Westward Whiskey is celebrating International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month with its second annual Women of Westward release.
The 2021 Women of Westward Benefit Barrels features two limited edition single barrel selections bottled at 90 proof for 750ml. Each individually numbered bottle features a “Women of Westward” benefit barrel exclusive release label. For each bottle sold, Westward will donate 100 percent of the proceeds to charities.
Chosen by the Barrel Selection Panel, this year’s charities are Al Otro Lado, a company that provides holistic legal and humanitarian support to indigent refugees, deportees, and other migrants in the US and Tijuana through a multidisciplinary, client-centered, harm reduction-based practice, and Black Mamas Matter Alliance, a Black women-led cross-sectoral alliance that centers Black mamas to advocate, drive research, build power, and shift culture for Black maternal health, rights, and justice.
Here’s where you can shop and give back to boost female empowerment, women’s rights, gender equality, and other nonprofits dedicated to lifting up female voices and talents.
Black Girl in Om/Taylor S. Hunter
Everyone deserves access to resources that improve their physical and emotional health. But here s another truth: Black women s wellness needs are not always met. And many health care options fail to speak to the unique experiences that Black people face.
No one fares worse from poor treatment than Black women. In the U.S., Black women have the highest pregnancy mortality rates. During the period between 2014 and 2017, the death rate for non-Hispanic Black women was 41.7 per 100,000 live births in comparison to 13.4 deaths per 100,000 live births for non-Hispanic white women. When it comes to mental health care, Black people, in general, are less likely to receive proper treatment, are more likely to receive poor quality care if they do seek treatment, and are more likely to terminate treatment prematurely compared to their white counterparts.
MILCK Is Combating Racial Injustice Through Music: Our Country Needs to Evolve and Heal
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MILCK (née Connie Lim) doesn t like to be called an activist; instead, she prefers the term social change artist because she likes to create art to help fuel the actions of activists. In honor of W.K. Kellogg Foundation s National Day of Racial Healing (Jan. 19), I chatted with the 34-year-old musician about what the day means to her and how she s bringing about healing in both her music and personal life.
Like many of us, the pandemic has forced MILCK to recalibrate and be open to surrendering to things she can t control. It s been an up-and-down roller coaster as a lot of people are dealing with mental health highs and lows, she told me. I ve really been turning into my creativity. I m showing up every day to the studio, and I don t know what is going to happen. Sometimes I write a pretty cool song. Sometimes I don t, but I just show up to create some type of consistency in