Author: Tonya GJ Prince

Children Deserve TruthâAnd They Deserve Protection Too
In the wake of the Supreme Court decision regarding parental rights an [...]

Creating Safe Spaces to Heal: How Black Women Make Room for Ourselves When the World Wonât
We werenât handed safe spaces.Weâve had to build them from scratchâ
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Weaponized Witnessing: When They Watch You Fall, But Never Help You Rise
Thereâs a kind of watching that doesnât come from love.A kind of wat [...]

Harm-Jacking: When Your Pain Becomes Someone Elseâs Weapon
There have always been obstaclesâbut there have also always been rea [...]

Our Tongues Survived the Fire: The Story of Xhosa, Survival, and Respect
There are languages that carry the rhythm of a peopleâs soul.Languages [...]

9 Reasons Survivors Build Their Own Healing Spaces (and Why Thatâs Sacred, Not Segregated)
People ask: âWhy do you need your own healing space?â The an [...]

Why We All Build Our Own Healing Spaces
It may be noticed when specific groups build their own
healing spac [...]

When Healing Language Gets Mocked: Gaslighting by Cultural Delegitimization
They asked you to speak. Or, it is time and space designed for speak [...]

Who Benefits From My Silence?
Every time I swallowed the truth, someone else got fed.Fed with powe [...]

If Any of Your Relationships Run on Silence and Lies, Itâs Time to Reclaim Your Voice
I need to speak to you plain today.
There comes a time in healing w [...]