News - Black Women for Wellness

Bring a Brother to Breakfast June 14th 2019

AWARDEES AMISTAD AWARD RYAN SMITTH For support and contributions to our community CHAMPION AWARD JAMES WOODSON For exceptional commitment to our community and justice CHAMPION AWARD KEVIN COSNEY For exceptional commitment to our community and justice SOLDIER AWARD JASON MITCHELL For distinctive devotion and dedication to the community WARRIOR AWARD JB AFOH-MANIN For Outstanding Leadership…

Brave, Bold, Black Futurism – 2016 Reproductive Justice Conference Debrief

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The Wangari Maathai Environmental Justice Award Presented to Martha Dina Argüello

Every Step We Take: Martha Dina Argüello Honored for Making Strides in Global Environmental Justice Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable… Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals. – Martin Luther King Jr. Black Women for Wellness (BWW) is honoring Martha…

Ruha Benjamin – Healing Space Stations @ BWW Reproductive Health Conference 2015

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BWW goes to the White House

Jan Robinson Flint, the Executive Director of Black Women for Wellness is on her way….Check out Liberty Hill’s President Kafi D. Blumenfield message below about the trip: 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…

Black Women for Wellness – International Women's Day 2014 – Honoring Female Icons

Date: March 8, 2014 (Saturday) 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Location: Los Angeles Turner Center 8946 Sepulveda Eastway Los Angeles CA 90045 [divider] Join us as we celebrate these influential female icons. Wangari Muta Mathaai Wangari Muta Mathaai, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004, was a Kenyan human rights and environmental justice advocate best…

Racist billboards come to Oakland. WTF.

Written by our friends at Asians Communities for Reproductive Justice… By Dana Ginn Paredes I live in the Fruitvale, a mostly Latin@ neighborhood in Oakland. I love this city and fall in love with it every morning as I ride my bike down Foothill Boulevard toward downtown. I ride through mothers walking their children to…

This is my Black history not yours

From Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice Blog This is my Black history, not yours by Shanelle Matthews, Communications Manager [dropcap]Black[/dropcap]Women Writers— a timeless book that lays perched on my teeming bookshelf, tattered pages strewn with notes, insignificant to the naked eye. This critical evaluation of Black literary brilliance, that assesses the works of women like…

Oakland Effect: Caution should be used when using the word 'genocide'

By Scott Johnson Oakland Tribune Posted: 02/20/2011 12:00:00 AM PST This is an excerpt from reporter Scott Johnson’s blog, which focuses on the impact of violence and trauma on the community. Go to www.oaklandeffect.com for updates on his reporting. Feb. 17: Walter Hoye is an African-American anti-abortion activist and minister, who lives in Union City. Lately,…

ED STATEMENT – Black Women for Wellness calls for a real apology and yes answer the question

For Immediate Release March 29, 2017 Contact: Amy Lebowitz, Camino PR 212.255.2575 / amy@caminopr.com Black Women for Wellness calls for a real apology and yes answer the question Statement from Black Women for Wellness LOS ANGELES — Yesterday, Bill O’Reilly commented about Rep. Maxine Waters (D – CA) as she provided political analysis: “I didn’t…