ready for a creative exercise?
dare you to set a 15 min timer.
Creative Prompt: If you walk into a place for the very first time and they know your name, how would that make you feel?
Draw it, sketch it, write it, make a poem, record a voice note, journal, whatever your creative heart wants to express and tag us @blkcreatives when you do!
Links that heal: creativity, kindness, safety, integrity
A thoughtful listen: Kayaking the Hudson River with Chev Dixon via REI’s Wild Ideas Worth Living on Spotify or YouTube
Nichole Mooney on her journey to build Black Girls Cook, culinary arts as a discovery tool, and being flexible in the process
Kendrick Lamar was the perfect distraction from a kinda sleepy week on Capitol Hill via Once Upon A Hill
Cassidy Edward’s post on how New Balance’s recent success is attributed to better collaborations with Black voices front and center is a worth a revisit
Toni Morrison on her turning point as a writer found via the Black Women Writer’s Archive - it may help you in this week’s creative prompt!
Resources + Opportunities
We’re currently revamping our job board, please be patient with us as we shift
Student Loan Forgiveness doesn’t just happen, you have to apply for it.
Call for Papers: The Hip-Hop South - Guest Editor: Corey J. Miles
Slate is hiring a podcast co-host: $100K+ a year. Hybrid NYC or DC.
a Twitter thread on planning your July budget by Nadia Vanderall
A Book Recommendation
a special note and video the author shared on Instagram:
“This is why I wrote ROOTED! So that elders would share stories like this and the rest of us would listen up.”
Buy the book online via our bookshop OR your local bookstore/library.