USC ‘25 // Creator/Editor of #1 Amazon Bestseller "Black Girl, White School: Thriving, Surviving and No, You Can't Touch My Hair" // Activist // she/her
Inspiring start to my day thanks to @ColsSchForGirls Alumni Association for featuring the powerful @oliviavgclarke who authored, with contributors, Black Girl, White School:... https://t.co/ROZTcoLk3r important read for BIPOC in PWIs and white people to be better allies
As the final college acceptance letters I'm waiting on arrive next week I thought I'd ask current college students and adults: What were the main factors you used to make your decision?
#students#education#college#highereducation#teachers
For all you history buffs: the desk in my West Wing office was constructed by the @USNavy out of reclaimed materials from the USS Constitution warship. On this day in 1794, President George Washington signed the Naval Act which authorized construction of the USS Constitution.
Inspired by pioneering Black women in STEM, Nia Asemota (@NYUTandon ’22) came up with the idea for the @BlackGirlsCode Coloring and Activity Book. "I wanted girls to have the opportunity to be empowered," she says: https://t.co/PkOM2uK0Lp
#WomensHistoryMonth
Black women are rarely recognized for the hard work they put in. It’s not just magic, they are the real thing.
Join us in celebrating their hard work and help level the playing field. #WePlayReal
🎙:@domfishback
Speaking up takes courage. Imagine being 10 yrs old & bravely making a contribution to your 5th grade history class on the topic of slavery. Then imagine being shut down by your teacher. This incident happened to my daughter, Iris, earlier this school year. She wrote about it. 1/
UNITY in the CommUNITY 🌐 AEG’s Tamala Lewis & @LAGalaxy legend @cobijones led a discussion with community leaders @oliviavgclarke, Jen Fenton & Tanya Monaghan on ways to continue the movement for change.
🎥 Highlights from @MB_Chamber’s recent event: https://t.co/NE6SFZeefA
This is what happens when they lose elections. Instead of trying to convince voters to vote for them based on a better vision for the future, they just try to get rid of voters they don’t like.
#blackgirlsmatter and while we all love to talk about how strong Black women are that strength is not an excuse to treat us like we are not humans with feelings and needs and vulnerabilities and needs. We deserve protection. We deserve respect and we deserve a childhood.
#blackgirlsmatter a thread: I've talked before in interviews about the adultification of Black girls.
A 9 year old girl having a mental health emergency was scolded for "acting like a child" and pepper sprayed by the police: https://t.co/2YmNY7WzNQ
Now this 9 year old girl has additional trauma forced upon her. Will this increase or decrease her suicidal thoughts? I'll give you two guesses but you'll only need one.