What’s on Your Nightstand? BOLDERS in the Media Black Girls Guide to Surviving Menopause – August 19 Episode The podcast is an intergenerational space for BIPOC women, especially those over 50. In this episode, our host, BOLDer connects with her inner 12 year old with the inner 12 year old of feminist writer, activist and journalist Mona Eltahawy…
statement from director Voting is one small part of what is necessary for all of us to do, I don’t need to say that to those who are reading this newsletter. Getting your membership and constituents to vote is the other part of what is necessary for us to all do. I don’t need to say that to you all…
The Black Power At Our Base: The Formation of SNCC In a year that will be difficult to compare politically to any other in our recent memory, many of us are focused on mobilizing for the upcoming U.S. election. As we do, we also reflect on the past and the urgent need for greater impact and lasting transformation. What we…
Starting at the center: A Conversation with Adaku Utah Adaku Utah, a National Trainer with BOLD, is an award-winning teacher, organizer, healer and ritual artist. Her work centers in movements for radical social change, with a focus on gender, reproductive, race, youth and healing justice. She has been recognized as a 2017 Essence Magazine Woke 100 Change Maker and is…
Our Collective Liberation Lies In The Land Our Collective Liberation Lies In The Land Courtesy of National Black Food and Justice Alliance As Indigenous and Black people navigating a year of toxic politics and a global pandemic, many have returned to practices that help ground us in where we come from — the land. Sitting, walking, and planting in our…
OCTOBER 2020 BOLD NEWSLETTER Voting Day Message: Statement from director Voting is one small part of what is necessary for all of us to do, I don’t need to say that to those who are reading this newsletter. Getting your membership and constituents to vote is the other part of what is necessary for us to all do. I don’t…
The Long, Disgraceful History of American Attackson Brown and Black Women’s Reproductive Systems Alleged medical abuses on immigrant women’s reproductive systems are as American as apple pie. Forced sterilization of poor women of color is an American tradition. Rightful public fury has followed allegations this week that hysterectomies were performed on numerous women imprisoned at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s…
OCTOBER 2020 THEBLACKWORKER.ORG Help us launch TheBlackWorker.org! ONE DC and National Employment Law Project have partnered together to bring the first-hand experiences of four Black workers about how the COVID-19 pandemic and unemployment compensation system in DC has impacted them, their families, and community. Alicia, B.J., Diego, and Leonard are Black workers in DC of varying ages, gender, employment, backgrounds,…