Joanna Grace Farmer

Liberating One's Self: Healing and Helping Others Do the Same So that Together, We Can Reach Our Highest Potential

Category: connect

activists / advocates / best practices / Building Community Capacity / changemakers / collaborate / collective wellbeing / commitment / communicate / connect / empower / encouragers / information / initiatives / projects / resources

initiatives + projects

We’ve worked on numerous projects over the years. Our ability to successfully support initiatives and help with project implementation is based on our core strategies. Connect. Communicate. Collaborate. Our favorite and best initiatives are grounded in teamwork. Lived Experience Video for Psych Hub https://psychhub.com/ 2021 Lived Experience Council, Healthy Brains Global Initiative https://www.hbgi.org/lived-experience-council-joanna-grace-farmer Global Community Impact Leaders Consortium, Thought Partnerships Feminist Parenting: Perspectives from Africa and Beyond Authored Chapter 17: Liberating One’s Self: Healing and Helping Others Do the Same Reflecting on Empower Missiouri and a Lifetime of Service: Conversations with Mary Kay McPhee M.A.G.I.C. (Midwest Afro-American Genealogical Interest Coalition)...

Black women / children / communication / connect / daughters / encouragers / Faith / good speech / gratitude / insight / inter-generational / joy / listening / love / mothers / musings / quality time / self-care / stress management / wellness / wisdom

reaching out…asking for help

Reflection ~It’s so important to reach out…to ask for help. I was feeling some kind of way today. Being an activist is hard work and I definitely needed a break so I took it. Glad I did…it was a blessing because I know I’m standing on the shoulders of greatness but I’ve got to take a step back sometimes. Remember who’s really in charge: GOD.  Observation ~Who answered my call for help? The one and only, my amazing, incredible, phenomenal woman, my very own Faith, my daughter. Her wisdom is a balm to my Gilead. Thank YOU, Faith. I needed...