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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 first Black woman to represent

PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY Call Your Member of Congress TODAY to Stop Family Separation and Protect Immigrant Survivors – Vote could be in the House TOMORROW!!! 1. Find your Congressional Representative here and Tell Them to Oppose the two pending “moderate” (sic) Immigration Bills that Harm Survivors of Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault The House of Representatives is expected to vote on two harmful immigration bills on Thursday, Please urge your Representatives to VOTE NO on:

Recently Bill Cosby made his first public appearance in over two years during an interview with SiriusXM, which conspicuously coincided with the beginning of the jury selection process for his trial set for June 5th. Allegations of sexual assault, lodged against Cosby by over 60 women, first publicly circulated in 2014. Cosby has since vehemently denied these allegations, despite admitting to offering Quaaludes to women prior to engaging in sexual relations with them. The sol

“What woman here is so enamored of her own oppression that she cannot see her heelprint upon another woman's face? What woman's terms of oppression have become precious and necessary to her as a ticket into the fold of the righteous, away from the cold winds of self-scrutiny?” ― Audre Lorde, The Uses of Anger: Women Responding to Racism Black Women’s Blueprint stands in solidarity with Muslim and immigrant women and their families who have been impacted by the recently impose