Journal
More Than a Haircut: Video Interview With Jess (She Fades Founder)
There is something sacred about the chair. In this conversation, Jess from She Fades shares the heart behind the collaboration with Hope Is My Homeboy and why barbershops have become powerful spaces of connection, trust, and community.
Where Hope Sits in the Chair (HIMH x She Fades)
There are places in our communities doing quiet, powerful wellbeing work, and the barbershop is one of them. Hope Is My Homeboy x She Fades honours the chair, the kōrero, and the care that shows up in everyday moments. Not loud, not performative. Just real. Because hope does not always shout. Sometimes it sits in the chair and listens.
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Check On Your Homies: How One Collection Started a Movement
Our first collection sold out in a week, and we received hundreds of messages from people who needed to hear the message. This is how Check On Your Homies brought Hope Is My Homeboy back and started the movement it is today.