My research and teaching on Black women’s historical wellness is a problem-solving project to address mental health stressors, specifically issues that emerge for survivors of sexual violence. Movements like #MeToo and #MuteRKelly reflect the need to address the public health issue of sexual violence by including Black women’s voices at the core of defining and addressing the problem. The Rosa Parks story is an example of wellness history that can be useful when exploring mental health challenges and providing culturally competent toolkits to address health disparities, particularly as they relate to rape and sexual harassment—which Mrs. Parks addressed directly in her life work. Recently, in June 2019, actress Taraji P. Henson delivered emotional testimony to the United States Congress about the vital need for mental health services in African American communities. Providing integrated community-based mental health services is a global issue as well. In 2012, the World Health Organization published the Mental Health Action Plan. One of the four objectives was, “To implement strategies for promotion and prevention in mental health [and] encourage the use of evidence-based traditional practices for promotion and prevention in mental health (such as yoga and meditation).”  Similarly, the United Nations founded the International Day of Peace (21 September) with the idea of impacting mental health on the personal, local, and global level. There was an explicit recognition of violence against women and advocating meditation, yoga, and mindfulness practice to support survivors. As poet Sonia Sanchez wrote, “peace is a human right.” I write about Black women’s inner peace and survivor self-care as radical practices. My focus on historical connections to current crises place both problem and solution in generational context.