Racial Wellness: A Guide to Liberatory Healing for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color
Author: Iyamah, Jacquelyn Ogorchukwu
ISBN: 9780593579350
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year First Published: 2024
Pages: 192
Dimensions: 209mm x 160mm x 22mm
Format: Hardback
Description:
A guide and workbook centred on self-care, healing, and empowerment for Black, Indigenous, and people of colour--from racial wellness visionary and designer Jacquelyn Ogorchukwu Iyamah.
As a society, we rarely talk about how racism affects the holistic health of Black, Indigenous, and people of colour. Author and healing-informed designer Jacquelyn Ogorchukwu Iyamah refers to racism as "the multifaceted abuser" because of the ways it affects the emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual wellbeing of BIPOC. Whether these communities are experiencing microaggressions or overt racism, they are constantly forced to practice resistance. Using her background in social welfare and interaction design, Iyamah seeks to stimulate revolutionary healing for communities of colour, shifting the conversation from racial trauma to racial wellness.
This powerful book helps BIPOC understand, reflect, and cope with racial trauma. Divided into five sections--emotional wellness, mental wellness, physical wellness, spiritual wellness, and our interconnected wellness--Iyamah lends readers a gentle hand on their journey toward racial wellness by providing ways to heal on individual, interpersonal, and institutional levels, while encouraging deeper reflection through insightful journal prompts. Filled with uplifting affirmations, tender reminders, love letters, and helpful graphics sprinkled throughout, Racial Wellness is as informative as it is comforting, offering communities of colour the opportunity to rest, rehabilitate, and rebuild.
ISBN: 9780593579350
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year First Published: 2024
Pages: 192
Dimensions: 209mm x 160mm x 22mm
Format: Hardback
Description:
A guide and workbook centred on self-care, healing, and empowerment for Black, Indigenous, and people of colour--from racial wellness visionary and designer Jacquelyn Ogorchukwu Iyamah.
As a society, we rarely talk about how racism affects the holistic health of Black, Indigenous, and people of colour. Author and healing-informed designer Jacquelyn Ogorchukwu Iyamah refers to racism as "the multifaceted abuser" because of the ways it affects the emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual wellbeing of BIPOC. Whether these communities are experiencing microaggressions or overt racism, they are constantly forced to practice resistance. Using her background in social welfare and interaction design, Iyamah seeks to stimulate revolutionary healing for communities of colour, shifting the conversation from racial trauma to racial wellness.
This powerful book helps BIPOC understand, reflect, and cope with racial trauma. Divided into five sections--emotional wellness, mental wellness, physical wellness, spiritual wellness, and our interconnected wellness--Iyamah lends readers a gentle hand on their journey toward racial wellness by providing ways to heal on individual, interpersonal, and institutional levels, while encouraging deeper reflection through insightful journal prompts. Filled with uplifting affirmations, tender reminders, love letters, and helpful graphics sprinkled throughout, Racial Wellness is as informative as it is comforting, offering communities of colour the opportunity to rest, rehabilitate, and rebuild.
