Black Pearls Society

The Black Pearls Society, a sisterhood created to nurture, train, & sustain the culture of the strong Black woman in generations of women of all ages.

[Black Mamas Matter Alliance @BlkMamasMatter]

We're excited to kick off our 6th annual Black Maternal Health Week (#BMHW23) campaign tomorrow, 4/11! Check out what’s to come by visiting our website https://t.co/wNySi7CTsS. Don’t forget to download our social media toolkit https://t.co/sVQ6WEJyVE to help you engage!

[Karen A Scott MD MPH FACOG @RJEpiOBWarrior]

There is NO birthing hospital in the U.S. mandated to address obstetric racism as an adverse event that violates obstetric quality & patient safety. There are also no more excuses. Tell us how much you truly care about Black lives & livelihoods.
A 4/8/2022 🧵
#EndObstetricRacism

[Black Pearls Society @BlackPearlsGSO]

Where does the Tennessee House Speaker actually live?, by @JuddLegum https://t.co/4bKX1DhJuJ

[Black Pearls Society @BlackPearlsGSO]

Negroes died because they were inferior, and they were inferior because they died. “It is not in the conditions of life, but in the race traits and tendencies that we find the causes of excessive mortality,” he resolved,
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[Crystal T. Dixon🇯🇲 @Mrs_Dixon9]

Environmental racism is linked to infertility & infant mortality. We are in this fight together.

Save the Date! #BMHW23
#infantmortality #maternalhealth #community #publichealth #healthdisparities #healthinequities #systemicracism #policy #systemschange

[Black Pearls Society @BlackPearlsGSO]

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Realizan el Primer Festival Indígena de Hip Hop Nativo en Asheville https://t.co/KFGahQgfiK via @EnlaceLatinoNC

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Gender wage gap widens even as low-wage workers see strong gains: Women are paid roughly 22% less than men on average https://t.co/csNe2sSLjA via @economicpolicy

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Jeopardy:Verbalize (feat. Snoop Dogg) https://t.co/H8RFL4AFdg via @YouTube

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Carroll County Public Schools Board of Education: Education for All Students https://t.co/gqiPiEDMGe via @Change

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Thank You Dr. Hawkins Brown!

[Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum @CHBMuseum]

Today marks 62 years since the passing of Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown. Folks wishing to pay their respects are welcome to visit the gravesite of Dr. Brown here on campus. We've placed a memorial wreath to mark the occasion.

[Black Girl Nerds @BlackGirlNerds]

Queen Nanny: Jamaica's Military Strategist and Hero https://t.co/ShTDODeLcR

[Black Girl Geeks @BlackGirlGeeks]

Rosa Parks: The Radical Woman We Never Knew https://t.co/aX9xVWsUtC

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Charlene Mitchell, who became the first Black woman to run for the White House as the Communist Party’s presidential nominee in 1968, died on Dec. 14. She was 92. https://t.co/a9ouKl9WAr

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[Angel Jones, PhD @AngelJonesPhD]

Stop using…

1) BIPOC or POC when you really mean Black people.
2) Colorism as a palatable replacement for anti-Blackness.
3) Implicit bias to mask explicit racism.

What would you add to the list?

[Black Pearls Society @BlackPearlsGSO]

@DrACrosbyEllis And they make the bar a much better place!

[Black Pearls Society @BlackPearlsGSO]

The blocking of the Crown Act says a lot about how this country feels about Black women.