'It's so rare to see Black women's stories of healing.' These Chicago sisters founded A Long Walk Home, a nonprofit using arts to help empower young people to end violence and heal from trauma. Learn more: youtu.be/rqKdZjf-akI

THANK YOU Crocs for your generous donation of 20k to ALWH!! We are so grateful for this support💫

Today I intro’d the Campus Accountability and Safety Act (CASA) w/ Kirsten Gillibrand, Chuck Grassley, and @RepJohnKatko.

#CASA increases transparency & reporting, beefs up protections for survivors, and strengthens enforcement for survivors of sexual violence on college campuses.

#1Billion4BlackGirls is two years strong and the best is yet to come! Join our Twitter chat to see what we have in store for the future. It's all happening Thursday, Sept 15, 1 pm ET/10 am PT Black Girl Freedom Fund

Y'all, it's the third year, please join the twitter chat at 12 CT/ 1pm ET Black Girl Freedom Fund

We're moving into our third year of #1Billion4BlackGirls ! Join us for a Twitter chat with our co-founders, supporters, and grantee partners as we discuss our impact so far and the work ahead. Happening on Thursday, Sept 15, 1 pm ET/10 am PT.

Sightings at the Serena Williams Open with Vanessa Pérez-Rosario. #usopen2022 #goat

Virgos are so lucky.

Boomerang is all grown up! Here is my look back on its legacy & the significance, then and now, of its leading lady, Robin Givens. nytimes.com/2022/07/20/mov…

WAKANDA FOREVER

Introducing our new Director and President of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures—Jacqueline Stewart (jacqueline stewart)!

Appointed as Chief Artistic and Programming Officer of in 2020, Jacqueline will assume her duties as Director and President on July 18.

As I said when this decision was leaked:

BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court overturns the landmark Roe v. Wade case, ending nearly 50 years of constitutional protections for abortion.

Bans are expected in roughly half the states. apne.ws/LjY3m25

And just like that! Congratulations to my one and only sister, frequent collaborator, and favorite co-conspirator Scheherazade Tillet! So proud of you, always.

Thank you for your support of Red Nose Day USA! Your support helps us to provide grants to girls and gender expansive youth, through our #BlackGirlJoy Challenge . Drop a ❤️ if you loved seeing Zoe’s #BlackGirlJoy #RedNoseDay

Lorraine O'Grady / “Art Is…”

Salamishah Tillet, a contributing critic at large at The New York Times, won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, for columns examining race and Black perspectives as the arts and entertainment world responded to the Black Lives Matter moment. nytimes.com/spotlight/2022…

What a sad commentary when you slap the crap out of someone on live TV, win an Oscar, get a standing ovation and then accept that Oscar talking about “love”. There was so much wrong about this moment. #Oscars2022

Join us 3/31 & 4/1 for Crossroads Fund #SeedsofChange2022

Special guest is feminist & writer Angela Davis in conversation with ALWH executive director Scheherazade Tillet , Tracie D. Hall, and Jane Kimondo. 2022 Awardees are ALWH, Truthout, Lucy Parsons Labs.
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