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08/08/11--08:28: Newsletter Signup (chan 1229237)

Sign up and receive BWW newsletter! * required Email Address: * First Name: * Last Name: * Newsletter by VerticalResponse


08/09/11--23:35: August and I have always had a unique relationship…. (chan 1229237)

August & I have always had a unique relationship, it is my very favorite month, yet the month my life has experienced the most intense drama. August with its 31 days is often hot (like I like it), but can be relentless with daily heat and no let up, it is a month full of Black history (from all our various places in the diasporas) both of celebration and outrage.


08/15/11--19:54: An Open Statement to the Fans of the Help by ABWH (chan 1229237)

Both versions of The Help also misrepresent African American speech and culture. Set in the South, the appropriate regional accent gives way to a child-like, over-exaggerated “black” dialect. In the film, for example, the primary character, Aibileen, reassures a young white child that, “You is smat, you is kind, you is important.” In the book, black women refer to the Lord as the “Law,” an irreverent depiction of black vernacular.


08/27/11--10:59: Women’s Equality Day (chan 1229237)

Today, the US is one of only seven countries in the world that has not yet ratified the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). One hundred eighty-seven countries have now ratified this international bill of rights for women, leaving the US in the company of Iran, Somalia, Sudan and three island countries in the South Pacific that have not yet done so. The United States is the only industrial and the only Western Hemisphere country that has not ratified CEDAW.


09/20/11--14:38: BWW goes to the White House (chan 1229237)

In just three days, a delegation of 18 Liberty Hill grantees, donor-activists and staff will meet with White House senior officials for a conversation about critical social justice issues — jobs, immigration, the environment, education and healthcare. Organized by the Courage Campaign, a Liberty Hill partner organization and grantee, we will join 100 others from California


11/08/11--17:05: End to HIV/AIDS – America’s Promise – Statement from Sec. of State Clinton (chan 1229237)

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Remarks on an AIDS-Free Generation Washington, D.C. Thank you, Francis, for that introduction—and Tony for those inspiring opening remarks.  It’s not easy to follow one of the top 20 federal employees of all time.  Government Executive magazine got it right.  That’s a richly deserved recognition, Tony. It is an ...


11/09/11--16:10: Victims speak out about North Carolina sterilization program, which targeted women, young girls and blacks (chan 1229237)

iddick’s records reveal that a five-person state eugenics board in Raleigh had approved a recommendation that she be sterilized. The records label Riddick as “feebleminded” and “promiscuous.” They said her schoolwork was poor and that she “does not get along well with others.” “I was raped by a perpetrator [who was never charged] and then I was raped by the state of North Carolina. They took something from me both times,” she said. “The state of North Carolina, they took something so dearly from me, something that was God given.”


12/05/11--17:24: Black Women for Wellness – 10 Day Challenge (chan 1229237)

Black Women for Wellness is in a fund raising mode: here is our 10 day challenge for you – each day we will ask you to take an action, make two phone call and share this challenge


12/06/11--15:37: Day two – membership drive (chan 1229237)

Make 2 Phone Calls Call your good friend, facebook friend, consistent followers on facebook – eating buddies, exercise workout crew – at least two of them to share with them the good news about Black Women for Wellness and encourage them to purchase a Black Women for Wellness membership.


12/07/11--17:27: Befuddled and Disappointed with Obama Administration stance on Plan B (chan 1229237)

Black Women for Wellness is shaking our head truly befuddled by the Kathryn Sebelius decision today placing politics over science. The director of HHS has thrown young women under the bus of the continuously rolling agenda of conservatives, despite clear indications from the Food & Drug Administration of the safety of Plan B.


01/20/12--22:12: BWW’s Executive Director – Liberty Hill’s 2012 Leader to watch (chan 1229237)

Black Women for Wellness is honored and delighted that our Executive Director Jan Robinson Flint was chosen as a leader to watch. Check out the video with Jan and the one below with the other leaders esteem and inspirational leaders.


01/23/12--23:40: Pollution tied to disease risk in L.A. black women (chan 1229237)

Many times when we think of tackling diabetes and obesity in the Black community, we automatically look at diet and exercise. However there has been research linking exposure to environmental toxins that lead to an increase risk of diabetes. Below is a report released on Reuters about pollutions effect on Los Angeles Black women.


01/31/12--16:56: This is my Black history not yours (chan 1229237)

Black history month is proof of America’s obsession with pacifist behavior. A sweet cyclic muse that we court each February, exploiting the notion that Black history is a subgenre of American history and therefore can be relegated to a month filled with partial truths -- one short, concentrated heritage month spent divulging stories that have been diluted due to an overwhelming feeling of White guilt. This guilt urges historians to hide the truth and tell only those heroic tales of Blackness suitable for their grandchildren’s ears. This is not my Black history.


02/01/12--16:45: Reproductive Justice and Black Women (chan 1229237)

In a world where Black women are still dehumanized and black women’s bodies have been used to perfect contraceptives, reproductive justice becomes an issue of fighting for humanity and protecting our wombs. Reproductive justice is about challenging images and ideas that portray black women as unfit mothers. Who can forget the billboards proclaiming that the most dangerous place for a Black child is in the womb? As a whole reproductive justice isn’t about giving women the choice to become mothers, it is also about giving mothers the tools they need to care for their children.


02/01/12--21:14: Reproductive Justice and Black Women: Real Issues (chan 1229237)

Reproductive Justice is more than having an abortion or not. It’s about a woman’s holistic well-being and her ability to make choices for her health and her life overall. For Black women, the fight for access to healthcare and birth control continues. Prenatal and perinatal care are also issues that are paramount to full reproductive ...


02/02/12--10:53: Skin Deep in more ways than one (chan 1229237)

“We asked the owners and the stylists what were the products that they were using? And from those products what we did was create a list of the top 10 chemicals … and then looked at the impact of those chemicals – because they’re toxins – on our health and well-being. Anytime you look at any statistics for Black women, you’ll find that we are at the top,” said Robinson-Flint.


02/16/12--11:18: We were mentioned on Tom Joyner Radio Show! (chan 1229237)

Check out Stephanie Robinson commentary on Black Hair products during the Tom Joyner Radio Show. Feb 16, 2012