kaytura felix
@KayturaF
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committed to justice & joy, wife, mother, sister, friend, colleague, & scholar on racism (She/her)
Trenton, NJ
Joined November 2019
Introducing @Griottesbeat my new podcast. This week, Dr. Layli Maparyan, scholar of race and gender, & I discuss the brilliance of Black women & their contribution to everyday justice. Listen to episodes here or wherever you get your podcasts
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A monument to Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman to serve in Congress, will go up in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. Thirty-two feet high, the monument will stand tall, a testament to Chisholm’s unwavering stature in the struggle for an equitable and just society. #blackhistory
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I listened to it; I loved it. I am familiar with all the character; I still learned a lot. Storytelling was lit.🔥 I’m one proud & grateful mama. 🤗
since feb, i've been lucky to work with @inheritedpod & @georgiafrets to build a story wide enough to fit my evolving love and grief for dominica, my grandmother & her house. i am so grateful to have grown in that love thru the process! pls listen to this & the whole season.
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Hooray @patricecwright. Congrats!🎉🎈🎊
It's me!! thank you @allison_pugh for all the great mentorship over the years! I'm so thankful for the journey and excited for what's ahead.
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Loved this doc. So awesome and real…
So damn proud of everyone who worked on this &all the extraordinarily everyday Americans who told their stories in the #1619hulu #1619Project docuseries. Honored to be in the running w the icon Ken Burns for the eye-opening "The US and the Holocaust" & the brilliant "Dear Mama."
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Yes to that! Want more…💗
We are continually inspired by female Indigenous leaders who are often the backbone of the Native philanthropic sector. Read our blog to learn how these women are uplifting Native Voices in the philanthropic sector ➡️ https://t.co/OKTIHJRlf2
#UpliftNativeWomen
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I feel if u do not speak spanish, portuguese (or don't make the effort to use translation tools) ur missing out on a WEALTH of teachings, writings & radical un/learning practices Black Latines been bringing for centuries. My biggest teachers have been Black Colombians periodt.
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#HappyBirthday James Meredith, who is 90 today! On this same day, in 1962, an appeals court ordered his admission as the 1st known Black student to the University of Mississippi. #history
https://t.co/I3s8eT0aDA
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“In one of the most notable moments in sports history, Kenyan runner Abel Mutai was just a few feet from the finish line, but became confused with the signage and stopped thinking he had completed the race. A Spanish athlete, Ivan Fernandez, was right behind him, and after
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Thinking today of all the Texas prisoners whose cells will be over 100 degrees this week. We know from past heat waves that many won't make it out alive. The state legislature just had another chance to pay for A/C, and again decided not to. https://t.co/AdlJDoPzLK
themarshallproject.org
As the climate changes, inmates without air-conditioning have no escape from extreme heat.
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Big congrats!
Sooooooo this is happening sooner than I thought!! Birthing Justice 2nd edition. Truly excited to be at this place and grateful to all the new contributors! Woot woot! @iamn0tthe1 @mclemoremr @iamKSealsAllers are just a few! https://t.co/kFGEZzTLjb
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My biggest takeaway from the Titan story is that we absolutely could have coordinated, multinational efforts to ensure no migrant dies crossing the sea and we choose not to.
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Ponder…
What would happen if migrants on boats with limited resources were also seen as brave explorers gifted with curiosity and wonder for depths unknown, I wonder.
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"Denoting the spiritual and cultural significance of Black mermaids is one of the central conversations Davis brings about in her “The Merwomanist” podcast, a project she started recording in her home’s closet a year ago."
news.ucr.edu
Jalondra Davis, UC Riverside’s mermaid expert, speaks on the upcoming film “The Little Mermaid,” Black mermaid lore, and the historical components of this sea goddess.
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This mural honoring Ruth Wilson Gilmore & New Haven’s abolitionist futures has been a dream project & @nataliyabrgnsky and I are fundraising to bring it to life at the end of the month — please share and support and if you’re in New Haven you can help 🎨🫰 https://t.co/uOeixNX1Qa
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Let me give you some backstory to put these type of articles in context. I was interviewed by this journalist for this article, we spoke for about 30 mins, nothing of what I said made it into the article because I refused to accept his framing questions…
nytimes.com
In Minneapolis and elsewhere, the movement faltered after crime surged and activists failed to build broad support for a goal that lacked a clear definition.
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This just made me cry. Please read it. In the so-called greatest country in the world, how have we become so stingy and inhumane?
defector.com
You only get the one life. I keep thinking about that. A 30-year-old black man named Jordan Neely died on a New York City subway train on Tuesday. He was upset, yelling, possibly in the midst of a...
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Congrats @LucindaCantyPhD!
Look at this amazing research team!!! We are knowledgeable, passionate, and experts in our fields. And we look amazing! @Favorkunda #maternalhealthequity @UMAnursing @UMassAmherst
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