Braid the Ladder – Page 3 – Bridging the Gap Between Safety and Belonging.

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Beautiful Things Require Care: Why We Need to Listen Better When Young Black Women Talk About Their Hair

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People With Opinions Like Lauren Boebert Are the Reason We Need to Pass the Crown Act

Health and Safety Issues Include Black Hair Care Products

Black Women are Human Beings Not Hair Mannequins

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FDA misses deadline to propose ban on formaldehyde in hair-straightening products

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Jewish Women and Wigs: If All Cultures Wear Wigs, Why Are Black Women Hounded About It?

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For Those Who Are Done Defending Their Humanity

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Gov. Josh Shapiro Signs Law Prohibiting Discrimination Based On Natural Hair In Pennsylvania (video)

a woman laying on top of a brown couch

Beautiful Things Require Care: Why We Need to Listen Better When Young Black Women Talk About Their Hair

A woman holding a stick and a wooden stick

People With Opinions Like Lauren Boebert Are the Reason We Need to Pass the Crown Act

Health and Safety Issues Include Black Hair Care Products

Black Women are Human Beings Not Hair Mannequins

woman in white lace panty

FDA misses deadline to propose ban on formaldehyde in hair-straightening products

man in black shirt holding black dslr camera

Jewish Women and Wigs: If All Cultures Wear Wigs, Why Are Black Women Hounded About It?

A woman with afro hair in a cozy setting playfully interacts with butterflies indoors.

For Those Who Are Done Defending Their Humanity

a woman with long box braids on a tennis court

Gov. Josh Shapiro Signs Law Prohibiting Discrimination Based On Natural Hair In Pennsylvania (video)

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Affirmation: My Right to Safety Includes the Right to Privacy and Peace.

✊🏾 Reflection It has been my experience that people across the political spectrum — left,…

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Black Hair CROWN Survival

Black Women Confronting Violence Through Art and Words: Part 1

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Black Hair CROWN Survival

Survivor Affirmations: I Have the Right to Comfort, Beauty, and Care — Even in Crisis.

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Remembering Dr. Edwards & Venus: Black Hair Discrimination

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How Natural Hair Discrimination Greatly Impacts Women

elink.io | See Original The most underrated act of kindness is letting people who are…

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CROWN Harm Support Survival

BraidtheLadder: Stories on Black Hair Discrimination

Discrimination is often dismissed because it doesn’t sound “reasonable.” But that’s the thing about discrimination…

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CROWN Domestic Violence Support Survival

The Origin Story of Braid the Ladder

When I was working as a case manager/counselor in a domestic violence shelter, a family…

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“Why Doesn’t the Hair Typing Chart Work for Me?” Because Black Hair Refuses to Be Boxed In (Kinda like Black Folks)

People often call Black women product junkies without understanding what’s really happening: we are scientists,…

Assault CROWN Domestic Violence Harm Support Survival

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