Healing From Self-Harm

In this episode of Girl, You So Random, I had the pleasure of talking with Sabriaya Shipley, an author, educator, storyteller, and community ethnographer. In 2019, Sabriaya was named A+ Educator by Philadelphia Magazine. In 2020, she co-founded Griot Girls - a writing collective for young Black and brown girls. In 2021, Sabriaya was a recipient of the Philadelphia Foundation and Forman Arts Initiative Arts Works grant and a Black Lives Matter Philly Educator Fellow. In 2022, the Rosine 2.0 Past Visions/Future Archives Micorgrant, and recently an Allens Lane's Rebeccah Milena Maia Blum Curatorial Fellowship. Sabriaya also authored and published Somewhere Between God & Mammy in 2022. Sabriaya is determined to cultivate performance, art, and archival spaces centered around the expressive freedom of Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities. They have collaborated with The Painted Bride Art Center, The Colored Girls Museum, Mural Arts Philadelphia, Philadelphia Young Playwrights, New Voices for Reproductive Justice, Artwell Philly, Tree House Books, Residency 1111 in London, and more. You can follow her on IG: @ubuntusab FB: @sabriayashipley or her website https://www.sabriayashipley.com/ https://sshipley.exposure.co/ This episode is sponsored by Mommy Marayam, hair and body products that cater to mommy and child. You can buy products for you and your baby at www.mommymarayam.com Vocals by: Dian Sentino @belifuna Follow me on IG @drhollysfunny