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Women Watch Afrika Community Census Count & COVID-19 Support Day Outdoor Event was a SUCCESS!

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A BIG THANK YOU to all that Supported, came to Volunteer, and shared the information. Women Watch Afrika Community Census Count & COVID19 Support Day Outdoor Event was a HUGE SUCCESS! The turnout was fantastic and beyond expectations! Women Watch Afrika created 150 Large Grocery Bags filled with Bags of Rice, Boxes of Noodles, Fresh […]

Upcoming Event: Women Watch Afrika Community Census Count & COVID-19 Support Day Outdoor Event

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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 […]

Juneteenth

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 […]