PinnedPublished in(Un)Hidden VoicesWhat Does Solidarity Really Mean?Lessons from Black Women teachers and activists1h ago1h ago
PinnedPublished in(Un)Hidden VoicesDear White Men, Never lecture Black women on the n-wordThis post is written in response to a Facebook post written by Frank Sommerville, a White television anchor, who complained that his Black…Feb 21, 20211Feb 21, 20211
Published in(Un)Hidden VoicesWe Survive No Matter the Results of the Election 2020Maya Angelou said, ‘You should be angry. You must not be bitter. Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. It doesn’t do anything…Oct 22, 2020Oct 22, 2020
Published in(Un)Hidden VoicesTo the Doctors Collecting Uteruses: My Grandma Said, “Every Goodbye Ain’t Gone.”When I was a little girl, my grandmother used to have this saying, “every goodbye ain’t gone.” She said it to wisely let us know that just…Sep 23, 2020Sep 23, 2020
Published in(Un)Hidden VoicesDon’t Say, “Black Panther died” Say He Returned to the Ancestors InsteadYesterday, we received the news that Chadwick Boseman, the actor who played Black Panther, passed away due to colon cancer. Since then…Aug 29, 2020Aug 29, 2020
Published in(Un)Hidden VoicesDear Kamala Harris: Be Audacious Like Fannie Lou HamerYesterday morning, I listened to Kamala Harris, the Vice Presidential Nominee, credit Joe Biden for having the audacity to select her, a…Aug 15, 2020Aug 15, 2020
Published in(Un)Hidden Voices“What I call the Black question is where you going, where you’re coming from?” Episode 8 TranscriptAaminah Norris: Recently I sat for a conversation with my cousin Sharn who is my mom’s first cousin. He’s my Aunt Boo’s youngest son. Aunt…Aug 13, 2020Aug 13, 2020
Published in(Un)Hidden VoicesStudy for the People ‘Little Sister’:: Six Valuable Lessons from Kwame Toure (AKA Stokely…I am a Black woman activist educator whose experience as a child of Civil Rights activists influences my work and my commitment to…Aug 4, 2020Aug 4, 2020
Published in(Un)Hidden VoicesNo More “Distance Learning”: Create Collective Learning InsteadTo survive the threat to our health and safety caused by reopening schools during a global pandemic, let’s rely on Black women educators…Jul 25, 2020Jul 25, 2020
Published in(Un)Hidden VoicesBecoming An Antiracist: Six Steps You Can Take Toward Making Black Lives MatterBlack Americans experience, “a terror relayed not by the dogs, hoses, and bombs in the new South of the sixties, but by the near…Jul 9, 20203Jul 9, 20203