Kate Spade ny x Taraji P Henson
This Spring, kate spade new york debuts a new multi-faceted project inspired by one of the global lifestyle brands most ownable brand codes -- joy. With the belief that good mental health is a fundamental human right for everyone, and that good mental health is foundational to women and girls’ empowerment, the brand will kick off a year-long call-to-action that reinforces its commitment to helping customers seek their joy.
kate spade new york will deepen its partnership with Taraji P. Henson and the non-profit organization she founded, the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation (BLHF). Beginning in February 2024 and timed to International Women’s Day, kate spade new york and Taraji P. Henson are releasing a limited-edition capsule collection featuring a heart-shaped necklace made from green agate and a tee shirt, both designed to signify the global connection of sisterhood and the intention of joy. 100% of profits from sales of the necklace and tee shirt in North America will benefit the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation starting the end of February.
Goddess amina/atl institute of tantra
With a career spanning the diverse realms of healing and empowerment, Goddess Amina (Peterson) has dedicated her life to encouraging self-discovery, and the utilization of pleasure, as both a healing tool and a birthright within the fields of holistic wellness, sexual education and social activism.
The founder of the Atlanta Institute of Tantra & Divine Sexuality (aka ATL Tantra), Goddess Amina first began her foray into sexual healing in 2011 when she began organizing healing women’s circles at her then homebase in Hawaii. With a wide range of experiences as a healer, sexual and birth doula, intimacy coach, massage therapist, reiki master and tantric sex educator, Amina opened ATL Tantra in Atlanta, Georgia, with the launch of her ATL Tantra Festival, in 2018. Aiming to address the vital need for a safe space for Black womxn to learn sacred sexual healing while being seen and valued beyond fetishization and the White/male gaze, ATL Tantra allows Amina to host queer friendly, sacred retreats globally that center around Black and Indigenous women
Onyx Therapy Group / Dr. Lanail R. Plummer
As the CEO of Onyx Therapy Group, Dr. Plummer and her team of counselors and consultants, aim to create a company whose mission is centered on addressing mental health issues, disparities, and inequalities in communities, organizations, and individuals in need. With roots in DC and footprints in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota, Dr. Plummer and her team specialize in a range of theories, therapies and various educational models of training and learning, that focus on the Critical Race theory, Culturally Sustaining pedagogy, and cognitive functioning and framing. Onyx Therapy Group provides direct consultation to local and federal government agencies, while providing models and structures, like Dr. Plummer’s Culturally Intersected Supervision Model, that allows them to support their frontline mental health teams. Her work with Johns Hopkins University as a lecturer on various topics within the mental health sphere, includes multicultural factors and social justice elements.