Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi
@birgitomo
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Wife. Mother. PhD student. Advocate for Black Maternal Health. Everything Equity. Everything Coconut. My very presence is disruption. #CIHRDoctoralScholar
Canada
Joined March 2013
Welcome to my Twitter page. Re-introducing myself as a disruptive thinker, a thought-leader, & change agent. I'm not afraid to rock the boat a little if it will propel us towards a more equitable world. I love nature and people ❤️. Check out my website - https://t.co/tjZh6dOPTH
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This guy has not even built one primary school to teach coding in Africa (his area of expertise) but he is always trying to get involved in African healthcare and African agriculture (not his areas of expertise). Keep him out of Africa he is up to no good.
NEW - Gates says African farmers will have AI advisors, along with "better seeds and animal genetics" to become a "significant net food exporter." Using AI and their phone, they will be able to talk to the "doctor," the "tutor," the "farm advisor" and "pay nothing for it."
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Nothing triggers a racist faster than a Black woman who’s smarter, more educated, and in a higher position than them.
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The original meaning of woke is to be alert to social justice issues. To stay woke is to stay aware of what is going on in society. Politicians have colonized the word to criticize efforts around social justice & to spread anti-Black sentiments. We won’t let them. Forever woke 👊🏿
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Private health care is here. This was the plan all along.
Ontario to licence 4 private orthopedic surgery clinics next year: Jones
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"Being Black is not a problem for a Black person. Being Black is a problem for the community that doesn't understand that you are a human being." Diahann Carroll
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Fighting racism while experiencing it in real time is exhausting work. And sometimes, there’s simply no space to soothe the fragile feelings that rise up to distract or manipulate the focus. The work continues, even when it’s hard.
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Leopold II of Belgium killed tens of millions in Congo, yet this is hidden from history.
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Look at their faces, they are ashamed because she's telling the truth. AFRIKA MUST UNITE ECONOMICALLY ✊🏽
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The idea of superiority.
what is a sign of very low intelligence??
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I don’t know who needs to hear this - Black pregnant women deserve to be seen, heard and cared for with dignity.
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Praying for her recovery. Her experience brings back painful memories. This is a prime example of how racism in healthcare endangers Black mothers & babies, leading to maternal death rates that are 3 times higher than those of White women. This is why #BlackMaternalHealthMatters
Mercedes Wells, the mother who gave birth on the side of the road minutes after she was discharged from a hospital, has been hospitalized with post-birth health issues
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I’ll keep saying it: white supremacist, oppressive systems are functioning exactly as they were built to function. And those who benefit from them will always fight to keep things just the way they are.
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Being racist
what is a sign of very low intelligence??
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Reminder that the civil rights movement was not just random people who had enough one day. They were carefully and militantly trained political activists who deployed strategic forces to end Jim Crow segregation. Never forget them.
A young girl in a school for black civil rights activists being trained to not react to smoke blown in her face, 1960.
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So much terror in Nigeria - terrorists operating freely, kidnapping children in broad daylight while the government does absolutely nothing. This is horrifying!
BREAKING: Over 300 children kidnapped from a Catholic school in Nigeria by armed terrorists. Boys and girls aged 10 to 18 were taken, along with 12 teachers. Where are the protests? Where are the international forums? SHAME ON THEM!
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They didn’t “say” they were denied. They WERE!!! denied.
Two Black women say they were denied immediate medical attention despite being minutes away from giving birth, in incidents that happened days apart in different states.
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Racism is expensive. Nazi Karen literally calling the police on the Boston Police Chief.
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Update: Nurse and doctor fired after kicking out pregnant woman, Mercedes Wells in labor; she gave birth roadside. Hospital: “We apologize for failing our Franciscan values and are holding ourselves accountable”
Shocking video: Shows staff at Franciscan Health Crown Point, IN kicking out a pregnant black woman in active labor, told her she was only 3 cm, and sent her away. 8 minutes later, her husband delivered the baby in their car on the highway. 😳
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The massive persecution of Christians in #Nigeria started in 1966 with the massacres of #Biafra. Why was the West silent for almost 60 years?
Let’s be clear: What’s happening in Nigeria isn’t random violence, it’s deliberate persecution. The Nigerian government has a fundamental obligation to protect its citizens and the lack of accountability is chilling.
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"To my knowledge, I’m the first formerly incarcerated Black man in U.S. history to earn tenure at a medical school," says Dr. Stanley Andrisse
thedig.howard.edu
Once incarcerated in Missouri, Dr. Stanley Andrisse is now a tenured professor at Howard University. His story proves the power of research excellence, educational access, and second chances at the...
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