Statement on the Passing of Assata Shakur

Assata Shakur sitting on the waterfront with the backdrop of the city

30 Sep '25

Statement on the Passing of Assata Shakur

September 30, 2025

The African National Women’s Organization (ANWO) deeply mourns the passing of our revolutionary elder, Assata Shakur, who joined the ancestors on September 25, 2025, in Havana, Cuba, at the age of 78. Assata’s life was defined by courage. She was not only a symbol of resistance but an uncompromising African […]

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23 Sep '25

No Future for African Women Workers under Colonial Capitalism

September 23, 2025

Anti-Colonialism

By Yejide Orunmila Trump’s America is not so different from the America African people have been experiencing for our entire existence. From the inception of this colonial project, our labor has been stolen and exploited for the benefit of the colonizer. At any given time, African people may experience pockets […]

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20 Feb '25

Urgent Campaign to Reunite Khaila Wilks Czereda with Her Daughter Iris Crum

February 20, 2025

State Violence

The African National Women’s Organization (ANWO) is calling for immediate action to support Khaila Wilks-Czereda a mother fighting to locate her daughter, Iris Crumb, who has been lost by the system. This campaign is crucial, especially in light of the death of Anthony Crum, Iris’ father who weaponized the state […]

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15 Dec '24

Uhuru 3 Update: Not One Day! Not One Dime!

December 15, 2024

Statement

The African National Women’s Organization is excited to report that on December 16, 2024 Chairman Omali Yeshitela, Chairwoman Penny Hess & Jess Nevel, also known as the Uhuru 3, were not sentenced a day in prison! They will not pay a single dollar of any fine and are able to […]

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Ben Crump civil rights attorney points at poster showing where gunshot entered Sonya Massey

28 Jul '24

Sonya Massey Lynching – Statement

July 28, 2024

Statement

We can give the date, time, location and details of Sonya Massey’s lynching, but this is shared information. We can state the obvious that her life mattered and she should still be alive, yet that sentiment is being echoed across the nation. Sonya Massey, along with Alberta Spruill, Eleanor Bumpurs, […]

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7 Feb '24

ANWO Statement on Kenyan Femicide

February 7, 2024

Statement

Touted as the Feminist March Against Femicide, thousands of mostly women, took to the Kenyan streets to protest the murders of women since the beginning of the year. They called on their government and men to do something to prevent the killing of women. Between January 1 and the 27th, […]

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