DC Mother Taking on CPS to get back Custody of her Child

30 Apr '16

DC Mother Taking on CPS to get back Custody of her Child

April 30, 2016

Birth and Reproductive Justice, Colonialism, State Violence

Samantha Johnson (27) had only been a mother for two years when Child Protective Services (CPS) took her daughter, Tae’Lor, from her home. Samantha was desperate to get help for Tae’Lor, who suffers from seizures, however, she did not have any money or insurance to pay for the medicine; so […]

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20 Apr '16

Harriet Tubman on a $20 and We Still Don’t Have Reparations

April 20, 2016

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On April 20th the U.S. Department of Treasury announced that the face on the 20 dollar bill will be changed from Andrew Jackson, who was a U.S. President notoriously known for his role in the Seminole War and his Indian Removal Policy, to Harriet Tubman, an African woman who escaped […]

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16 Mar '16

African Internationals vs. Feminism

March 16, 2016

Black Power

On Tuesday, March 15th President Yejide Orunmila of ANWO and other Uhuru Movement Leaders from the U.S. and Sweden, Gazi Kodzo, Makda Yohannes, and Sia Aqli; convened a live talk on the question of whether Feminism is for black people. This discussion was centered to provide an African Internationalist basis […]

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14 Mar '16

London Convenes Community Forum on African Women

March 14, 2016

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On the 12th of March African National Women’s Organization (ANWO) London participated in the Africa Must Unite: End the Special Oppression of African Women event which was organized by the African Socialist International. The reemergence of political consciousness in the oppressed African masses is having a profound impact on black […]

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20 Aug '15

State Violence & Black Women Community Forum

August 20, 2015

Black Power, Event, State Violence

On August 6, 2015, ANWO DC gathered with sisters and brothers from the community to strategize around ways that we can protect and defend agains police terrorism. This meeting was prompted by the case of Sandra Bland and the 5 other African women who died in police custody during the […]

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5 Aug '15

The Ongoing Opportunism of White Women

August 5, 2015

Colonialism

WASHINGTON, D.C.–Rachel Dolezal, the white woman who has been publicly pretending to be black since 2005, is a prime example of white opportunism that is so common inside the system of white power imperialism. Instead of confronting white power as a white person she chose to wear black face and […]

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