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• Angel Reese: Black Girls Get to Be Confident & Vulnerable All At Once April 5, 2024
  by: Toni A. Wilson, Director of Culture & Narrative Shift“This is for the girls that look like me. That speak up on what they believe in. That’s unapologetically you.” Last year Angel Reese uttered those words, changed the game of women’s college basketball, and redefined what it meant to be a Black girl in sports. […]
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• GIRLS FOR GENDER EQUITY LEADS ON YOUNG WOMEN’S INITIATIVE 2.0 March 25, 2024
  GIRLS FOR GENDER EQUITY LEADS ON YOUNG WOMEN’S INITIATIVE 2.0 ALONGSIDE SPEAKER ADRIENNE ADAMS TO ADDRESS YOUTH HEALTH AND SCHOOL CLIMATEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 15, 2024Contact: media@ggenyc.orgGirls for Gender Equity and youth organizations across New York City assembled to develop recommendations for the New York City Council on mental health, nutrition, reproductive justice, and school climateNEW YORK — On Wednesday, […]
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• We Know We Deserve Better. March 7, 2024
  by Arna Asad (she/her), Sisters in Strength participantThis month as we all know is Women’s History Month, and as a woman myself, I obviously encourage us to spend each and every day, reflecting on all of the crucial and beautiful roles women have played throughout history. I mean, look at Miss Rihanna herself, the CEO […]
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• Black Women’s Bodies Are Not a Sin: Disordered Eating & How We Heal February 29, 2024
  By: Toni A. Wilson, Director of Culture & Narrative ShiftTrigger Warning: mentions of body dysmorphia, disordered eating, body shamingWhen you hear the term, “disordered eating” or “eating disorders,” what’s the first image that comes to your mind? For most, it’s not people who look like me; in fact, it’s not Black girls and women at all. […]
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• Sexyy Red Doesn’t Owe You “Classy” Nor “Respectable” But She is Owed Protection October 25, 2023
  by: Toni A. Wilson, Director of Culture & Narrative ShiftDevin Christopher, Billboard Magazine.Hip Hop, much like many other career fields, is a male-dominated sport. As much as women have been running the rap game,dominating the charts for years, and have built up so many aspects of Hip Hop and rap culture, they still struggle to […]
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• Angelica Ross Deserved Protection in the Workplace; All Black Women Do. September 28, 2023
  By Toni A. Wilson, Director of Culture & Narrative ShiftStefani Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images. Angelica Ross arriving to the White House for the White House Correspondents Dinner.There are so many hurdles Black women have to jump over and so many hills they have to climb when it comes to being a Black woman in the workplace. Black […]
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• Carlee Russell Deserves Grace & Mental Health Support, Not Jail Time August 11, 2023
  by: Toni A. Wilson, Director of Culture and Narrative ShiftReleased by Hoover Alabama PD the night of Carlee Russell’s disappearance.When I heard about Carlee Russell’s, 25, story a few hours after she went missing, like many Black women who move when called to action, I jumped on social media and began doing my part in […]
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• Pay Me What You Owe Me: And WNBA, That Includes You Too. June 7, 2023
  by: Nia Oden McCann, Social Work ManagerThe WNBA kicked off their 27th season this month. As a little girl, I remember watching the NY Liberty play at Madison Square Garden and dreaming of what it would be like to play in the WNBA one day! At the time, unbeknownst to me, there were pay inequities in […]
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• What Adults Don’t Understand About Our Mental Health May 31, 2023
  What Adults Don’t Understand About Our Mental HealthBy: Zeltzin (she/her), YWAC youth organizerSenedd Welsh Research.A voice rang out above the noise, “Did everyone get a chance to review the packet?” Huddled around tables in small groups, organizers were speaking in nervous whispers, deciding who would speak and when and what. Under their breath, someone whispered “It’s […]
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• Simone Biles Does Not Owe Other Black Women Slicked Down Edges April 26, 2023
  by: Toni A. Wilson, Director of Culture & Narrative ShiftRaeTay Photography.This past weekend, Simone Biles, Olympic medalist and one of the greatest gymnasts in history, married the love of her life, NFL player Justin Owens, and quickly changed all of her social media handles to “Simone Biles Owens.” She blissfully shared pictures of their intimate […]
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