The fight for the freedom to wear our Natural Hair is going strong. Following California and New York, new jurisdictions like New Jersey, Tennessee, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois and Maryland and proposing legislation to explicitly ban race-based hair discrimination. I spoke with the Washington Post recently about these important changes and our film, Back to Natural. […]
Check out this great 5-minute segment on Matter of Fact about California and New York’s Natural Hair laws and a high profile case of natural hair discrimination that happened in New York City. You will see a special guests in the clip here, me (Back to Natural director, Dr. Gillian Scott-Ward) and our friends in the […]
July 18th, 2019, Back to Natural Director & Psychologist Dr. Gillian Scott-Ward spoke on a panel convened by Medgar Evers College, EMERGE: Natural Beauty Industry Alliance and Mane Moves Media Network with Brooklyn Assembly Woman Tremaine Wright, Law Professor Wendy Green, Natural Beauty Industry Leader Diance C. Baily, and the Acting Executive Director for the […]
Amazing news! Back to Natural has partnered with RevoltTV. Our world television debut will be May 6, 2019! Find us there on demand after the premiere. See what channel RevoltTV is where you are here.
February, 2019: New York City Commission on Human Rights released amazing news. See the press release here. There is now new legal enforcement guidance that defines discrimination on the basis of natural hair and hairstyles, which disproportionately impacts Black people, illegal under the New York City Human Rights Law. The first of its kind, these guidelines represent a deep […]
Back To Natural: A Documentry © Film
