The Color of My Resilience

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even. Muhammad Ali</strong></p><p> </p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>From the cities to the suburbs from public schools to private colleges from churches to mosques from A Dream Deferred to I Am a Man the lives of Black men matter. Not a bandwagon slogan but a rallying cry for equity . . . for justice . . . for a fullness of life.  </span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Happiness.  Security. Manhood.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>The Color of My Resilience: A Guided Self-Care Journal for Black Men</em></strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is intended to foster and support self-awareness and reflection in a safe environment. The depiction of more than a dozen images of Black men reflects the diversity of Black manhood. This guided journal will cast a spotlight into your heart mind and soul then take you on a hero's journey of self-discovery reflection and action.</span></p><p> </p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The guided journal will help you:</strong></p><ul><li><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Describe your struggles and successes</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Plan for and think about your self-care routines</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Assess your current self-care</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Identify your allies values aptitudes interests and strengths</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Examine your emotional triggers</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Plan long-and-short-term goals</span></li><li><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Get to know and understand yourself on a deep meaningful level</span></li><li><br></li></ul><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The book provides six different reflection strategies as well as essays and a poem written by Black men. From a Meyerhoff Scholar graduate to a historian and educator to a poet and songwriter these men have opened their hearts and shared their stories of resilience.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Stay safe. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Be healthy.</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Be. Resilient.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>