'If you identify with Blackness, if you understand where you fall in that, then this space is for you.'
. A year before graduating, Jameelah decided to take control of her health and began to learn more about alternative medicine in addition to working with a therapist.
"As I started doing that, two things were happening. I was healing my body, but I was also starting to write," she said. People would constantly tell her,"I love how transparent you are," and although that feedback was encouraging,"I felt the work was so much bigger than me and that there were so many women inspiring me to be my full self," she explained.
Through all of the events and offerings, Jameelah's number one priority is that Black women, Black men, and Black people feel safe to be open and vulnerable, but she is clear that the goal is not to create division between anyone, just to prioritize Black people and Black experiences."If you identify with Blackness, if you understand where you fall in that, then this space is for you.
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