1909 Media items…IAMMYHAIR – Musings with Mo

“The tale of the ‘I AM MY HAIR’ undertaking began some time in the past. I had all the time sought after to speak about African and black textured hair. We also are making plans to dig into the interactions between males within the barbershop (this can be a pending undertaking). It is very important speak about this stuff now and particularly as now we have children which can be beginning to grow to be conscious about their reports and realities.

1909 Media productions has quite a lot of initiatives during the yr with the purpose of impacting the neighborhood and highlighting neighborhood problems/subjects. We display as much as record and toughen black companies and black industry house owners, by means of taking photos and movies at their occasions and narrating their tale and procedure.

Now we have had two primary occasions this yr:

1. Girls in Industry which came about previous within the yr
2. Global Ladies’s Day highlighted black feminine industry house owners which can be primarily based in Edmonton.

The images and movies taken from those occasions are to be had on our Youtube channel @1909Mediaproductions

In opposition to the second one part of the yr, myself and my group began speaking about highlighting the discrimination towards black textured hair. We weren’t too positive how we might paintings this out however we had been prepared to determine it out. The plan used to be to take a look at the institutional biases in opposition to the ones operating in a company setting and inside a qualified surroundings.

The second one undertaking would record the tales of other people with reports of abuse, both within the administrative center or of their non-public existence (marriage, dating, monetary and so on).This would come with instances of sufferers sharing their tale of step forward and the way they overcame their abuse scenarios.

So, it used to be in the course of concluding our ongoing initiatives (mom’s day and father’s day giveaway shoots, test it out on our Instagram web page), that I joined the instagram livestream of one in all my buddies. My good friend began narrating how her daughter felt about her textured hair. Her tale in reality affected me. We were praying, pondering and making plans for this undertaking, however this livestream used to be the signal I had to transfer ahead with the precise undertaking. There have been different on-line areas I had joined as neatly the place other people shared their emotions and ideas about their herbal textured hair. A couple of those who shared on those social platforms had been primarily based in Edmonton and mentioned feeling insufficient when it got here to their herbal hair.

Individually, because of the coarse nature of my hair, I would favor to make use of protecting types like braids, wigs and such somewhat than styling my herbal hair in itself. However, my mindset shifted when my husband (shout out @altarpro), did a photoshoot with a logo that featured other textures of hair and wigs. As a player within the shoot, I requested if it used to be ok for me to rock my herbal hair in that shoot and it used to be permitted. This used to be a surprise to me.

Even supposing, I nonetheless skilled resistance in how I taste my herbal hair as a result of I might get a couple of feedback at paintings that insinuated that my hair used to be untidy or unkempt and this began to make me really feel anxious in leaving my hair out. I felt the want to duvet it the use of turbans, scarfs or hats and so on.

My now husband, who used to be my fiance again then, would inspire me to not duvet my hair and inform me to depart my hair out somewhat than dressed in scarves or turbans.

So, listening to the tale of this little lady, I advised her mum this might not be the primary time she has heard feedback about her hair however that is the primary time voicing it since her classmates’ hair doesn’t seem like hers.

Throughout my dialog with my good friend, we spoke about doing a photoshoot for her daughter to focus on her hair. Throughout the photoshoot, I requested the little lady ‘what used to be probably the most stunning factor about her hair?’, and she or he used to be in a position to record her period, texture and so on. I spotted that her mum should have performed a super activity in instructing her and inflicting her to peer the wonder in her hair by means of styling it in several tactics.

It is important to for each lady kid to go into right into a room with their head held up prime. As a mom to a two yr outdated kid, I perceive the paintings it takes to taste slightly lady’s hair. This used to be a undertaking that required other cameras, microphones, organizing and achieving out to other people. It used to be vital for us as a group to acknowledge the significance of this undertaking. We reached out to a couple of women and were given their enter on it.

We adore participating with quite a lot of artists each spoken phrase, visible and a lot more.

Probably the most targets is to needless to say our hair is our crown, our glory. As a Christian I knew it used to be my glory however it wasn’t  till I heard the tale of the 3 yr outdated lady or heard the tales from the women in regards to the feedback made about their hair and so on. that I in reality liked this figuring out.

Probably the most causes 1909 Media productions began used to be to inform our personal tales, shine mild on issues happening inside our communities and in our companies to assist to pressure our personal narratives.

Aanu of 1909 Media productions

We’re performed with segment some of the shoots and interviews. We will be able to be sitting down with pros within the herbal hair business and getting their point of view on issues.If you want to be concerned on this undertaking, please be at liberty to achieve out, we would really like to seize your herbal hair in all its glory. As we mentioned ahead of that is rather an extensive undertaking and we’re in search of the entire toughen we will get both emotionally, nearly by means of commenting, sharing together with your networks and communities in addition to financially to toughen with the cameras, lighting fixtures, modifying and so on. Be happy to achieve out to us at 1909media@gmail.com“

We’re having a look ahead to operating with you and receiving the entire toughen it’s important to give for this undertaking!

#SeekGodMore

Mo 🙂