Women Watch Afrika Community Census Count & COVID-19 Support Day Event. This outdoor event is open to the public. **There will be proper social distancing. Over 120 bags of groceries, face masks, vegetable oil, other household necessities, and Census Information will be distributed. Families will also leave with takeout cooked meal in honor of 2020 […]
Happy WORLD REFUGEE DAY!
Happy World Refugee Day! Do you know what June 20th is? It’s World Refugee Day! A day observed every year in order to raise Public Awareness about the conditions and situations that refugees face in their lives throughout the world, while also celebrating the Courage, Strength, and Resilience of Refugees. World Refugee Day History […]
Juneteenth
Today, Friday, June 19, is Juneteenth, a day-long commemoration in the African American community of the official end to slavery. On June 19, 1865, the enslaved population in Galveston, Texas, was finally made aware of the Emancipation Proclamation, two and half years after it was signed into law on January 1, 1863. Since that time, […]
Freedom Mosaic of Glory Kilanko, Founder and Executive Director Women Watch Afrika, at the Center for Civil and Human Rights
It has come to our attention that some of our Partners and Community members are unaware of the Freedom Mosaic honoring the Human Rights accomplishments of our esteemed Founder and Executive Director, Glory Kilanko, that was created by the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta. We aim to rectify that today. See […]
Victory for DREAMers as SCOTUS upholds DACA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Women Watch Afrika womenwatchafrika@gmail.com, 404-759-6419 Thursday, June 18, 2020 Today was a victory in the fight for DREAMers. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled upholding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program for young, undocumented immigrants. The divided court ruled that the Department of Justice Security’s action in trying to […]
Defund Atlanta Police Department Call to Action Demands
Defund APD Call to Action Demands REDEEMING ATLANTA: FIRST STEPS We are a group of grassroots and advocacy organizations who represent Atlanta’s Black, Brown, poor, and LGBTQ residents, and as such we have necessarily become experts in the field of criminal justice, policing, and public safety. For the last 30 years, the Atlanta City Council […]
Supreme Court provides clarification on federal job protections for LGBTQ workers
Today a divided Supreme Court ruled that the LGBTQ community is protected under a federal law banning sex discrimination in the workplace. In the 6-3 ruling, the Court states that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, a landmark civil rights law, barring sex discrimination in the workplace applies to the LGBTQ community; saying […]
Women Watch Afrika’s Statement on the murder of Rayshard Brooks by the Atlanta Police Department
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Preye Cobham, Esq., Attorney & Legal Director, Women Watch Afrika, womenwatchafrika@gmail.com Even in the midst of all the protests and education, the murders of Black people are still continuing! THIS HAS TO STOP! Women Watch Afrika condemns the murder of Rayshard Brooks by the Atlanta Police Department. Brooks was murdered by two White […]
Georgia Votes Coalition Joint Statement on the Voting Fiasco Suffered by Georgia Voters on June 9th 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Adam Sweat, asweat@progeorgia.org, 678-951-2172 Jerry Gonzalez, GALEO, jerry@galeo.org, 678-691-1086 Glory Kilanko, Women Watch Afrika, womenwatchafrika@gmail.com, 404-759-6419 Thursday, June 11, 2020 (ATLANTA, GA) Today, the Georgia Votes Coalition released a joint statement responding to widespread delays in voting caused by inadequate and in many cases fully inoperative voting machines, long lines at […]
The Time is NOW: Close the Atlanta City Detention Center (ACDC)!
Upon learning of the City’s decision to allocation a whopping $18 Million Dollars towards the Atlanta City Detention Center–a building that is nearly empty and that is slated for closure–and in the current climate of a public health pandemic and the national call to defund jails and the police, Women Watch Afrika and like-minded organizations […]
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