Melanated THE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ACTION FOR BLACK LIVES INITIATIVE NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2022
February Musings Black Love is the undeniable and
and binds us together in an empowering
insurmountable love that lives within our
way. Today, most of us are able to
bodies and souls. Black Love runs deep as
exercise our right to love whom we wish
it pulses through our veins, remembering
and we determine how we express that
our ancestral past. Black Love is self-love,
love without constraints. We can
familial love, romantic love, platonic love.
celebrate our love and be our full selves
It permeates in a world that often views us
while being immersed in a connection
as “less than” when we know that is far
that honors and respects our being. The
from the truth. In spite of our treatment,
true test of Black Love allows you to be
we continue to spread Black Love and
unabashedly yourself and confident in
Black joy. There is no doubt that Black
celebrating your blackness in all its pride
Love is unique in its existence. Because of
and glory. Black Love accepts you in your
our experiences, we are constantly coping
entirety. Now, allow yourself to be free to
and adapting; yet, Black Love unites us
strive for, embrace, and promote Black
through the understanding and
Love.
acknowledgement of our struggles
Sending you love and light ✨