I am changing the things I cannot accept.
VOL 22 - THURSDAY, AUGUST 27
Today’s issue is guest edited by Ijeoma S. Nwatu, Managing Editor at HerAgenda.com and freelance writer.
Today, August 26 marks 164 days since Breonna Taylor’s murder and 70 days left until Election Day. This month, we’ve watched back-to-back national conventions, and the continued witness of the death and injuries of Black lives at the hands of police brutality and injustice (Jacob Blake survived but is paralyzed from the waist down). We’ve witnessed more lies and drama in the White House and in our government. One might say that we are experiencing what is called surge capacity: a collection of adaptive systems — mental and physical — that humans draw on for short-term survival in acutely stressful situations, such as natural disasters.
With this said, we often find ourselves having more check-ins with ourselves and implementing more simplicity practices to give ourselves more grace, space, and understanding that we are still having issues accepting the “new normal.”
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We’re always a proponent for the women that blazed a trail for us to follow. Check out this timeline of Black women who paved the way for Democratic VP candidate Kamala Harris.
Senator Louise Lucas, the first Black woman to serve as Virginia’s Senate Pro Tempore, and other NAACP members were recently charged with conspiracy to commit a felony and felony injury to a monument after a Confederate statue was pulled down. ABSURD!
Check out WOMANISH, a fun interactive visual art networking experience designed to break the stereotypes of what defines womanhood.
Dana Delane-Williams is the first Black woman founder of an online K-12 virtual school.
Congrats to interim Girl Scouts CEO Judith Batty!
Check out Sports Journalist Cari Champion’s leadership program, Brown Girls Dream: a catalyst for the next generation of badass women of color between the ages of 18-27. Cari’s program pairs mentees to mentors in entertainment, sports, and the arts through an informal support system.
A historic African American cemetery in Montgomery, AL will be restored, however, the fight continues to to save Black cemeteries across the nation.
Learn how you can support “We Dream in Black,” an alliance committed to building the political power and visibility of Black domestic workers across the diaspora.
August marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment to the constitution, granting women the right to vote. As Zora contributor Iris Kim writes in her article “A Non-Whitewashed History of the 19th Amendment and Women’s Right to Vote,”
Celebrating the centennial as a liberation for all women would be a disservice to the women of color who were often shunned and discounted by the White leaders of the women’s suffrage movement.
Therefore, we honor and celebrate:
Sojourner Truth: a leading activist against slavery and for women’s rights who will be honored with a statue in Central Park.
Ida B. Wells-Barnett: co-founded the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs in Chicago, and founded the Alpha Suffrage Club, one of Chicago’s most important suffragist organizations to engage Black voters and field Black candidates in elections. Her portrait is now on display in Union Station in Washington, DC.
Mary Church Terrell: co-founded the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs and founded the National Association of University Women, which promotes fellowship among professional women.
Mary B. Talbert: co-founder of the Phyllis Wheatley Club and served as president of the National Association of Colored Women, which she transformed into a nationwide organization.
Nannie Helen Burroughs: co-founded the National Association of Colored Women, and the Women’s Auxiliary of the National Baptist Convention, an organization of more than 1 million women that she led in support of women’s suffrage.
Frances E.W. Harper: a founding member of the American Woman Suffrage Association.
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin: co-founded the Women’s Era Club, one of the first public service clubs for Black women that advocated for Black voting rights and other civil rights issues.
Harriet Forten Purvis: founder of the biracial Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society and a key member of the National Woman Suffrage Association.
Mary Ann Shadd Cary: the first Black woman in North America to publish a newspaper and was one of the 600 people who signed a petition arguing for women’s right to vote.
Daisy Elizabeth Adams Lampkin: national organizer and chair of the executive board for the National Association for Colored Women who is credited for harnessing the power of Black voters and activists under the umbrella of the NAACP in the 1930s and 1940s.
100 years later, the fight continues as Black women and women of color are leading some of the most transformative work across the country. Fighting for fair elections and against voter suppression is a must for the next 70 days. Here are the causes we are supporting and find out how you can register to be a poll worker this Election Day.
Donate to Fair Fight Action, founded by Stacey Abrams and fighting for free and fair elections
Donate to Black Voters Matter, a group working to register Black voters and help them vote
Don’t forget to sign up for "Let’s Get This Work(out)!”
Join us for a virtual full body workout with NASM Certified Personal Trainer Zadia Murphy. This will be a total body work out with emphasis on booty building and core strength exercises. There will be lots of sweat, fun, and a little bit of education sprinkled in this hour of self-care and self-discovery.
Who: NASM Certified Personal Trainer Zadia Murphy
What: Full body virtual workout
When: Saturday, August 29 at 11am-12pm EST
Where: Zoom (link will be sent via email)
Cost: $12
We’re proud to reach a new milestone: walking five miles a day, five days a week. We recently came across GirlTrek's new Black History Bootcamp - Acts of Resistance Edition.
During the month of August, GirlTrek is encouraging women to walk through Black history together, celebrating the powerful acts of resistance each day through a walking challenge. When you sign up, you’ll receive an inspiring Black history story, email, a playlist, and a secret code to join a fun phone conversation with thousands of women during your solo walk to keep going. GirlTrek is free and open to everyone. Join us and let us know what you think!
Dr. Peggy Brooks-Bertram started The Harris Letters Project, a letter campaign to show support and uplift Democratic VP nominee, Kamala Harris. Dr. Brooks-Bertram believes that we can demonstrate the power of women’s written words to help VP nominee Kamala Harris soar to new political heights. As Black women and women of color, we are all that we have to help inspire, influence and encourage. As Dr. Brooks-Bertram says, it serves all of us as women to see her rise.
Email your letters by next Monday, August 31 to pbertram@gmail.com.
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