Dr. Willie J. Parker is an OB/GYN physician and a reproductive justice advocate. His work includes a focus on violence against women, sexual assault prevention, and reproductive health and men's reproductive health.
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Read the article here: https://nyti.ms/2HuJHtB
Charles Johnson lost his wife, Kira Johnson, post childbirth and he's fighting to make sure no more Black women die from poor post-natal care. He’s a great dad raising his two sons, Charles V and Langston. He’s fighting for justice! Support HR.1318 & S.1112.
Watch this Ted talk with Kimberle Williams Crenshaw on "The Urgency of Intersectionality"
MichaeLA interview with Black Mamas Matter Alliance (BMMA)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H75oQN-gFaE
I start with the pain. A couple times a week I give a speech somewhere in the country about social isolation and social fragmentation. Very often a parent comes up to me afterward and says, “My daughter took her life when she was 14.” Or, “My son died of an overdose when he was 20.”
Their eyes flood with tears. I don’t know what to say. I squeeze a shoulder just to try to be present with them, but the crying does not stop. As it turns to weeping they rush out of the auditorium and I am left with my own futility. What can I say to these parents? What can I say to the parents still around who don’t yet know they may soon become those parents?
This kind of pain is an epidemic in our society. ..
source: By David Brooks Opinion Columnist
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/18/opinion/culture-compassion.html
Dance — and physical activity — should have the same status in schools as math, science and language. Psst: it may even help raise test scores, says Sir Ken Robinson...
Source: TED ED 2018
https://blog.ed.ted.com/2018/04/02/why-dance-is-just-as-important-as-math-in-school/
Watch this video with Khiara M. Bridges who is an anthropologist specializing in the #intersectionality of race, reproductive #justice, and law. She is best known for her book, Reproducing Race: An Ethnography of Pregnancy as a Site of Racialization, in which she argues that #race and #class largely affect women's #prenatal, #childbirth, and #postnatal experiences. #BHM #NewHaven #HealthyStart #blackchampions4health
Check out video here: https://bit.ly/2GVfvXj
If you or know of someone that is pregnant, contact #NewHaven#HealthyStart and we will get them enrolled into our program! Contact us at 203.777.7086. #BHM #blackchampions4health
The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven is seeking a qualified candidate for the position of Development Manager. The application deadline is March 8, 2019.
For more information and to apply please click here.
As a little Brown girl with a big Arabic name growing up in a place called Lynchburg, Virginia, I always looked forward to Black History Month. I reveled in the opportunity to see performances hosted by the local Black Theatre ensemble. I developed a profound appreciation for the genius of George C. Wolfe, Lorraine Hansbury, and August Wilson. I learned about the complexities of African-Americans’ lived experiences in and the persistent struggle to survive in spaces that brand Black folks both invisible and hypervisible at once. Living in a small town with five colleges allowed us to skip from campus to campus to see performances by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, take in a lecture by Dr. John Henrik Clarke, or listen to a poetry reading by Dr. Maya Angelou...
Source: Diverse Issues in Higher Education by Khalilah L. Brown-Dean- https://diverseeducation.com/article/138702/
Read the facts on reproductive justice: https://bit.ly/2tmy5iN
Cedric Jackson knows firsthand the impact that regular exposure to a positive black man can have on impressionable students — especially young black boys...
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Source: The Undefeated
Take a look at The #History of #Reproductive #Justice #BHM #NewHaven#HealthyStart #blackchamptions4health
The United States ranks 47th globally for its maternal mortality rate and the maternal death rate continues to rise despite major advancements in medical technology and treatments. The statistics on #maternal death are staggering. Each year in the United States, about 700 to 1,200 women die from pregnancy or childbirth complications, and black women are about three to four times more likely to die of #pregnancy or delivery complications than white women. Many are working to address the crisis with #Black mothers.
Read articles here: https://nyti.ms/2GOKeCf and https://cnn.it/2HcPjZG
Watch the video: https://binged.it/2MUEvyG
Connecticut Fund for the Environment/Save the Sound is currently hiring for six positions and an intern. If one of these sounds like someone you know, please pass the listing along.
Chief Legal Director (full-time, New Haven)
Direct CFE/Save the Sound’s legal department as part of a wider organizational team that employs legal action, community engagement, legislative advocacy and policy development, science and engineering, and public relations to protect critical lands, fight climate change, and restore and protect Long Island Sound and its rivers.
Green Infrastructure Project Manager (full-time, New Haven)
Design and install on-the-ground projects that improve water quality and watershed resilience of Long Island Sound, steward watershed planning efforts in partnership with local communities, and interact with experts in the field.
Philanthropy Writing and Research Associate (full-time, New Haven)
Grow the capabilities of CFE/Save the Sound’s individual giving team with your excellent writing skills, research acumen, and attention to detail, focused on researching potential major donors and writing acknowledgements, appeals, updates, and other compelling correspondence.
We're expanding our capacity to inspire action through effective, exciting communications with our members, volunteers, activists, and the public. Three varied roles provide opportunities for candidates with expertise in member engagement, design, or science communications:
Member Communications Specialist (full-time, New Haven)
Deepen CFE/Save the Sound’s relationship with its members—and reach new ones—through engaging direct donor appeals, newsletters, and social media, and events that are creative and well-run.
Ecological Communications Specialist (part-time, New Haven)
Communicate compelling visual and verbal stories about our ecological restoration and water protection projects to our supporters and the public, and implement targeted outreach for on-the-ground projects around the Sound.
Communications Design Specialist (full-time, Mamaroneck)
Put your design expertise and writing skills to work on behalf of clean water, working in a collaborative and nimble team to address challenges facing the Long Island Sound estuary.
Development Intern (New Haven)
Gain real-world experience in nonprofit development, event management, and marketing/communications this winter and spring.
Addresses and deadlines for each position are noted in the detailed job descriptions. If you are applying for more than one position, please submit individual cover letters and résumés for each position, and note in the cover letters all the positions you have applied for. No phone calls or replies to this email, please.
CFE/Save the Sound is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from demographics underrepresented in the environmental and nonprofit sectors.
New Haven, CT (January 29, 2019) The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven has welcomed Terry H. Jones, of Shelton, to its board of directors, and the board has voted Khalilah Brown-Dean to serve as chair and Flemming “Nick” Norcott Jr. as vice chair.
Jones was appointed by The Foundation Trustees Committee for a seven-year term beginning January 1, 2019. Jones has run the seven-generation Jones Family Farms for 50 years. He is also the vice president of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Board of Control, a member of the Shelton Economic Development Commission, and chairman of CT Working Land's Alliance, a wide coalition advocating for farmland preservation and healthy food.
Brown-Dean will serve as chair of the board of directors. An associate professor of political science at Quinnipiac University, Brown-Dean is an expert on the political dynamics surrounding the American criminal justice system and a frequent contributor to the Washington Post, CNN, Ebony.com and other media outlets. She was appointed to the board in 2015.
Norcott, the vice chair, is a retired state judge who served on the Connecticut Supreme Court for 22 years. He was appointed to the board in 2016.
Dr. Mindy Fullilove is a clinical psychiatrist who focuses on the ways social and environmental factors affect the mental health of communities. She is currently a professor of Urban Policy and Health at The New School. Her research examines the mental health effects of environmental processes such as violence, segregation, and urban renewal. She is one of the organizers of “400 Years of Inequality”.
400 Years of Inequality is a diverse coalition of organizations and individuals calling on everyone - families, friends, communities, institutions - to plan their own solemn observance of 1619, learn about their own stories and local places, and organize for a more just and equal future. We are dedicated to dismantling structural inequality and building strong, healthy communities. We call on everyone to prepare observances for the 400th Anniversary of the arrival in 1619 at Jamestown of the first Africans to be sold into bondage. #blackchampions4health
Check out: http://www.400yearsofinequality.org/
This is a must read for parents and school staff. Includes a news video clip that is also worth watching.
Roland School can also squat, do pushups or crawl down the main corridor to stay active...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/physical-activity-guidelines-children-1.4932070
Discover and develop world-class materials with a community of educators committed to diversity, equity and justice.
https://www.tolerance.org/sites/default/files/2018-01/Teaching-Tolerance-magazine-58.pdf
