Malynda Hale
Bio
Malynda Hale is a singer, activist and mom based in Los Angeles. She has uses her voice to effect change with social justice and she currently hosts her own podcast called #WeNeedToTalk. @malyndahale
Stories (4/0)
I'm educated, not white.
I grew up in Santa Barbara,CA, which if you haven't been there it's a beautiful beach town in central California, that is predominately white. Now I say this to note that although I grew up in a predominately white town, my parents did everything they could to make sure my sister and I knew where we came from, our history and that we were proud to be black. I've never known anything different. I've never once questioned my identity or felt ashamed of it. Before anything else, I have always been black. Now granted, my pro-black stances have grown vastly over the years. My stance on social justice and understanding of the world has progressed as has my understanding of systemic racism and white privilege.
By Malynda Hale4 years ago in Humans
It's okay to be still right now.
The other day, for the first time in I don’t know how long, I sat at the piano. I started playing and writing a new melody. It was exciting. It had been forever since I had been motivated to write new music and I felt something weighing heavily on my heart. But within 15 minutes, those heavy feelings dissipated and I closed the piano lid and just sighed. It was a frustrating feeling not knowing how to even write a song anymore, something that has always come so naturally to me.
By Malynda Hale4 years ago in Motivation
Allow. People. To. Change.
When you’re constantly fighting for your voice to be heard you almost don’t know how to react when it is. When all the protesting, social media posting, petition signing and fighting finally brings about the reaction you were so desperately seeking you freeze.
By Malynda Hale4 years ago in Motivation