Action still needed on women’s issues
Published in St. Louis American, Thursday, April 9, 2015 I can hardly believe it’s been 20 years since I participated in the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China. It’s even more unbelievable to see the lack of progress on the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. When 200 girls can be brazenly abducted […]
Update of Mumia’s Health-not good
Dear Friends, Mumia was very ill when we saw him last Friday, April 3. For that reason, Pam Africa insisted that we return to SCI Mahanoy today, Monday, April 6, to check on him. His blood sugar registered in the mid 200s today and continues to fluctuate, and although Mumia is still very weak, he […]
The job can be dangerous to black women’s health. Seriously?
I’ve been self-employed most of my adult life but there have been times when I was on somebody’s clock. I don’t think I was in the 80% of black women surveyed by Essence Magazine who felt they had to change their personalities to get along at work but I know damn well I was never part […]