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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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• Black Girls and Women Are Missing Too. April 23, 2023
  Black Girls and Women Are Missing Too. Or Didn’t You Notice.: What New TV Show Alert: Missing Persons Unit Gets Wrongby Toni A. Wilson, Director of Culture & Narrative ShiftFox, Getty Images.Society believes Black girls can just disappear. People believe no one is coming to look for the Black girl. They believe Black girls are invisible. So […]
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• Is it because I’m Black or because I’m a Woman? March 28, 2023
  by: Momy S., YWAC OrganizerLA Johnson/NPRWould you like me to speak softer? Be less angry? Less violent? Would you like me to stand in the shadow of men to be culturally accepted? Would that make you feel better? You think I look better when I straighten my hair. When I talk less. When I’m less […]
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• #StopCopCity and our Fight to Protect Black Girls & Youth March 22, 2023
  by: Heaven Peoples & Damala Denny, Manager of Youth & Alumni Organizing (GGE)Girls for Gender EquityLast week, organizers across the country collaborated on the fight to stop “Cop City” — a project in Atlanta, supported by influential corporations and the Atlanta Police Foundation to build a mock city in the Weelaunee forest. They plan to construct a massive […]
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• Angela Bassett Didn’t Smile. And? March 13, 2023
  by: Toni A. Wilson, Director of Culture & Narrative Shift (GGE)Getty ImagesAngela Bassett didn’t smile. Nor did she clap. She didn’t fake it. She instead sat in her disappointment, and presumably, in her exhaustion. She didn’t give white Oscar viewers her well wishes but instead chose to recognize the injustice she’d just experienced. And I am […]
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