94% of Indigenous women in Seattle have been raped or coerced into sex. Murder is the 3rd leading cause of death for Indigenous women in the US. We will fight this injustice through media representation. #RJResolutions#MMIWG#MM2S#EndNTVGenocide#VAWA2019#SavannasAct#MeToo
BREAKING: A federal court permanently struck down a Trump administration policy gutting asylum protections for immigrants fleeing domestic violence and gang brutality.
This ruling is another defeat for the Trump administration’s all-out assault on the rights of asylum seekers.
I was able to successfully assist 5 asylum seekers - 2 unaccompanied minors, a mother and her 9 year old child, and a young man with a serious medical condition - into the United States.
.@UCLAFSPH invites junior faculty applications for the Jonathan and Karin Fielding Presidential Chair in Health Equity.
Applications are due Jan 31, 2019!!
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Took me years to deal with how I’d internalized this, and it still crops up on occasion. I’ve also been setting better boundaries for myself as part of this work.
I cannot fathom how the leadership at @UW can claim to support immigrants and POC, then turn around and fire 100 unionized laundry workers to save $3mil. The football coaches and @amcauce make about 1 mil each. (1/3)
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gooooob morning. i helped walk the small neighbor human. to the bus at the end of the street. i tried to get on with them. but was quickly denied. they know that with an education. i’d be too powerful
From @KateClancy Close to half of all women of color in academic sciences have recently felt unsafe in the workplace. Often skip professional events because they felt unsafe. @theNASciences#ScienceToo
Fellow WW who stand for equity, justice, and an end to white supremacy our job is to work to reach this 76%. I admit it’s frustrating and scary, but we need to collect our own.
@500womensci@Sea500WomenSci read this thread to learn about disparities in endometrial cancer from the incredible Dr.@KemiDoll including her work to eliminate this disparity.