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VOL 33 - THURSDAY, MARCH 11
#NoteddTribe, it has been a week, right? On top of still trying to work through this new normal a year later, we're going through that emotional rollercoaster again — just during this week alone.
We hosted our first Tribe Talk and released the replay of our Building Your Professional Trifecta mentorship event. We witnessed the heartbreaking turmoil Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, and their family faced due to the royal family and the firm's mistreatment. The final COVID relief bill was approved and passed in the House. And we're enjoying this beautiful sunny, nearly 70-degree weather!
It is only Thursday, right? While we try to figure out why it's felt like two weeks in one, we've got the news we've Notedd for you and the honorable mentions to try this weekend!
Enjoy and, as always, #staynotedd!
Marcia Fudge is officially confirmed to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), becoming the first Black woman in more than 40 years.
Maia Chaka becomes NFL's 1st Black female official.
Learn more about the Stacey Abrams effect in the recent issue of Marie Claire.
Former first lady Michelle Obama, NASA's first Black female engineer Katherine Johnson, and PepsiCo's first female CEO Indra Nooyi will all be inducted in this year's National Women's Hall of Fame.
While a new report shows how significantly anti-Asian hate crimes have increased in the US (nearly 150% since 2020), incomplete data remains a prime issue on how to combat the financial-economic disparities that Asian and Pacific Islander women face.
Believe Black women when they say they have been harmed.
That's it, that's the message.
We're huge fans of Anti-Racism Daily, a daily newsletter centered around news, actions, and education to end racism in your community, office, or university. Founder Nicole Cardoza curates the top resources you need to dismantle white supremacy, including ways to get educated, take action, and stay informed from previous issues.
In the recent newsletter "Believe Black Women," Nicole covered the March 7 tell-all interview with Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, and Oprah Winfrey. If you did not catch it or plan to watch it this weekend, Prince Harry and Meghan shared their experiences stepping down as senior members of the royal family and starting a new life in California. Out of the media covering this heartbreaking tell-all, we found Nicole's newsletter to resonate the most with us.
We don't have to wait for breaking news to find examples of racism against Black women, though. Meghan Markle bravely named the same kind of fear, guilt, and shame that many Black people have experienced at their offices or dinner parties or while buying groceries or meeting their significant other's family.
As we listened to what Meghan dealt with and experienced during those years of pain, ridicule, and absolute racism, it sparked for us the similar blatant mistreatment of what many Black people, particularly Black women, face on a daily basis — just as Nicole states above.
Read more of Nicole's post by visiting the link below. Also, please share your thoughts with us on how you felt watching the interview. We’d love to host a dialogue around this topic if interested!
Nicole’s post references suicidal ideation. If you are in need of support, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Another Notedd favorite is The 19th, an independent, nonprofit newsroom reporting at the intersection of gender, politics, and policy. In a recent newsletter, The 19th reflected on 12 months of stories — about single mothers, nurses, teachers, and so many more — that detail the disproportionate ways women, people of color, and LGBTQ+ people have been impacted by the coronavirus.
Despite the continued effort to invoke that the Tuskegee syphilis study is the main reason why Black Americans are not interested in the vaccine, data shows that it's only a fraction of importance or not even a factor at all. It's the stark health care barriers and mental health disparities that are affecting communities of color. Studies show that while Black people were twice as "wary" of participating in research, compared to white people, they were equally willing to actually participate.
This is the very reason that led Los Angeles–based CNN correspondent Stephanie Elam to join the vaccine trial in December 2020 and share her experience, as a Black woman, with the network's broader audience.
Hopefully, the recently announced plan to offer $250 million in federal grants to organizations will, in fact, close the racial gap in the nation's pandemic response.
Owner and designer Dionna Dorsey launched District of Clothing in 2014 as a lifestyle brand encouraging progression, inspiring action, and supporting self-love. Featured in Essence, Black Enterprise, and Forbes, District of Clothing is "for the sideline rejectors who awake with passion for progress and desire to make their dreams reality."
Shop their WFH sale or grab an item from our favorite line of theirs: Trust Black Women!
Take your next socially distanced game night to new heights with these Black-owned culture games. Whether you're hosting a virtual game night, or socially distancing with your crew, open a bottle and play one of these games with your friends and family.
It's that time of year again where we Spring Forward! This weekend, we will set our clocks ahead one hour.
Although it's intended to save energy and make better use of daylight, CNN reports that Daylight Savings Time is often forgotten, costing folks to accidentally sleep in or wake up less rested than they would have hoped.
Thus, doctors suggest preparing at least a week in advance. Although we missed that timeframe, you can still incorporate these tips to avoid sleeping in or waking up on what might feel like the "wrong side of the bed:"
Three days in advance: Start shifting the time you go to sleep and wake up by 20 minutes earlier each night and morning.
The night before: It's still not too late to get your seven hours of sleep — two options are to go to bed half an hour early and sleep in half an hour or go to bed an hour early.
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