Hey Auntie! is a new social support network for Black women

There’s nothing artificial about the intelligence behind Hey Auntie!, the intergenerational wisdom sharing platform created by social entrepreneur Nicole Kenney.

Despite all our digital connections, we are in the midst of what U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has described as an epidemic of loneliness. That sense of isolation is what Nicole Kenney wants to address with Hey Auntie!, an emerging social support network that is connecting Black women across ages and life stages. The platform “designates a nurturing relationship that may be biological but is more often what we call a ‘fictive kinship,’ emotionally significant bonds not based on blood or legal ties,” Kenney says. “Every child is your child.”