Summer Reading List

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How We Show Up by Mia BirdsongHow We Show Up reimagines connection and community in a time of deep isolation. Birdsong challenges the idea that family and support must follow traditional structures, and instead offers a beautifully grounded blueprint for how we can build belonging through mutual care, vulnerability, and intentional relationships. It’s affirming, hopeful, […]

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Self-Care for the Summer

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Summer often arrives with full calendars, longer days, and the hum of activity. Amidst the sunshine and movement, it can be easy to forget to slow down and care for ourselves with the same tenderness we offer others. At Shared Roots Collective, we believe self-care doesn’t have to be extravagant or time-consuming, it can be […]

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Race Matters: Black Women Face Unique Barriers to Healing from Sexual Violence

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Sexual violence in the United States remains at epidemic levels, affecting people across race, ethnicity, class, and gender identities. Research clearly demonstrates that Black women face heightened risk of both sexual victimization and its devastating mental and physical health consequences compared to White women. This increased vulnerability stems from systemic factors – poverty, childhood trauma, […]

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