Upcoming Event: Women Watch Afrika’s December Community COVID-19 Support Day! HAPPENING THIS SATURDAY December 18th! Women Watch Afrika’s Community COVID-19 Support Day When: Saturday, December 18th Time: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. What: WWA will give out food items, masks, sanitizer, diapers, etc. Location: 964 N. Indian Creek Dr, Clarkston, GA 30021. […]
WWA’s Show Your Love Campaign Highlights the Importance of Healthy Habits Before Pregnancy
Show Your Love, is a new national campaign developed by the National Preconception Health and Health Care Initiative (PCHHC) in partnership with Women Watch Afrika, Inc., to help women prepare for healthy pregnancies. Launched on 2016 Valentine’s Day, the campaign’s message points out that if a woman chooses to have a child, she can show […]
Analysis: Human rights treaty provides a tool to fight racial bias (MSNBC)
By Ejim Dike and Azadeh Shahshahani This election year, a number of our presidential hopefuls seem to acknowledge that the criminal legal system is broken. What is not discussed is that current civil rights laws are simply insufficient for addressing the systemic racism ingrained in our legal system. As we join the world in commemorating the 50th […]
FGM Mini-Conference
Justice Initiative
JUSTICE INITIATIVE Note: This article is revised from one I wrote in 2011 in the midst of the on-going Black farmer lawsuit against the USDA. It provides an overview of the history of the struggles Black farmers and, importantly, their resistance. Heather Gray A Short History of Black-Owned Land in AmericaMichelle Bachmann’s Crazy Ideas About Black […]
The Next 50 Years
The Surgeon General has released “The Next 50 Years,” an inspirational new video on ending the tobacco epidemic For more than fifty years, the Surgeon General has been reporting about the dangers of smoking and tobacco use. The findings have spurred many of us to help smokers quit, clear the air of secondhand smoke, and […]
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Southern Movement Assembly Special Update: Live from Uniontown, Alabama Greetings Southern Movement Assembly family, For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. The feeling of the nation must be quickened; the conscience of the nation must […]
World Refugee Day Georgia 2015
June 20, 2015 Georgia World Refugee Day was held in Clarkston, GA. It is an internationally observed day dedicated to raising awareness of the situation of refugees throughout the world. This day focuses on celebrating the resilience of those displaced through food, entertainment, gifts, and awards. There were over 300 people in attendance. For more pictures visit the WWA […]
WWA Preventive Health and Civic Engagment: Spring 2015 Highlights
APRIL 2015 JOINT EVALUATION: A major component of this program is evaluation. Evaluation measures performance, demonstrates program benefits, and can help improve a program’s overall effectiveness. For our advocates, a joint evaluation session was conducted. Those evaluated were comprised of the 2014 graduates Preventive Health and Civic Engagement Class and the current 2015 class. […]
Reproductive Justice Report
Reproductive Justice Activists Oppose Latest Anti-Abortion Billboard Campaign Targeting Black Women in Georgia A coalition of Atlanta-based reproductive justice and reproductive health organizations – organized by SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective & Trust Black Women have joined forces to defeat Pro-Life Across America ‘s anti-choice billboard campaign targeting Black women and Black […]