Today’s show highlights the importance of creating safe spaces for Black folk, particularly women, in psychedelic spaces. We are joined by the eloquent and influential writer and mental health advocate, Robin Divine. Robin recognizes the deficiencies in contemporary American psychedelic culture for BIPOC, and is committed creating resources to build thriving communities. Her latest project is a book to be titled “Black People Trip” that will be a collection of essays on trauma, mental illness and psychedelics from the perspective of Black queer women. Robin Divine is a writer and mental health advocate for Black women. Her personal history of trauma, medication resistant depression, and innumerable unsuccessful therapies, led her to eventually reach for psilocybin mushrooms. She began to see real results. Her work can be found on the online publishing platform, Medium. Topics covered:Intersectionality in contemporary psychedelic spaces Microdosing and macro-dosing for mental healthBeing a black, queer woman in the US and in psychedelic spacesTips and resources for BIPOC seeking psychedelic therapyIndividual actions and inactions for propelling BIPOC in this spacesThe importance of decriminalization of psilocybe mushrooms and other psychedelicsConsiderations for the imminent psychedelic renaissance Show notes:Robin’s Medium Profile: https://blackpeopletrip.medium.com/Robin’s Venmo: @DivineRobinRobin’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackpeopletrip/People of Color Psychedelic Collective: https://www.pocpsychedelics.com/The Sabina Project: https://www.instagram.com/thesabinaproject/Diaspora Psychedelic Society: https://www.diasporapsychedelicsociety.org/Go Fund Me for the book “Black People Trip”: https://www.gofundme.com/f/black-women-and-psychedelic-healing-bookWhy Don’t More Black People Use Psychedelics? https://blackpeopletrip.medium.com/why-dont-more-black-people-use-psychedelics-907d3aa19cc8How This Black-Led Psychedelic Collective Is Combining Anti-Racism With ‘Sacred Plant Medicine’: https://www.vogue.com/article/sabina-project-psychedelic-collective