Author: Trelani
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Foremother Fridays – Week 1: Rosie the Riveter + Krak Teet
Foremother Fridays – Week 1: Rosie the Riveter + Krak Teet
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Self-Care School is a 10-week podcast series by GirlTREK. Every Friday features Trelani Michelle, sharing elder/ancestral wisdom through personal observation and book excerpts. You can also listen in versus reading here: This week, we’re talking Body Reset 101, how we reclaim our health by tapping into the wisdom of our…
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Sankofa in the Rail: Notes from the Ancestors at Coffee Bluff
Sankofa in the Rail: Notes from the Ancestors at Coffee Bluff
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Today felt like a love note from the ancestors. I was on set for Port SAVant’s music video “Movin,” which features a snippet of my TEDx Talk layered into the track. The song is all about returning to self, moving with purpose, and honoring our origins. So it felt perfect…
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“Ain’t No Way”: Okra, Perloo, and Proof We All Cousins
“Ain’t No Way”: Okra, Perloo, and Proof We All Cousins
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I talk to Moustaph almost every day. He’s my Wolof tutor, based in Senegal. I’m in Savannah, Georgia. Our sessions are part language lesson, part cultural exchange, and part catching up between cousins—because that’s exactly what it feels like we are. We always start with greetings, because in Senegalese culture,…
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How I’ve Been Slowing Down
How I’ve Been Slowing Down
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A friend got into an accident last week, which was the third one in three months. Usually I ask if he’s okay (he is), if the other people are okay (they are), then I go straight to gratitude for everyone’s safety and leave it at that. This time, though, I…
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If It Ain’t One Thing, It’s Another, but I’m Choosing How I Wanna Feel
If It Ain’t One Thing, It’s Another, but I’m Choosing How I Wanna Feel
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All is well and will be. Control what you can and release what you can’t. I was in the middle of panicking when I heard this—racing downstairs at four in the morning to see what meds we had on hand for my daughter, because we had a flight to catch,…