feeling alone? check out these collectives!

Sometimes healing is best accomplished with a group by your side. At times it is nice to find a new group of people who you do not know but have a common connection with. For anyone who may be feeling alone or is in search of community, here are some collectives you should check out! Even if you can’t join any of these they may just inspire you to start your own!

ART HOE COLLECTIVE

Art Hoe Collective is a creative safe space created by Queer People of Color (QPOC) for creatives of color. 

 

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Curator @jheydamc here! Today I saw this on the timeline and reached out to @thoughtsandkeys to share this amazing work on the page! Hope you enjoy ! Imani Love (@thoughtsandkeys ) said about the project “Take Three Strands is a retelling dedicated to the time I’ve spent getting my hair done and with my hands in someone’s head. Doing someone’s hair is a love language, but can also reveal so much weight. Which is to say detangling. Which is to make amends, and hurt again. This zine sings to intimacy, and aches for closeness. Reminds us to treat with love, share with friends//femmes//sisters//lovers and wrap with silk before bed. “

A post shared by ART HOE COLLECTIVE (@arthoecollective) on Nov 3, 2018 at 2:48pm PDT

 

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Kendrick Daye @KendrickDaye He/Him Black/Queer My motivation behind creating my mixed media collages are adding beauty in a world that often times can be so ugly. I also am all about highlighting and uplifting Queer POC.

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GURLS TALK

Founded by activist and model Adwoa Aboah, Gurls Talk is a safe online community to share and listen without judgment and stigma. 

Gurls Talk is a safe space for women to discuss various topics like education, relationships, depression, mental health, self-care, etc. 

 

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#Repost @rubyalicerose – im so sorry, i am here for anyone who needs anything. i love you all 💛

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The #FreePeriods campaign is calling for equal access to education so no child will miss school because of their period. Follow #FreePeriods and find out how you can support the legal campaign to end period poverty. Periods should NOT hold us back. Let’s work together to end period poverty. DM us @freeperiods on Instagram to share your own stories!

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SMART GIRL CLUB

Founded by Destiny Frasqueri (aka Princess Nokia) and Milah Libin, Smart Girls Club is a collective birthed from the perspective of Urban Feminism. The collective has hosted workshops, radio shows and staged poetry performances. Nokia told i-D: 

“It’s for women like myself, who identify on such a multitude of planes and need something that is relatable. Urban feminism is in the community I grew up in, we’re not invisible. It’s saying that whether you like it or not, we’re gonna be represented, we’re gonna demand respect, we’re gonna counteract negligence with our presence, we’re gonna create tools of awareness and protection for sisterhood, for education, and for better ways to navigate our lives. It’s our goal.”

 

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Moods & Feels Art Work by @arrrtaddict 🙏🏾

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BUFU

BUFU means “by us, for us” and this is exactly what this collective does. BUFU is best described as: “A project based collective interested in solidarity amongst us. co-creating with you experimental models of organizing & making — generating prestige & mining time as a resource.”

 

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⁣✨ENROLL // SHARE // TEACH ✨⠀ ⠀ With You, For You, we will:⠀ ⠀ Deepen our connections to⠀ Family and Earth⠀ Change and History⠀ Tech. and Bodies⠀ Magic and Love⠀ Knowledge and the Erotic⠀ ⠀ As we⠀ ⠀ Snatch our tongues back ⠀ Back from the academy⠀ Back from thieves in ivory towers⠀ Back from detention⠀ ⠀ Back from the hands that took ⠀ our love notes ⠀ and bound them into ⠀ texts we could never afford⠀ ⠀ Back from their “validation”⠀ Back from their “credentials”⠀ Back from institutions ⠀ that hoarded knowledge from us ⠀ and commodified our precious histories⠀ ⠀ We all have knowledge to share⠀ We all have different points of access, ⠀ traumas around memory, learning, sharing and skill building⠀ We all have resources to contribute and needs to fulfill⠀ We are all engaged in our own work personally, politically, ⠀ spiritually, and emotionally.⠀ ⠀ How do we validate our knowledge and and fortify our relationships to each other?⠀ ⠀ How do we gain the knowledge to thrive into the future?⠀ ⠀ We will recenter ourselves and decenter the academy.⠀ ⠀ We will seek generous reciprocities instead of exclusion and hostilities.⠀ ⠀ JOIN US.⠀ ⠀ We are decentralizing the brick and mortar and the financial ties that qualify institutions of learning. ⠀ We are building an embodied and distributed knowledge. ⠀ One that validates by relation, by personal and intimate history. ⠀ One shaped by the hands it feeds. ⠀ One shaped by the land we walk on and takes care of it.⠀ ⠀ Bufubyusforus.com/theWYFYschool ⠀ poster collab by @wonton.titties // @drwngdrwng // @bufu_byusforus

A post shared by BUFU (@bufu_byusforus) on May 9, 2019 at 4:54pm PDT

 

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Oh hello 😉 Your fave (insert whatever the fuck you think we are) is going to China with @china_residencies​! & we need $3,000. 🔥🔥🔥 We stay visible in the worst way. Let’s get real, as queer femme and non-binary folks of color, profit has been made by just about everyone but us with the consumption our bodies. It’s no secret, they stay thriving on us! What does it mean to snatch back the mic? Help us tell our stories on our terms. ✨✨✨ In two years of existence, we have collected over 500 hours of footage comprising 200 interviews in 5 different languages in Seattle, L.A., Austin, New York City, Seoul, Tokyo, Osaka, and Addis Ababa, Kingston (Jamaica). 🌹🌹🌹 We’ve hosted over 200 events with spaces like, @afropunk​, @newwomenspace​, @brooklynmuseum , @knockdowncenter , @newmuseum , @maydayspace , @metmuseum, @laundromat_proj @secretprojectrobot​, and other spaces across the greater NYC area in partnership with groups like @noflowersforytpowers​, @femmepremacy​, @yellowjacketscollective, @hautesaucebk , @smartgirlclub, @arthoecollective, @queerabstract, @blackgirlmagik , @harrietsapothecary , @fakeaccentnyc , @bwaforblm​, @atsweetys , @discwomannyc , @bklynboihood , @sistercirclecollective , @ragganyc , @melodictripmedia , and many others! ✈️️✈️️✈️️ After you give us your money and we return from China, we will begin a residency at @eyebeamnyc where we’ll complete post-production on our 5 part documentary webseries by Spring 2018. 💖💖💖 Long story short WIN A DATE & give us money. 💖💖💖 —-🙏🏿 In the understanding that the world continues to buckle under the weight of white supremacy, capitalism, patriarchy, and environmental disasters- we are holding off on the larger scale crowdfunding and encourage folks to give where they can to many in need. 🙏🏿 shouts out to @yeelencohen ​ for making this viddddddddd! #winadatewithbufu

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THE VERY BLACK PROJECT (SPECIAL MENTION)

The Very Black Project may not be a collective but we still think it deserves a mention. This is an Instagram page you can go to to celebrate us. The page is a community in itself always sharing moments that remind us of our connection to each other. 

 

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🌸 @iamcreesummer 🙏🏿

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✨🐐✨ #verycapricorn #soulfie

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