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Designer Melody Ehsani’s Latest Collection Honors ‘Black Women in Defiance’
Thomas Waller for Yahoo! finance Designer Melody Ehsani has joined forces with “I Support Black Women” campaign founder Trinice McNally, Black Women Radicals founder Jaimee Swift and national media organization Breakthrough to launch the “Black Women in Defiance” charm bracelet. The bracelet honors 10 Black women activists and historical figures from the U.S., Latin America,…
Read MoreForbes.com: Meet The Black Queer And Trans Women Making History With Radical Approaches Toward Nonprofit Work
“What we don’t see, what we don’t hear, we cannot humanize,” she said. To that end, Lewis explained that without charity through the lens of humanity, our most vulnerable populations will remain so. Reid, Pauleanna, “Meet The Black Queer And Trans Women Making History With Radical Approaches Toward Nonprofit Work,” Forbes.com, March 30, 2022, https://www.forbes.com/sites/pauleannareid/2022/03/30/meet-the-black-queer-and-trans-women-making-history-with-radical-approaches-toward-nonprofit-work/
Read MoreOur Stories in Vivid Color: Black Histories and Futures
Are you a storyteller? A social justice warrior? In this dynamic conversation hosted by the LA County Library, Breakthrough President & CEO Nakisha M. Lewis speaks with Brittany Armstrong and Lauren Stockmon Brown about how Black women and girls are driving culture change, and how their histories and futures intersect with queer, disabled, and diasporic…
Read MoreJustice for Black Girls Means EveryBlackGirl 2021 Virtual Conference with Nakisha M. Lewis, 2021 Legacy Award Recipient
Justice for Black Girls in collaboration with EveryBlackGirl Inc, presented their 2021 Virtual conference on Sunday, October 31, 2021. Among those honored was Nakisha M. Lewis, with the 2021 Legacy Award.
Read MoreWorkers Seek Power in New Labor Movements: Interview with Nakisha M. Lewis, New President & CEO of Breakthrough | BNC News
As the IATSE labor strike loomed closer, Breakthrough’s new President and CEO Nakisha Lewis sat down with BNC’s “AMplified with Aisha Mills” to discuss Breakthrough’s work, the new labor movements, and how our work is all connected towards greater equity, solidarity, and respect.
Read MoreInter-generational Conversations on Organizing for Gender Equality with Breakthrough’s Amani Jiu and Priya Kvam | Gender At Work
GENDER AT WORK PODCAST | THU JULY 1 2021 On the eve of the Generation Equality Forum (GEF) in Paris, Aruna Rao and Joanne Sandler – veterans of the 1995 Beijing conference – have an intergenerational talk with three young activists: Natalia Escruceria Price, an independent consultant formerly with JASS and Priya Kvam and Amani Jui…
Read MoreCulture and Social Change with Breakthrough’s Darnell Moore | Skoll.org
Darnell Moore, Breakthrough U.S. board member in conversation with American broadcast journalist Ray Suarez. Darnell is an award-winning writer and activist, a leader in the Movement for Black Lives, and a tireless advocate for justice and liberation. He is co-managing editor of The Feminist Wire and the author of No Ashes in the Fire. His writings…
Read MoreMeet The Unsung Heroes of the #MeToo Movement: ‘It’s Powerful to Be Honored’
Long before the “#MeToo era” was given a name, activists worked tirelessly with and for survivors of sexual violence to make change and help people heal Since it took off in 2017, the #MeToo movement has provided people with the opportunity to speak out and condemn gender-based violence and sexual misconduct. In the time since,…
Read MoreINFLUENCERS SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS ON TITLE X AND PLANNED PARENTHOOD’S IMPACT ON BLACK COMMUNITIES
Black community influencers, Maura Chanz, Andrea Lewis, Darnell Moore and Ashley Blaine Featherson sat down with Alencia Johnson, Director of Public Engagement at Planned Parenthood, to discuss the importance of sexual and reproductive services within the black community. Title X, the nation’s only birth control and reproductive health care program, is at risk of ending under…
Read MoreCASE STUDY: TARGETING MICRO COMMUNITIES
We partnered with Facebook to test how targeting micro-communities could build organic interest and offline connections. Powering Culture Change to End Campus Sexual Assault The campaign goal was to disrupt and transform the culture of sexual violence on campuses to make all students safer. By targeting students and people affiliated with universities through social media,…
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