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It’s called the Crown Act, and it’s meant to protect mainly people of color, who are often banned from wearing their in styles like afros, braids, cornrows, and locs. New York City is also cracking down on this discrimination and we speak from women who say they’ve been targeted for their natural hair styles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63419c7b782c7457987d7b76/ab9ef44b-69b6-47a5-b70a-286734913b05/Screen+Shot+2022-10-14+at+12.28.42+PM.png MEDIA This Week: Gillian Scott-Ward on Just Solutions! 89 views Jul 5, 2022 Gillian Scott-Ward, Director of "Back to Natural" talks about her own experience with her hair, including, how she was using harmful chemicals in her hair as a child. The documentary focuses on why Black people specifically have internal issues dealing with our hair and the biases our hair has created in the world around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63419c7b782c7457987d7b76/f3fa3e8d-ab83-4a0c-892a-39ac597b464f/wxxiNPR.jpg MEDIA Coming up on Connections: Tuesday, November 27 WXXI News | By Evan Dawson, Megan Mack. documentary called "Back to Natural" explores the relationship between politics, hair, and racial identity in black communities. It will be screened later this week at The Little Theatre as part of the Black Cinema Series. The film’s director, a clinical psychologist, says her documentary is a call for healing in a society that polices black hair. She joins us to preview the film and discuss the natural hair movement and its history with our guests: Gillian Scott-Ward, Ph.D., director of “Back to Natural” Reenah Golden, founder and artistic director of The Avenue Blackbox Theatre, host of the Goddess Hour on WAYO FM, and co-creator of Kuumba Consultants Kaci Jones, reporter at News10NBC, and member of the Rochester Association of Black Journalists Ericka Wilson, producer at News10NBC, and treasurer of the Rochester Association of Black Journalists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63419c7b782c7457987d7b76/79ba4c0d-8c7b-42aa-940e-ae73f2c7b454/WP.png MEDIA Washington Post: More states are trying to protect black employees who want to wear natural hairstyles at work. That’s been fueled by the Internet, particularly YouTube with its community and how-to videos about wearing natural hairstyles, said Gillian Scott-Ward, a psychologist in New York who directed a 2017 documentary on identity and natural hair. “It allowed everyday people to document their natural hair journey — this is how I wash it; this is how I detangle it; this is how I deal with the fact that my mom wants to disown me; this is how I talk to my boss about it.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63419c7b782c7457987d7b76/282643f7-40bd-4dec-aaff-575ad0036105/revoltTV.png MEDIA Back to Natural: World TV Premiere on RevoltTV, MONDAY, MAY 6TH 10pm EST 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63419c7b782c7457987d7b76/f5133929-24a4-4259-8e84-fa1de501d39f/NYCCHR.jpg MEDIA NYC COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ANNOUNCES FIRST HAIR DISCRIMINATION CASE RESOLUTION SINCE ISSUING LANDMARK LEGAL ENFORCEMENT GUIDANCE The settlement with Hershberger/Dorram salons requires the establishment of an internship program, trainings on styling natural hair for salon staff, and a civil penalty of $70,000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63419c7b782c7457987d7b76/33a28555-b4c1-4346-b8fe-13ec66b93a12/langsingstate+journal.jpg MEDIA 4 states have passed hair discrimination laws. In Michigan, a bill is languishing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63419c7b782c7457987d7b76/4df162ec-127d-4b82-b488-4cb54c09556e/NYCHR3.jpeg MEDIA NYC COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ANNOUNCES NEW PROTECTIONS AND ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AGAINST DISCRIMINATION BASED ON NATURAL HAIRSTYLES IN EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, AND PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS k In new legal enforcement guidance, the Commission establishes appearance and grooming policies that ban natural hair or hairstyle—and disproportionately impact Black New Yorkers —are unlawful discriminatory treatment under the NYC Human Rights Law Commission currently investigating 7 cases involving discrimination based on natural hair or hairstyle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63419c7b782c7457987d7b76/53605a68-62f1-4c90-8d3a-903523af8ed7/seed+%26+spark+2.png MEDIA Seed & Spark Interview Aug 27, 2020 Join “Back to Natural” director, Dr. Gillian Scott-Ward, who will be joined by documentary interviewee Okema T. Moore, an actress, producer, writer, and director who runs MOOREthanEnuff Media, and Dr. Wendy Greene, a trailblazing anti-discrimination law scholar, teacher, and advocate who has devoted her professional life’s work to advancing, racial, color, and gender equality in workplaces and beyond, and author of a forthcoming book, “#FreeTheHair: Locking Black Hair to Civil Rights Movements”. Moderated by Charlon Turner, the Festival Director of the North Carolina Black Film Festival, they will talk about the making of the film, and the emotional, self-identity, political, and legal battles behind going natural. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63419c7b782c7457987d7b76/6ea12a3b-6c51-4a48-aab4-ad766a6c097e/politicsNY.png MEDIA Brooklyn Wright’s Natural Hair Act Passes As CURLFEST Comes To NYC Panelist Dr. Gillian Scott-Ward, a filmmaker and clinical psychologist talked about the famous Mamie and Kenneth Clark 1940s study, a “doll test,” where African-American children were presented two dolls- one white and one black, to see the effects of segregation on the younger generation. And in fact, the children preferred the white doll. “Healing is the number one thing,” said Scott-Ward. “We haven’t done the psychological work to prepare for healing and reparations”. Scott-Ward directed a documentary, Back to Natural, to reveal the truths and politics around hair and racial identity that premiered on REVOLT TV. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63419c7b782c7457987d7b76/9d083865-6747-41c1-932f-45aed29d85c8/blavity.png MEDIA BLAVITY. Celebrity Salon To Receive Black Hair Care Training After Discrimination Complaints The Sharon Dorram Color at Sally Hershberger salon in New York City will be one of the first businesses penalized for discriminating against Black hair. “This resolution is another step toward ensuring that racist notions of professional appearance standards are not applied in New York City,” New York City Commission on Human Rights chairwoman Carmelyn Malalis said in a statement to The New York Times. In addition to the fine, both Hershberger and Dorram now have to complete a certain amount of community service hours with groups that are fighting hair discrimination. Both women also have to be personally trained in treating natural Black hair. The settlement also says the salons must hire an expert to oversee all of the changes. Recently, the salon announced that they hired Dr. Gillian Scott-Ward, a widely-known psychologist, documentarian and advocate for natural hair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63419c7b782c7457987d7b76/cb99f71a-468b-46e6-ac42-a5b822cbb32d/shadow+and+act.png MEDIA #BlackWomenFilmmakersSpeak: Meet NYC-Based Dr. Gillian Scott-Ward, A Clinical Psychologist And First-Time Documentary Filmmaker On A Mission Tambay Obenson Tambay Obenson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63419c7b782c7457987d7b76/0ae0cb65-610f-488b-ab28-f8f87b4acc19/USA+today.png MEDIA USA Today. Banning ethnic hairstyles ‘upholds this notion of white supremacy.’ States pass laws to stop natural hair discrimination USA Today explores the issue 6-year-old Clinton Stanley Jr. being banned from entering the classroom by administrators on his first day of school. The administrator cited a school policy banning dreadlocks. Such guidance also can inflict psychological harm, says Gillian Scott-Ward, a psychologist in New York who directed the hair and racial identity documentary "Back to Natural." She says people of color often feel rejected by society when they can't wear ethnic hairstyles and many black girls are taught at a young age they must straighten their naturally kinky hair to be beautiful. “Black people have had to hide what our real natural hair looks like … for so long," Scott-Ward says. “We are introducing who we really are to the world and I think that’s a shift.” For the full story, click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63419c7b782c7457987d7b76/b23f4701-5db4-44d4-b759-4a6e0520397f/Screen+Shot+2022-10-14+at+12.17.47+PM.png MEDIA Back to Natural and the Intergenerational Healing of the Natural Black Hair Movement Gillian Scott-Ward https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0237-9061 gillianlscott@gmail.com, Nisha Gupta https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6155-5734, and Eric Greene Abstract In this edited interview, psychologists Eric Greene and Nisha Gupta converse with psychologist and filmmaker Dr. Gillian Scott-Ward about her documentary film Back to Natural (2019), which explores the psychological and emotional experience of the intersection of hair, politics, and identity in Black communities. This documentary is a powerful, thought-provoking call for healing that takes a grassroots approach to exploring the globalized policing of natural Black hair. The film offers a journey of discovery and enlightenment while celebrating Black history and natural styles that are taking the world by storm. In this conversation, Gillian shares her own experiences of critical consciousness about natural hair while working as a clinical psychologist, which led to this film, her insights into the intergenerational trauma, resiliency, and healing of African descendants as exemplified in the natural hair movement, and her experiences using her film as a tool for human rights discrimination cases and implicit bias training as a psychologist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63419c7b782c7457987d7b76/c7c13bd1-aac4-4e2f-9c76-50a89cb62233/Screen+Shot+2022-10-14+at+12.15.41+PM.png MEDIA New York City NYC Independent Film Festival 2018 Interview with Gillian Scott-Ward of Back to Natural https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63419c7b782c7457987d7b76/02ec967b-876f-4775-bd4f-7bca15af306b/naming-it.jpg MEDIA LaMisha and Bedford are joined by Dr. Gillian Scott-Ward, psychologist and filmmaker. They talk about what’s going on with racism and African hair, as well as checking in on the continued #MeToo movement. During #RealTalk Drs. Palmer, Hill, and Scott-Ward discuss Gillian’s new documentary film Back to Natural. Their conversation focused on the social and political ramifications of Black/Natural Hair and the movement around it, as well as building an understanding of Gillian’s experience in developing the film https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63419c7b782c7457987d7b76/df0333df-6679-4b3c-a748-65ebf60bfc08/Screen+Shot+2022-10-14+at+12.10.55+PM.png MEDIA 9. Dr. Gillian Scott-Ward: Back to Natural Wash Day Podcast Mental Health Clinical Psychologist and documentary filmmaker, Dr. Gillian Scott-Ward, shares her mindful approach to her relationship with her hair. 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