Addressing the Unique Challenges Facing Women of Color Since 1997
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"Trans justice means that my transgender origin will not be the determining factor for my quest for life, liberty, and safety." Monica James, Co-Founder and Chairwoman of Triumphant 2Gether speaking on #JaggedJustice with @WOCNetwork
Check out Triumphant2gether! To create safe and affirming spaces, supportive resources and initiatives that offer opportunities of second chances to women and girls exiting the sex trade. triumphant2gether.org/about-…
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"We started from this idea if we can organize, influence, and change the institutional violence we experience, then we can be in a better place.” - @TransLatina_C President @YoSoyLABamby speaking on #JaggedJustice and #TWOC needing to build their own table @WOCNetwork
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“What we’re currently offering in the ecosystem of social justice is not enough for what #BlackTransWomen need for their day to day survival” - Elle Hearns, Founder and ED of @MPJInstitute #JaggedJustice
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WomenofColorNetwork retweeted
SO exciting to meet with such powerful women today!!!!
Thank you for including us in your research @WOCNetwork
It was a pleasure to meet Tonya and Zoe! We hope our input was useful #empowerment #womenofcolour #BME
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Happening now! Jamy and Logan taking over the #SOULSisters Twitter tonight as this amazing group of leaders gathered by @WOCNetwork speak on #JaggedJustice✊🏿💜
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The @LBWPWomen is fighting against the cuts by @NewhamLondon to their refuges who have supported thousands for migrant and BME women for 32 years. #DeedsNotWords #SpecialistServices
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Independent black-owned pharmacies fill a void for African American patients looking for care that’s sensitive to their heritage, beliefs and values. nbcnews.to/2LqAIKY
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On the 50th yr of Stonewall Uprising, largely led by TransWOC, we celebrate w/our My Blue Lips Campaign for scholarships for Trans WOC to attend WOCN, Inc. nat’l events: 1) Take a Blue Lips Selfie with #MyBlueLips & #CenterTransWOC. (2) Donate by visiting mybluelips.org
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LGBTQ students, this is your chance to have your voice heard! Take @GLSEN's National School Climate Survey today! glsen.org/survey
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Same-sex marriage is now legal in Ecuador! pinknews.co.uk/2019/06/13/ec…
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#VICTORY: OCA announced a new court rule prohibiting ICE from arresting immigrants in New York State courthouses WITHOUT a judicial warrant or order! Advocates have been pushing for #ICEfreecourts in New York for ~2 years! #ProtectOurCourts ow.ly/WtHD50qLa5p
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This week, we wrap the spring leg of the 1st #metooHBCU tour w/ stops @NCCU & @FAMU_1887! To register, go to metoohbcu.eventbrite.com. We are so grateful for the support & enthusiasm around this special intiative. We especially want to thank our sponsors @lifetimetv and @TheRoot.
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Filmmaking success from a woman not only of colour but poor education #iambelmaya #educategirls @Malala @WomenFilmOfColr @WOCNetwork @WFTV_UK @MalalaFund
Belmaya Nepali interviewed after winning the Short Film Competition at @cometoUKAFF for #EducateOurDaughters @DirectedbyWomen @iheartdirectors @FFilmLeaders @Richard_Nepal @DartmouthFilms @BritainNepalSoc @npBritish @EmmaWatson @TheCircleNGO abouttimemagazine.co.uk/life…
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A shout out to our team at DC Rape Crisis Center, and Black Latinidad who masterfully executed the National Black Diasporic Institute on Child Sexual Abuse thank you @WOCNetwork @BlackWomensBP @TonyaLovelace @AfroLez @dral69 @LoveAccountably and so many others for joining us.
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@NAACP @Allure_magazine @oprahmagazine @TodayWithBBB @MSNBC @BET @marieclaire @Cosmopolitan @GetJETmag @blkwomenradical @HBR_Media @WomenNMedia @WomenOfInflnce @WOCNetwork @ABC @KTLA
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We want to learn more about how survivors experience various systems in NYS. We also want survivors to have a space to share their stories and to decide how they may want to engage in future efforts to prevent and respond to sexual violence.
nyscasa.org/survivor-survey
WomenofColorNetwork retweeted
“Decolonial feminism illuminates the concrete situation of non-white women...Thanks to the experience of our historical models - our mothers, grandmothers, sisters - women of color have always resisted & passed down to us a strong sense of dignity” ~ Houria Bouteldja
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