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Excited to announce this quarter's @apicurls Curls

Excited to announce this quarter's @apicurls Curls Club theme: MANE-IFEST CHANGE. ⁠⠀
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Swipe for the changes I'd like to focus on this year and beyond, including:⁠⠀
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1. My ongoing support for businesses led by, founded by, and funded by BIPOC & other communities inclusive of identities will be more visible and accessible on my platforms⁠⠀
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2. I'll be more vocal about my personal experiences with anti-Black sentiment as well as other related topics and biases that perpetuate stereotypes, racism and other social injustices⁠⠀
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3. I'll continue fostering a community of empowered individuals by developing more content related to CURLS, CONFIDENCE & CAREER through my personal and professional brands⁠⠀
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If you're set on MANE-IFESTING CHANGE this year too, here's how to join this quarter's @apicurls Commit to Your Curls Club theme:⁠⠀
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- Share what type of change you'd like to see mane-ifested in the world and how you'll support those ideas. They can be micro or macro ideas. No idea and no initiative is too small for change. It starts with us. Check out the API Curls Club page, stories or highlights for more inspiration. You can even use and expand upon mine!⁠⠀
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- Post to your story and feed⁠⠀
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- Tag @APICurls #APICurls⁠⠀
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- Entries will be shared on API Curls stories + feed⁠⠀
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I can't wait to learn about how you'll continue to be a positive contributor to our society and community through the Curls Club!

This year, I want you to come home with me.⁠⠀

This year, I want you to come home with me.⁠⠀
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For so long, you were told that your body & life was unfit because your size, your skin, your shade & YOUR STRANDS didn’t meet Eastern nor Western beauty ideals.⁠⠀
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So you ran away from the home of your natural body, or, have forever felt uncomfortable to live in it.⁠⠀
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This year, I want to walk with you as you come back home to who you naturally are, and explore your true identity.⁠⠀
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I promised you I was going to build a space for you to talk about your experiences linking the relationships between hair, culture and identity. ⁠⠀
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Just the foundation was built. Now it’s time to furnish. ⁠⠀
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What makes the home of your identity and sense of self more livable and loveable? Drop a comment below with how it should be furnished. 👇🏽

A glimpse of her life⁠⠀ fleeting in the blink

A glimpse of her life⁠⠀
fleeting in the blink of my⁠⠀
eye. That's when I knew. - @rosiechuong #YouInHaiku⁠⠀
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TRIGGER WARNING: suicide⁠⠀
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I don't talk about this often, but while attending college, I witnessed a woman die by suicide in a parking lot. I knew little about the fleeting properties of life, but that moment changed everything I know now about how precious and fragile life is.⁠⠀
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If you’re currently struggling with inner turmoil, you don't have to experience any of it alone. Support is available.⁠⠀
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Call the Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 or text the Crisis Text Line at 741-741 for resources. ⁠⠀

When you realize you’re trying to live in worlds

When you realize you’re
trying to live in worlds that
weren’t built for you. - @rosiechuong #YouInHaiku⁠⠀
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I forget that I’m attempting to push boundaries in spaces that weren’t originally constructed for someone like me, which means that sometimes the tools I need to succeed may not have been designed for someone like me…or not yet invented. YET. ⁠⠀
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I forget that other people’s timelines are not my timeline. I forget that I’m supposed to be measuring my growth using my own ruler and not someone else’s. ⁠⠀
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I forget that I’m consistently presenting concepts that defy people’s original ideas of who I’m supposed to be. ⁠⠀
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If you’ve recently forgotten those things too, and trying to change the world has felt overwhelming lately, I hope you’re reminded to keep pushing. There’s a reason why you’re striving for a change, and it’s the same reason why this is challenging to begin with. ⁠⠀
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KEEP. PUSHING.

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