SistersTestify
@SistersTestify
We find + engage signatories of the '91 African American Women in Defense of Ourselves proclamation supporting #AnitaHill. Exploring #race + #gender narratives.
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Check out this letter from @delidacostin, founder of Sisters Testify, to other signatories of #AfricanAmericanWomeninDefenseofOurselves. In 2019 we're finding new ways to foster connections among signatories and amplify your stories. Please read + share! bit.ly/2U5qgta
Maya Moore Left Basketball. A Prisoner Needed Her Help. nyti.ms/2IY5k4y
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Maya Moore Left Basketball. A Prisoner Needed Her Help. (Published 2019)
Moore, a W.N.B.A. star, said she wanted to translate social justice talk into action. Now she is on a sabbatical this season trying to help free a man she believes was wrongly convicted.
The Free Black Women’s Library in Los Angeles hopes to cultivate an appreciation for black female writers and a safe space for communities of color. Yes! 📚 lat.ms/2YnygZk
"The shift from #sexualharassment of white women to African-American women indicates that harassers are conscious of power relationships, and choose to target more vulnerable women in their workplaces." bit.ly/2RBsdh7
Its that time of year again, @uncpressblog is offering 40% off their books with the code 01DAH40. You can grab Remaking Black Power in hard or paperback for the cheap! buff.ly/2X3gTA8
This month’s reparations hearings would not be possible without Audley “Queen Mother” Moore, the founder of the modern reparations movement. wapo.st/2IFwtt5
Lawmakers passed sweeping anti-harassment legislation that supporters said would make New York’s laws among the most robust in the nation. #sexualharassment #MeToo nyti.ms/2L9kc1P
“The Pieces I Am” documentary offers a dividend yielded by her achievements and her years on the earth: the profound pleasure of Toni Morrison's company. nyti.ms/31LmfPu
Was proud to spend part of my Juneteenth with workers trying to organize a union at Mount Sinai Hospital in Chicago @SEIUhciimk @SEIU @WorkingFamilies
No African American has won statewide office in Mississippi in 129 years – here's why theconversation.com/no-african-ame… via @ConversationUS
"...What we want from our leaders is for someone or someone(s) to step up and say, 'What happened in 1991, what happened in 2018, will never happen again.'” ~Anita Hill, interviewed in NYT. nyti.ms/2Knrqzs
Playwright Lydia R. Diamond's new Off Broadway play, “Toni Stone,” aims to correct the injustice that Stone isn’t as culturally ubiquitous as Robinson, Paige or Larry Doby, the first black player in the American League. nyti.ms/2KRlBd5
Anita Hill called for a greater recognition of gender-based violence in the political sphere, and stronger leadership on the issue. nyti.ms/2WDILpB
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Anita Hill at the New Rules Summit: Leaders Have to Step Up (Published 2019)
Dozens of leaders gathered at the New Rules Summit, an annual New York Times conference, to explore the challenges women face in the workplace.
“… I am here because in 1991, under the glare of intense political scrutiny and media scrutiny, I shared more of the whole of what it’s like to be a woman, to be black, and to be a black woman facing sexual harassment.” #AnitaHill at Wellesley College bit.ly/2ZmdfOq
#MeToo founder Tarana Burke and writer Jamilah Lemieux in conversation about R. Kelly, Chicago, and sexual violence. bit.ly/31mKCTb
Overview of how the Combahee River Collective laid the groundwork in the 1970s for intersectional black feminism. wbur.fm/2KKBPEZ
So Joe Biden’s wife thinks that Anita Hill should accept her husband’s non-apology, Clarence Thomas’ wife thinks Anita owes him one, and Barbara Boxer dismissively says that certain people will never be satisfied. Well, under these terms, I guess not...
Jill Biden says “it’s time to move on” from her husband’s role in the heinous treatment of Anita Hill in 91. New ep of @IMKC_podcast examines whose place it is to determine when gender-based harms can be forgiven & on what terms. (bit.ly/intersectional…) @sandylocks @kate_manne
My message to Khloe: thank you for showing us that you don’t need a big title to make a big difference. Your hard-work and compassion in assisting the homeless in Los Angeles is an inspiration to us all. msn.com/en-us/video/be…
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