Yolo Akili Robinson
@yoloakili.bsky.social
Cornbread connoisseur. Healing Justice Worker. Founder & Executive Director of (BEAM) the Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective (YoloAkili.com) (Beam.community)
Under every unloving and mean spirited behavior is a wound in need of love.
Behave accordingly.
Behave accordingly.
November 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Under every unloving and mean spirited behavior is a wound in need of love.
Behave accordingly.
Behave accordingly.
Just a reminder: If it’s always everybody else’s fault, if you don’t have anything to own or take responsibility for EVER—chances are self delusion and betrayal are present.
Cause everybody done put somethin in the pot fam.
Pull that spoon back and taste some of the mess you’ve made.
Cause everybody done put somethin in the pot fam.
Pull that spoon back and taste some of the mess you’ve made.
November 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Just a reminder: If it’s always everybody else’s fault, if you don’t have anything to own or take responsibility for EVER—chances are self delusion and betrayal are present.
Cause everybody done put somethin in the pot fam.
Pull that spoon back and taste some of the mess you’ve made.
Cause everybody done put somethin in the pot fam.
Pull that spoon back and taste some of the mess you’ve made.
Before the predictable “electoral politics will not save us” folks roll up let me just say “NEGRO we know!! Can we just have A MINUTE we
been drowning in musty Cheeto dust for MONTHS! JESUS GIVE US A SECOND to be happy!!!!
been drowning in musty Cheeto dust for MONTHS! JESUS GIVE US A SECOND to be happy!!!!
November 5, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Before the predictable “electoral politics will not save us” folks roll up let me just say “NEGRO we know!! Can we just have A MINUTE we
been drowning in musty Cheeto dust for MONTHS! JESUS GIVE US A SECOND to be happy!!!!
been drowning in musty Cheeto dust for MONTHS! JESUS GIVE US A SECOND to be happy!!!!
This whole political moment has been depressing and disheartening on a soul level. Like we been on this planet as humans hundreds of years and these fools are the best yall could come up with? It’s embarrassing. I’ll take any win no matter how small!
November 5, 2025 at 3:42 AM
This whole political moment has been depressing and disheartening on a soul level. Like we been on this planet as humans hundreds of years and these fools are the best yall could come up with? It’s embarrassing. I’ll take any win no matter how small!
And out of the foolishness and mess, a moment of magic and hope arises. ❤️🔥
This is not just a win for NYC, it’s a win for progressive work everywhere!!!!
This is not just a win for NYC, it’s a win for progressive work everywhere!!!!
November 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
And out of the foolishness and mess, a moment of magic and hope arises. ❤️🔥
This is not just a win for NYC, it’s a win for progressive work everywhere!!!!
This is not just a win for NYC, it’s a win for progressive work everywhere!!!!
Please send prayers up for Brandy. I am in Chicago at the concert and it ended abruptly after Monica came out In tears asking us to lift brandy up. People were leaving in shock. Nothing confirmed but some are saying she passed out. They didn’t even finish the show
October 19, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Please send prayers up for Brandy. I am in Chicago at the concert and it ended abruptly after Monica came out In tears asking us to lift brandy up. People were leaving in shock. Nothing confirmed but some are saying she passed out. They didn’t even finish the show
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My neighbors have filled the Little Free Libraries with whistles so we can warn each other about ICE. Chicago is not afraid.
October 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
My neighbors have filled the Little Free Libraries with whistles so we can warn each other about ICE. Chicago is not afraid.
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“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said
October 15, 2025 at 9:52 PM
“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said
These are some strange ass times.
That’s it.
That’s all I got.
That’s it.
That’s all I got.
October 16, 2025 at 11:40 AM
These are some strange ass times.
That’s it.
That’s all I got.
That’s it.
That’s all I got.
Last but not least- everything is not about winning or losing. Ask instead; what is the opportunity to listen& release here? What am I defending against in myself from having to feel? The way to heal the pain is to feel it. The only way is through. All the projections are just distractions.
October 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Last but not least- everything is not about winning or losing. Ask instead; what is the opportunity to listen& release here? What am I defending against in myself from having to feel? The way to heal the pain is to feel it. The only way is through. All the projections are just distractions.
Everyone I am speaking to is dealing with more folks who are struggling with self accountability and discernment. It’s directly linked to the energy of the moment and the hyper vigilance we all are experiencing with the powers that be.
October 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Everyone I am speaking to is dealing with more folks who are struggling with self accountability and discernment. It’s directly linked to the energy of the moment and the hyper vigilance we all are experiencing with the powers that be.
I wish you a healing so deep, you can never ever be held hostage by your own delusions.
October 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I wish you a healing so deep, you can never ever be held hostage by your own delusions.
Sometimes saying the “No” is necessary.
But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt.
But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt.
October 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Sometimes saying the “No” is necessary.
But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt.
But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt.
There are few things more difficult than having to make a boundary when the behaviors of people you care about are creating hostility and chaos from their trauma responses and survival strategies.
October 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There are few things more difficult than having to make a boundary when the behaviors of people you care about are creating hostility and chaos from their trauma responses and survival strategies.
There are few things more difficult than having to make a boundary when the behaviors of people you care about are out of dignity.
October 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
There are few things more difficult than having to make a boundary when the behaviors of people you care about are out of dignity.
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“An old tape ran”, very helpful phrase for un-learning shame. 📼
@yoloakili.bsky.social @drdoylesays.bsky.social
@yoloakili.bsky.social @drdoylesays.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
“An old tape ran”, very helpful phrase for un-learning shame. 📼
@yoloakili.bsky.social @drdoylesays.bsky.social
@yoloakili.bsky.social @drdoylesays.bsky.social
ATL! Black Masculinity Reimagined Leadership Institute is coming September 14th!
Join us for an integenerational space with Black men and masculine folks focused on healing beyond patriarchy and much more. Great food and gifts will be given.🙏🏾
www.eventbrite.com/e/black-masc...
Join us for an integenerational space with Black men and masculine folks focused on healing beyond patriarchy and much more. Great food and gifts will be given.🙏🏾
www.eventbrite.com/e/black-masc...
September 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
ATL! Black Masculinity Reimagined Leadership Institute is coming September 14th!
Join us for an integenerational space with Black men and masculine folks focused on healing beyond patriarchy and much more. Great food and gifts will be given.🙏🏾
www.eventbrite.com/e/black-masc...
Join us for an integenerational space with Black men and masculine folks focused on healing beyond patriarchy and much more. Great food and gifts will be given.🙏🏾
www.eventbrite.com/e/black-masc...
To support our AltaDena/Pasadena community, BEAM’s monthly Healing circle will now relocate to Pasadena. Hot food, healing strategies and community care held by us. If you know folks in need of space, share with them and join us next week. 🙏🏾
www.eventbrite.com/e/heart-spac... #HealingCircles
www.eventbrite.com/e/heart-spac... #HealingCircles
August 16, 2025 at 12:16 AM
To support our AltaDena/Pasadena community, BEAM’s monthly Healing circle will now relocate to Pasadena. Hot food, healing strategies and community care held by us. If you know folks in need of space, share with them and join us next week. 🙏🏾
www.eventbrite.com/e/heart-spac... #HealingCircles
www.eventbrite.com/e/heart-spac... #HealingCircles
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“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
The Invention of “Sesame Street”
Renata Adler’s 1972 review of the program that revolutionized children’s television.
www.newyorker.com
August 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
NYC join me with the people next week. Looking forward to this conversation on Black men, boys, & children & the very real issue of sexual assault.
All Black children deserve a world where they are honored & protected.
Let’s heal &reimagine together.🙏🏾 metoomvmt.org/me-too-psa-pre…
All Black children deserve a world where they are honored & protected.
Let’s heal &reimagine together.🙏🏾 metoomvmt.org/me-too-psa-pre…
August 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
NYC join me with the people next week. Looking forward to this conversation on Black men, boys, & children & the very real issue of sexual assault.
All Black children deserve a world where they are honored & protected.
Let’s heal &reimagine together.🙏🏾 metoomvmt.org/me-too-psa-pre…
All Black children deserve a world where they are honored & protected.
Let’s heal &reimagine together.🙏🏾 metoomvmt.org/me-too-psa-pre…
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Protect Trans youth. Period.
Trans and nonbinary young people deserve safety, joy, and futures full of possibility—not policies rooted in fear and control.
Whether it’s at school, at home, or in the community—we all have a role to play in making sure Trans youth are seen, supported and protected.
Trans and nonbinary young people deserve safety, joy, and futures full of possibility—not policies rooted in fear and control.
Whether it’s at school, at home, or in the community—we all have a role to play in making sure Trans youth are seen, supported and protected.
August 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Protect Trans youth. Period.
Trans and nonbinary young people deserve safety, joy, and futures full of possibility—not policies rooted in fear and control.
Whether it’s at school, at home, or in the community—we all have a role to play in making sure Trans youth are seen, supported and protected.
Trans and nonbinary young people deserve safety, joy, and futures full of possibility—not policies rooted in fear and control.
Whether it’s at school, at home, or in the community—we all have a role to play in making sure Trans youth are seen, supported and protected.
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Leadership rooted in healing hits different.
Join us tomorrow, Aug 6th for Emotionally Intelligent Leadership 101 — a virtual training for Black leaders & organizers who are committed to healing justice!
1–3PM PT / 4–6PM ET
RSVP: beam.community/events
#HealingJustice #LiberatedLeadership
Join us tomorrow, Aug 6th for Emotionally Intelligent Leadership 101 — a virtual training for Black leaders & organizers who are committed to healing justice!
1–3PM PT / 4–6PM ET
RSVP: beam.community/events
#HealingJustice #LiberatedLeadership
August 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Leadership rooted in healing hits different.
Join us tomorrow, Aug 6th for Emotionally Intelligent Leadership 101 — a virtual training for Black leaders & organizers who are committed to healing justice!
1–3PM PT / 4–6PM ET
RSVP: beam.community/events
#HealingJustice #LiberatedLeadership
Join us tomorrow, Aug 6th for Emotionally Intelligent Leadership 101 — a virtual training for Black leaders & organizers who are committed to healing justice!
1–3PM PT / 4–6PM ET
RSVP: beam.community/events
#HealingJustice #LiberatedLeadership
From the cuts to vaccines, research, HIV care, trans and reproductive care- to FURTHER criminalizing mental conditions— our health and well being are under attack on a blatant level unseen for generations. We can’t keep actin like it’s business as usual.
It is not business as usual!!
It is not business as usual!!
August 6, 2025 at 1:59 AM
From the cuts to vaccines, research, HIV care, trans and reproductive care- to FURTHER criminalizing mental conditions— our health and well being are under attack on a blatant level unseen for generations. We can’t keep actin like it’s business as usual.
It is not business as usual!!
It is not business as usual!!
This is one of my favorite conversations I have had this year!!!
The last Episode of Season Two is here fam, and Dr. Evan Auguste is bringing us home!
Join us for this brilliant episode where Dr. Evan joins our Executive Director Yolo Akili and breaks down the legacy of healing in Ayiti, Ancestral healing, Black Masculinity and much more.
Join us for this brilliant episode where Dr. Evan joins our Executive Director Yolo Akili and breaks down the legacy of healing in Ayiti, Ancestral healing, Black Masculinity and much more.
July 31, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This is one of my favorite conversations I have had this year!!!
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"Don’t let the news mislead you. Across the world, in every hood and in every borough the people are fighting back."
from the desk of @yoloakili.bsky.social
from the desk of @yoloakili.bsky.social
July 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
"Don’t let the news mislead you. Across the world, in every hood and in every borough the people are fighting back."
from the desk of @yoloakili.bsky.social
from the desk of @yoloakili.bsky.social