<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[The Love and Liberation Lab]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Love And Liberat]]></description><link>https://www.loveandliberationlab.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 07:13:54 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.loveandliberationlab.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[I Don’t Need a Degree to Explain What I  See, I Don’t Need a PhD to Validate Me]]></title><description><![CDATA[I don’t need another degree to explain what I see. I don’t need a PhD to validate who I am, what I know, what I’ve lived, or how I have led. I’ve spent years with a nagging feeling that I should always go back to school to prove myself because that is how power works in this country. It withholds legitimacy, then sells it back to us through institutions that were never built to value us fairly in the first place. Education is supposed to be the “great equalizer.” Or so, that’s the story we’re...]]></description><link>https://www.loveandliberationlab.com/post/i-don-t-need-a-degree-to-explain-what-i-see-i-don-t-need-a-phd-for-you-to-believe-me</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69b82a1ebae3e800161a90a6</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:03:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f1b298_f2b2dffbb9934a3db661e9d415f8ca0b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jannah Bierens</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[PHREEEDOM Forges Forward and Expands with Love &#38; Liberation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wrapping up Black History Month I have to share a PHEW PHUN PHACTS about PHREEEDOM! Everything about the name of my consultancy has been intentional. Each time I say PHREEEDOM, I’m manifesting it for myself and for my people. I want it for all of us because no one is free until everyone is. PHIRST:  The colors in my logo reflect the Black liberation (Pan-African) flag colors because I entered public health to reduce and eliminate Black health disparities. I LOVE US. All of us  across the...]]></description><link>https://www.loveandliberationlab.com/post/phreeedom-forges-forward-and-expands-with-love-liberation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a1c8ed4882ec6a3ac2f07a</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 17:07:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f1b298_b9cde43c365c4a50aa1d3e2789044357~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_600,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jannah Bierens</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reading, Writing, Research, and Reflection as Revolutionary Tools of Healing &#38; Liberation]]></title><description><![CDATA[From a very young age I was into books, even before I had a grasp on reading. Of course, I was drawn to the pictures and colors in some publications, but my dad always read books, and, in the beginning, I think that was part of the intrigue with wanting my own. As I grew older, intrigue shifted to intentional interest. I remember the day that reading became my first form of resistance. It was the day I asked my mother why she always had so much reading material around. Small piles of...]]></description><link>https://www.loveandliberationlab.com/post/reading-writing-research-and-reflection-as-revolutionary-tools-of-healing-liberation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6996123af797687350e65b3d</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 20:28:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f1b298_fb3c6aa6073d4e2296beca29b8d0a26a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_918,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jannah Bierens</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black Liberation Is the Blueprint (And Anti-Blackness Attempts to Erase the Receipts)]]></title><description><![CDATA[For me, February is all about love and liberation, and to kick off BLACK HISTORY YEAR , I’m exposing something exhausting: pervasive anti-Blackness among justice campaigns, and even some recent “equity” efforts in the last five years, that are inspired by Black Liberation and Civil Rights movements, grounded in the tenets of Black feminist theory, and built on the labor of Black community organizers and activists. Our words and ancestral strategies get copy-and-pasted into strategic plans,...]]></description><link>https://www.loveandliberationlab.com/post/black-liberation-is-the-blueprint-and-anti-blackness-attempts-to-erase-the-receipts</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6993becb159d7fac96428332</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 02:09:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f1b298_4e7238d467be4d5aa1b3287ba4c05c53~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_714,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jannah Bierens</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Is Me: Finally, FREE (Outside of Who I’ve Been Told To Be)]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’m using writing as a form of resistance and healing toward Black liberation and collective freedom, one honest layer at a time. I’m not interested in presenting a polished persona. I’m practicing love and liberation, out loud. It’s how we get free! ]]></description><link>https://www.loveandliberationlab.com/post/this-is-me-finally-free-outside-of-who-i-ve-been-told-to-be</link><guid isPermaLink="false">699319b76afbe985b7a31449</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f1b298_3009089093a14fe2bcef715e43537873~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_817,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jannah Bierens</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's Deeper Than DEI And I Hope When the Table Finally Turns, It Burns]]></title><description><![CDATA[Traditional DEI is merely performance when it avoids transparency and truth about power. Equity isn’t a policy. It’s practice, a process, and a demand for justice and accountability.   Last year this 3-letter acronym was demonized and dismissed by many people who don’t even know what each letter stands for, let alone what it means or why it was historically implemented in the first place. They were loud and wrong, but effective because... well, THIS IS AMERICA. Transparently, I've never fully...]]></description><link>https://www.loveandliberationlab.com/post/it-s-deeper-than-dei-and-i-hope-when-the-table-finally-turns-it-burns</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6994baa02bc359bc35cf6d73</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:14:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f1b298_6585dff004434264b8fdc3c5c0ff0f54~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jannah Bierens</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>