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When They Push Back, We Push Forward

It may feel like we are standing still, but we are just getting ready.

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Toya Gavin
Feb 08, 2025
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The #ComplimentABlackWoman Challenge
This Black History month, we are filling our social media feeds with intentional appreciation for Black women through the #ComplimentABlackWoman Challenge. Participants are celebrating Black women by sharing meaningful words of affirmation or quotes, expressing direct economic support for Black women-owned businesses, and/or investing time and skills to uplift Black women's work.

If you haven’t already, you can join the challenge, too. There's no cost, just a commitment to intentionally honor Black women's contribution.

Learn more about the challenge by going here and scroll below to see a round-up of some recent posts.

Dear Worthy Woman,

When Trump signed those executive orders dismantling DEI programs, declaring the federal government would only recognize biological sex at birth, and launching an all-out assault on immigrants (read: Black and brown immigrants), it felt like 1957 all over again.

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