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- Sep 8, 2016
- 2 min
10 Things To Know This Week
Photo: Inquiring Minds - Girls and STEM -Here, children take part in a science class, Washington, March 1942 #CosbyWatch: Bill Cosby's...
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blueprintny
- Aug 23, 2016
- 5 min
When the Silence Shatters: Post-Black Women's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Reflections f
“The fact that we are here and that [we] speak these words is an attempt to break that silence and bridge some of those differences...
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blueprintny
- Aug 18, 2016
- 4 min
With Harp and Sword: Trauma, Survivorship, and Reproductive Health
“I have been in sorrow’s kitchen and licked out all the pots, then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp...
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blueprintny
- Aug 18, 2016
- 4 min
Not Having It: Nate Parker and the False Choice for Black Women
As college students head back to school, the media and social media are abuzz with daily news about filmmaker Nate Parker and his college...
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blueprintny
- Aug 12, 2016
- 6 min
Post-Truth and Reconciliation Commission: The Sacred-Political Lives of Black Women Survivors of Rap
Photo Credit: Maybelline McCoy “we need a god who bleeds now a god whose wounds are not some small male vengeance some pitiful concession...
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blueprintny
- Aug 10, 2016
- 3 min
Sexual Abuse and Power: Disabled Black Girls' Positions In the World
“And she looks clean” This is what was said to me by a male teacher who thought I was attractive. I was 13 years old, in special...
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blueprintny
- Aug 3, 2016
- 5 min
Black Women, Don’t Forget Your Names
In that jail it was nothing to see a woman brought in all beat up. In some cases, the only charge was “resisting arrest.” A Puerto Rican...
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blueprintny
- Jul 25, 2016
- 10 min
‘We are Pregnant With Freedom’
Black Feminist Reflections from Goree Island, The Reproductive Potentials of the Middle Passage Waters, and the Trans-Atlantic Slave...
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blueprintny
- Jul 24, 2016
- 6 min
The Story of Black Women and the Economy in the U.S.
The war on poverty has been fought by Black women in the United States for centuries, beginning with their resistance to the wholesale...
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blueprintny
- Jul 23, 2016
- 1 min
10 things to know this week
1) JULY 29, 2016 2:00 pm - To Protect and Serve: Understanding Cop Culture and the Clash with The Idea That Black Lives Matter webinar...
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blueprintny
- Jun 28, 2016
- 6 min
Recanting Rape: Incidents in The Lives of Modern Black Girls
As the school year comes to a close and our children and youth prepare to spend their summer at camp or neighborhood swimming pools, at...
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blueprintny
- May 2, 2016
- 4 min
Black Women Lead a Truth and Reconciliation Commission on U.S. Rapes
Rarely is gender and violence against women considered when the plight of people of African descent are addressed. The Black Women’s...
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blueprintny
- May 2, 2016
- 1 min
A Reckoning: What Black Men Said About Black Women
#politics #conflict #TruthCommission
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blueprintny
- May 1, 2016
- 1 min
A Reckoning Is Still Needed: What White Feminists Are Saying About Race
#Feminism #WhiteFeminist
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blueprintny
- Jan 26, 2016
- 4 min
A Rainbow In Her Cloud: A Lesson In Sisterhood On A Ride to Oklahoma City
In 2009, at the New Jersey Governor’s Conference for Women in Atlantic City, I sat under the sound of one of most beautiful voices I had...
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blueprintny
- Jan 26, 2016
- 5 min
Reflections on the Black Women's Blueprint Justice Ride to Oklahoma City
Twelve members of Black Women's Blueprint traveled to Oklahoma City - ten of us by van - to show support for the survivors of former...
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blueprintny
- Jan 15, 2016
- 11 min
A Warrior Among Us: How One Black Woman's Fight for Justice Is Influencing the Nation
The morning after an all-white jury recommended ex-cop, and now-convicted rapist Daniel Holtzclaw to receive 263 years in prison,...
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blueprintny
- Jan 11, 2016
- 1 min
What Does Justice Look Like to Black Women?
A chance to speak A chance to shout A chance to be recognized, considered, telling you what it's all about. Not your conclusions Not your...
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blueprintny
- Nov 30, 2015
- 4 min
I Am Dee Barnes: The Importance Of Sisterhood And Holding Famous Black Men Accountable
I was only about 5 years old when N.W.A. ruled the airwaves. I vaguely remember hearing their records on the bus rides to and from school...
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