Posts Tagged ‘Black girls’
Thirty Years After Olympic Gold, Dominique Dawes Is Still Changing Gymnastics
The former gymnast is working to make the sport she loves more inclusive and healthy than what she experienced as a young woman.
Read MoreRaphael Rogers: Representing Black Girl Magic with Contemporary Picture Books
In this session, Education Professor Raphael Rogers will share details about his latest project, “Representing Black Girl Magic with Contemporary Picture Books.” The book focuses on the wave of recently published picture books by Black women writers who have pushed back against negative beliefs, countered negative stereotypes, and celebrated the joy and magic of Black…
Read More17th Annual Black Women’s Wellness Day
The Foundation For Black Women’s Wellness presents the 15th Annual Black Women’s Wellness Day. #BWWDAY is an annual health summit that informs, inspires, and empowers Black women and girls to build and sustain healthy, wellness-centered lives.
Read MoreCalifornia’s Ebony Alert system will put a focus on missing Black children
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law “Ebony Alert,” a system that seeks to prioritize the finding of missing Black youth, a disproportionately affected demographic.
Read More18th Annual Black Women’s Wellness Day
Join Black women and their families for the 18th Annual Black Women’s Wellness Day, a day dedicated to wellness, connection, joy, and community. Presented by the Foundation for Black Women’s Wellness, this year’s gathering carries the theme “Grounded in Wellness, United in Our Fight,” inviting participants to explore the personal and collective practices that help sustain health, resilience, and community power.
Read MorePolice in schools have outsize effect on Black children, report says
A recent report revealed the impact on students, especially Black ones, whose schools have a police presence, and the results are worrying.
Read MoreWho Benefits From Watching Black Trauma on Screen?
What will it take for Black girls to exist as children on and off screen, without making them into adults to justify violence against them?
Read More#BlackGirlMagic: Black-ish Star Marsai Martin Set to Become Youngest Executive Producer in Hollywood History
Marsai Martin, a star from Black-ish, will become the youngest executive producer in a major motion picture film in Hollywood history. Her film Little, in which she co-stars and produced, will allow her to hold this record.
Read More#MissingDCGirls Finally Caught People’s Attention, but How Do You Bring Them Home?
From: The Root Written By: Yesha Callahan In the article “#MissingDCGirls Finally Caught People’s Attention, but How Do You Bring Them Home?,” senior editor Yesha Callahan writes about the increasing number of African American teens that have been disappearing from the Washington D.C. area since February. Furthermore, she points to the lack of police efforts in addressing…
Read More‘Proof of Life’ Video Shows Some of Chibok, Nigeria’s Kidnapped Girls
See the video in which parents saw their children for the first time in two years.
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