Thank You for Supporting BEAM

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THANK YOU…to all of you who made a purchase from the Divine Muses shop in June. All the proceeds went to BEAM: Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective, an outstanding organization working nationally toward healing justice and improving Black people’s health literacy. ⠀ July is BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month and I wanted to feature BEAM and the work they have been doing to support Black healing and healers. ⠀ BEAM offers access to mental & emotional healthcare for Black communities and focuses on supporting Black people entering mental health professions & also offers a Black virtual therapist network. ⠀ I have added BEAM’s Mission, Vision & Belief statements below. To find out more about their work and how you can support them, please follow the link @_beamorg ⠀ ********** BEAM is a training, movement building and grant making organization dedicated to the healing, wellness and liberation of Black and marginalized communities. ⠀ WHO WE ARE: We are a collective of advocates, yoga teachers, artists, therapists, lawyers, religious leaders, teachers, psychologists and activists committed to the emotional/mental health and healing of Black communities. ⠀ OUR VISION: We envision a world where there are no barriers to Black healing. ⠀ OUR MISSION: BEAM is a 501 (c)(3) organization. Our mission is to remove the barriers that Black people experience getting access to or staying connected with emotional health care and healing. We do this through education, training, advocacy and the creative arts. ⠀ What We Believe 1. Dismantling the systems that dehumanize Black people in America is a long term project. In the face of this we must create community based systems of care that help alleviate the harm and trauma for present and future generations. ⠀ 2. Effective emotional health systems affirm the value of all Black lives: Cis and transgender, heterosexual, gender non-conforming, disabled and able-bodied, lesbian, queer, gay and bisexual Black people. ⠀ 3. Effective emotional health strategies must include a variety of approaches. Practices such as dance, yoga, generative somatics, spiritual and religious practices, psychotherapy, (cont. below.)

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