Watch Kimberly Brazwell in this TEDX discuss the dangers of stigma and denial regarding trauma and mental illness in Black communities. Will you choose to be a lighthouse for holistic wellness or ignite the fire of mental illness?

Watch Kimberly Brazwell in this TEDxHilliard talk. Stories of trauma and the impact that lingers often go untold. Kim Brazwell shares how her ancestral history and intersectionality of identity and rich family diversity in race, religion, mental health, language, sexual orientation and class identity.

Watch Kimberly Brazwell discuss Art & Activism with Otterbein University. Otterbein was founded in 1847 in Westerville, Ohio. It is a private university nationally-recognized for its intentional blending of liberal arts and professional studies through its renowned Integrative Studies curriculum and its model community engagement.

The mythological story of the Phoenix describes beautiful bird who is cyclically reborn after being consumed by fire and then rising from its own ashes. An illustrative rendering of the iterative struggle through failure, change, growth, progression and healing, Phoenix is a multimedia art collection loosely based on self-portraits by Kimberly Brazwell. Debuted March 2020 in Cols., OH, the series explores the evolution and maturation process of trauma, healing and resilience through the recreation of self in Black womanhood. Video by Aaron LaRoy is Dreaming with Dreamers.