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 […]
SELMA 50
On this day in 1965, the nation watched as peaceful civil rights demonstrators were savagely beaten by police as they crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., a bloody sacrifice that historians credit with helping to usher in the passage of the landmark Voting Rights Act days later. Fifty years later, with the nation […]
Health Fair
Women Watch Afrika, Inc. co-sponsored a Health Fair along with Clarkston Baptist Church which was held on their premises. The women from the class attended. Booths provided information on various health issues, e.g. diabetes, HIV aids, healthy eating, benefits of exercising. Blood pressures were monitored. Workshops on finance, heart disease and safety were held. WWA […]
Preventive Health Advocated Class
*Class lead by a Spelman College Intern
Black History Month Youth Assembly: Highlights
MLK Event Highlights
Marissa Alexander released from jail
Marissa Alexander walks by her dad Raoul Jenkins and surrounded by her legal team and supporters after her sentencing in Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 27, 2015. Photo by Bob Mack/Florida Times-Union/AP Marissa Alexander, the Florida mother whose case became a rallying cry for anti-racism activists and survivors of domestic violence, was released today after three […]
MLK Celebration
WWA Preventive Health Advocates Graduation
WWA Preventive Health Advocates Graduation Held Sunday, September 28, 2014Honoring the health advocates that completed the Preventive Health and Civic Engagement Program Graduated Health Advocates 2014 The program also honored those who aided in the program including interpreters, aids, etc.. This event invited family and community members to enjoy the ceremony, food and refreshments.For full […]
Project South Institute for the Elimination of Poverty & Genocide Member Update : September 2014 Enough is Enough: WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER!The Southern Movement Assembly, held in Atlanta on August 22-23 Greetings Project South family, 300+ participants & 50 delegations from every state in the U.S South. 6 frontline assemblies.1 Southern Movement Assembly IV! And…. It ain’t over! We are STILL stronger together! […]