Sharaya Tindal Wiesendanger In the Last 5 days.... A coroner slid a Black woman’s dead body into a morgue’s cold chambers because she refused to succumb to the fragile ego of a man or his desperate need to be loved and seen. This week, the country found out a beloved teacher, mother and community member, Aisha Fraser Mason, was stabbed to death as savagely as she had been beaten four years earlier by the same assailant – her ex-husband, disgraced former Cuyahoga County Common

Sharaya Tindal Wiesendanger A week has gone by since the 2018 midterms took place. State to state, Black women came up big winners. From sea to shining sea, Black women ran for office and in many cases, were the first Black women ever to win their elected office. Starting in the most liberal of states, Ayanna Pressley in Massachusetts is the first African-American congresswoman-elect in the state. Former educator and national teacher of the year, Jahana Hayes will be the fi

“For to survive in the mouth of this dragon we call america, we have had to learn this first and most vital lesson – that we were never meant to survive. Not as human beings…Black or not.” – Audre Lorde, Transformation of Silence into Language and Action, Sister Outsider (1984) Black Women’s Blueprint unequivocally stands with the survivor who is going by Anna Chambers, as she speaks her truth and as she fights for justice and accountability from the two NYPD Police Officers

Girls Create Girls Create Drop In Program is a safe place where teenage girls can be themselves after a long day of school. It is an opportunity to bond and fellowship with other young ladies within an empowering environment. The program provides youth development opportunities that will help the girls to learn and grow within a positive place. Girls Create Drop In Program is an wonderful experience where teenage girls can participate in a fun, educational, and safe activitie

​1.  Visioning Resistance: a Black Feminist Call to Action TONIGHT:  Black Women’s Blueprint invites you to our monthly member meeting tonight at 6:30pm.  Tonight we will be creating a blueprint for resistance that honors all of the expressions of Blackness and the many identities that will be impacted under the new presidential regime.  We will be envisioning answers to the following questions How will we resist? How do we envision black feminism creating revolution inside o

1. You must let the pain visit. 2. You must allow it teach you 3. You must not allow it overstay. (Three routes to healing) - Ijeoma Umebinyuo, Questions for Ada Photo source: http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/young-black-woman-on-wooden-boat-dock-she-looks-stock-video-footage/472903806 You are precious. They will never say this enough to you, Black girl. I say it neither to erase what’s been hard nor to ignore the reasons you don't believe you are but to give you somet