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Safiyah's Roses

When imagery or art is meant to function as a call to advocate for marginalized communities, it too often defaults to solely portraying pain and suffering as a means of shocking people into caring about the population at hand. However, in light of studies revealing the reality of what is essentially second-hand PTSD (discussed particularly in the context of the negative mental health consequences experienced by Black individuals repeatedly exposed to graphic recordings of police brutality weaponized against people who look like them), I have always attempted to have my art – made especially, in part, to offer more positive representations of Black women – portray marginalized communities in an uplifting fashion in order to psychologically benefit those who I aim to represent or advocate for.

In exploring ways to have this mission additionally offer something more practical, I founded Safiyah's Roses which allows me to sell art which I created for the purpose of not only 1) positively depicting marginalized peoples so that those most impacted by societal and humanitarian crises are not made to suffer more, but 2) having the capacity to engage in collaborative fundraisers with humanitarian organizations looking to bring about a more just world for those most vulnerable.

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