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Rebeckah is online at Instagram and her website.

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Rachel Cargle is an Akron, Ohio born writer, entrepreneur and philanthropic innovation. Her work and upcoming book with Penguin Random House, centers the reimagining of womanhood, solidarity and self and how we are in relationship with ourselves and one another. In 2018 she founded The Loveland Foundation, Inc., a non-profit offering free therapy to Black women and girls. 

Her umbrella company, The Loveland Group houses a collection of Rachel’s social ventures including The Great Unlearn, a self-paced, donation-based learning community, The Great Unlearn for Young Learners – an online learning space for young folks launching in 2022, and Elizabeth’s Bookshop & Writing Centre – an innovative literacy space designed to amplify, celebrate and honor the work of writers who are often excluded from traditional cultural, social and academic canons.

Rachel is a regular contributor to Cultured magazine, Atmos magazine and The Cut, and has been featured in The Washington Post, The New York Times, Forbes, Harper’s Bazaar and The New Yorker.

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You can get more info about her book tour for A Renaissance of Our Own
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Tanmeet is a board-certified Integrative Family Medicine physician and Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine. She has spent the past 25 years working on the frontlines of the most marginalized communities, as well as globally with victims of school shootings, survivors of hurricanes, citizens impacted by police violence, and psychologists in Ukraine under attack. Tanmeet has created entire Integrative medicine programs from the ground up, including the first ever fellowship in Washington state. Her expertise is widely recognized in both local and national work which includes leading programs on healing from trauma, thought provoking presentations (to both medical and non-medical organizations), and multiple articles and textbook chapters on Integrative Medicine.

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Grab a copy of Dr. Sethi's book, Joy Is My Justice
Watch Dr. Sethi's Ted Talk
More on her website, Instagram, and Facebook

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Rick Hanson, Ph.D.is a psychologist, Senior Fellow at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, and New York Times best-selling author. His seven books have been published in 31 languages and include Making Great Relationships, Neurodharma, Resilient,Hardwiring Happiness, Just One Thing, Buddha’s Brain,  and Mother Nurture– with over a million copies in English alone. He's the founder of the Global Compassion Coalition and the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom, as well as the co-host of the Being Well Podcast – which has been downloaded over 15 million times. His free newsletters have 250,000 subscribers and his online programs have scholarships available for those with financial needs. He’s lectured at NASA, Google, Oxford, and Harvard. An expert on positive neuroplasticity, his work has been featured on CBS, NPR, the BBC, and other major media. He began meditating in 1974 and has taught in meditation centers worldwide. He and his wife live in northern California and have two adult children. He loves the wilderness and taking a break from emails.

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The Rev. Lauren Grubaugh Thomas (she/her) is a nurturer of faithful dissidents, empowering communities to embrace the sacred art of nonviolent social change. She is a priest reimagining local church ministry,a community organizer building safety through belonging in her neighborhood and beyond, and a writer and podcaster at A Soulful Revolution. A 2022 Trinity Leadership Fellow and a certified Kaleidoscope Institute dialogue Facilitator, she holds a Master of Divinity with an emphasis in Christian Ethics from Fuller Theological Seminary. She lives on Arapaho and Cheyenne homelands in Littleton, Colorado with her spouse Kurian and their twin toddlers.

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You can check out Lauren's Substack for her newsletter and podcast
Lauren is online at Instagram, TikTok, and her website.

Make it to Tomorrow by Andre Henry
It Doesn't Have To Be This Way (Remix) by Andre Henry

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Britt Hawthorne is a momma, teacher, author, and anti-bias/antiracist facilitator. Britt partners with caregivers, educators, and families to raise the next generation of antiracist children. Her book, NY Times Best Selling book, Raising Antiracist Children: A Practical Parenting Guide, is for families ready to take action that'll bring change at home. Together with her beloved partner, they raise their two children, Carter and Cobe, to become empathetic, critical thinkers, embracing justice and activism.

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You can keep up with Britt at her website and Instagram

Make it to Tomorrow by Andre Henry
It Doesn't Have To Be This Way (Remix) by Andre Henry

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