Fownhope’s Heart of Oak Society traces its roots to the age of friendly societies, when communities provided their own safety net. Its anniversary celebrations reveal a tradition still very much alive, says MARK SEDDON
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BLACK mental health really does matter. Black people all find our own strategies for surviving what feels like an unending brutal world of racism.
Sometimes we march. Sometimes we organise. Other times we litigate. Other times we just curl up in a corner and hope the racism just goes away.
I have used all of these strategies at various points over my life as, at times, I have struggled to survive.
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