Via FMF. Recap and Photo Diary: Our Favorite Moments from the FMF’s #InternActivism2014 Briefing Published: July 28, 2014 Our DC intern team hosted a briefing, “From Passion To Progress,” to discuss how to put a women’s rights agenda into action.
#JusticeForJada: We Took Over the #JadaPose Hashtag To Stand Up for Survivors Everywhere Published: July 11, 2014 16-year old Texan Jada recently discovered that photos of her unconscious body went viral on Twitter and Instagram after she was drugged and raped at a party with her high school peers. So we stood up for survivors everywhere on our own social media accounts.
Via Act4Accountability. Get Into It: Rally At The Nigerian Embassy to #BringBackOurGirls! Published: July 10, 2014 On Monday, 90 days will have passed since almost 300 Nigerian girls were kidnapped by Boko Haram. Activists are gathering to make it clear that it’s been too long.
#WhyWeCantWait: How We Can Create Safe Spaces for Black Women, And Why We Need To Published: June 23, 2014 Each day, I wake up as a black woman; neither my womanhood nor my blackness takes precedent. So, why am I constantly being forced to choose between the two, and why are the issues that affect me as a black woman constantly being ignored?
