Historical trauma

• Nearly half of the Black Women surveyed indicate that stress impacts their daily lives, and 25% report being hospitalized or needing medical care due to stress.
• While resources to manage stress have become more abundant, the report further confirms that Black Women face many barriers in accessing formal mental health resources, with the majority of resources failing to address the unique experiences of Black Women.
• 47% said there is an insufficient number of well-being resources and tools specifically tailored for Black Women.
• To learn more about Black Women's unique experience dealing with and overcoming stress, download “ The State of Self-Care for Black Women ” report.

• Majesty, spectacle and celebrity have long been associated with the British Royal Family, and the Crown Jewels have traditionally enhanced each of these aspects.
• But in the 21st century, it’s time for the monarch to make good on the vow to “reform what is amiss” and repatriate those priceless gems.

Jewels taking centre stage

• These diamonds have a painful history and yet two of them are taking centre stage at King Charles’s coronation at a time of acute post-colonial pain.
• The Royal Family is aware of this history; that’s likely why it opted against including the Koh-i-Noor diamond in the coronation ceremony.
• This display is intended to capture attention, reinforce British identity and immerse British and Commonwealth citizens in the sovereign-subject relationship.

The stolen Crown Jewels

• In the 21st century, however, the Crown Jewels and coronation regalia are under intense scrutiny amid decolonization and ongoing efforts to repair Britain’s global relationships.
• Identity and repair are at the centre of current developments, reinforcing the importance of this coronation — and King Charles himself.
• That some Indigenous leaders didn’t feel mournful about her passing reflects the impact of colonization on the monarchy.

Colonial aggression

• Consequently, the Crown Jewels represent something much more than the majesty of British history because they incorporate gems that are artefacts of colonial aggression and ideology.
• If coronation viewers are enchanted by the majesty and historical grandeur of the coronation ceremony, are they also enchanted by Britain’s brutal colonial past?
• Specifically, will viewers be struck by the contradiction between the supposed purity and sanctity of St. Edward’s Crown, the Imperial Crown, the Sovereign’s Sceptre and Orb and the savage and demeaning colonial origins of the gems embedded within them?

Koh-i-Noor diamond

• The same is true for the Koh-i-Noor diamond, forcibly “gifted” in 1849 by 10-year-old Maharajah Duleep Singh to the British East India Company and subsequently placed into the crown of the late Queen Mother for her coronation in 1937.
• Although it won’t be seen at Charles’s coronation, it’s still among the Crown Jewels — and it’s hardly the embodiment of virtue.
• Gems do not a monarch make, and repatriating them would strengthen and modernize the contemporary British monarchy at a time when it most urgently needs to do so.

• University of Phoenix is proud to support the Social Roots, LLC event “ATTITUDE: A Mental Health Summit for African American Women 2023” to be held at the University campus in Phoenix, January 14–15, 2023.
• “The Social Roots mental health summit provides a much-needed venue for African American women to explore mental health in the context of historical trauma and systemic barriers that disproportionately affect women of color,” Director of Student Diversity & Inclusion Tondra Richardson shares.
• “By supporting the Social Roots mental health summit, we aim to facilitate a safe space for women to share their experiences, learn practical techniques to support mental health and foster a sense of community and belonging.”
  The Social Roots event, created by and for the African American community, aims to challenge attitudes and stigma about mental and behavioral health experienced in African American communities.
• The Social Roots mental health summit is part of a series of events with which the University of Phoenix Office of Educational Equity (OEE) engages aiming to foster cultural awareness, thought leadership and community alliances to promote and sustain educational equity and diversity initiatives.

• Inequity in the delivery of care is one of the glaring weaknesses in the American healthcare system, and the disparities in palliative and end-of-life care are especially stark, said Ahrin Mishan, Executive Director of The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation.
• An innovative partnership between The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation and The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations , started in 2021, has expanded the number of bold, new interventions that will be fast-tracked through the HSEI program.
• We are proud of our collaboration with The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation, said the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations President, Michael Murray.
• The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation advances bold, nursing-driven innovations that promote equitable, person-centered, and trustworthy care.