{"id":3239,"date":"2013-07-15T11:51:24","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T15:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.districtdiva.com\/?p=3239"},"modified":"2013-07-15T11:51:24","modified_gmt":"2013-07-15T15:51:24","slug":"justice-for-trayvon-how-to-heal-your-broken-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/districtdiva\/justice-for-trayvon-how-to-heal-your-broken-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"JUSTICE FOR TRAYVON: How to Heal Your Broken Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today on EBONY.com, Terrie M. Williams, author of the book, Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We’re Not Hurting<\/em>, has a list of 10 ways to cope with the devastating verdict in the George Zimmerman murder trial:<\/p>\n

With the senseless killing of Trayvon Martin,\u00a0<\/strong>we once again find ourselves mourning a young Black spirit taken from us far too soon. As survivors, we are charged with honoring Martin and the countless others we\u2019ve lost by standing strong, supporting one another and taking time to consider both our individual well-being and the collective well-being of our community.<\/p>\n

At every turn in our lives, we learn that no matter our credentials, we are often treated as “less than” our White counterparts. Taught that we have to be twice as good to get comparable compensation. Treated as if we are at once both invisible and highly conspicuous\u2014ignored when we are in need and profiled when we are simply proceeding. That a self-appointed neighborhood patrolman targeted Martin because he looked \u201csuspicious\u201d speaks volumes about the experiences we have in communities across the country each and every day.<\/p>\n

The trauma of racism is accompanied by post-traumatic stress disorder<\/strong>\u00a0for many and a great, hidden sense of pain for most. For those who have been following the events that occurred after the killing of Trayvon Martin last year, this weekend\u2019s not guilty verdict has been particularly soul-crushing\u2014bringing all that pain, that\u00a0Black pain<\/em>, to the surface.<\/p>\n

So how do we address our heartbreak? Here are some practices\/steps we can all take in the service of our\u00a0individual\u00a0and\u00a0collective healing:<\/p>\n

1)<\/strong>Look Away:\u00a0<\/strong>You may need to take a break from the TV\/radio\/internet\/newspaper in order to protect yourself. The Zimmerman verdict will undoubtedly dominate the airwaves for the foreseeable future; taking a pause from the 24-hour-news cycle does not mean that you are less vested in justice for Trayvon\u2014but it may be critical for your self care.<\/p>\n

2)\u00a0Write About It:\u00a0<\/strong>Start to keep a journal–pour your heart, feelings, emotions into it. Include powerful quotes, clippings from magazines and even pictures that help you express the range of your feelings-including anger. Read a blog post that summed up your feelings about Trayvon better than you can? Print out a copy and include it in your journal.<\/p>\n

Read more at EBONY\u00a0http:\/\/www.ebony.com\/wellness-empowerment\/black-pain-10-ways-to-heal-your-broken-heart-304#ixzz2Z85OHbgE<\/a>
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Donate to the Trayvon Martin Foundation online at\u00a0http:\/\/trayvonmartinfoundation.org\/<\/a>\u00a0or by texting TMF to 50555 to donate $10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today on EBONY.com, Terrie M. Williams, author of the book, Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We’re Not Hurting, has a list of 10 ways to cope with the devastating verdict in the George Zimmerman murder trial: With the senseless killing of Trayvon Martin,\u00a0we once again find ourselves mourning a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[27],"tags":[36,81,160,360,376,474,482,651,761,882,969,970],"class_list":["post-3239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-usual-dithering","tag-10-ways-to-heal","tag-anger","tag-brokenhearted","tag-frustration","tag-george-zimmerman","tag-injustice","tag-j4tm","tag-murder","tag-racial-profiling","tag-stalking","tag-travesty","tag-trayvon-martin"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7nB6F-Qf","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/districtdiva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/districtdiva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/districtdiva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/districtdiva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/districtdiva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/districtdiva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/districtdiva\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/districtdiva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/districtdiva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brookeobie.com\/districtdiva\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}