Engaging Voters, Lifting Voices & Making Change. Our Sisters Civic Circle leaders work hard all year long. And now they’re ready to celebrate by sharing their JOY. From visiting the City of Lights to savoring the sweetness of sisterhood and embracing graduation triumphs, these leaders share what brought them JOY in 2023. Janice Robinson,…
T’is the season when caroling and holiday greetings are familiar refrains, sounding memories of yesterday. Beyond merry greetings, we welcome the rhythms and sensibilities of poetry to evoke passion and convey appreciation for the season, the future and the moment. Words that rhyme or not, they make a joyful noise to hopeful aspirations. Join us…
I will sprinkle my clear tears / on seeds and transplants and bulbs / and see my garden / push up
Artist unknown, source Pinterest. By Sister Lisa Muhammad. Come follow us through every line and every verse Where there’s no need to curse or rehearse, where it doesn’t matter who’s first… To where Mother Nature and Father Time bear the seeds of the Universe. Come with us to where the Earth is golden, bronze, deep…
Mary-Pat Hector, CEO of student and youth activist organization RISE says we must “raise our voices for ownership of our civic life.”
A lawsuit claims Abundant Birth Project is discriminatory because it grants stipends to Black and Pacific Islander moms in San Francisco.
In a new study, Black women who reported interpersonal racism in employment, housing, and interactions with police, had an estimated 38% increased risk of stroke compared to those who didn’t.
By Levi Perrin Andrea Hailey Andrea Hailey stares off into the distance recalling how it felt to watch her parents engage with voting rights. From driving voters to the polls to staffing the booths—from a young age she was keenly aware that the political rights given to her could be taken away. “I was born…
The nonprofit group focused on increasing representation in STEM hopes to get two million Black girls to pursue STEM careers by 2050.
A new report dispels medical assumptions that Black women are afraid to participate in clinical trials. Instead, they aren’t being asked. “Black people in clinical trials.” That’s not a phrase you hear very often. In fact, the media has often said Black folks are afraid to participate in clinical trials because of historical medical mistreatment.…