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Tamika Mallory On The Continued Fight For Equality In America: ‘This Is A Marathon Movement, Not A Sprint’ Essence 2 hrs ago
This book excerpt originally appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of ESSENCE magazine, available on newsstands now.
So many people were moved to do something in the wake of the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. Protesters activated in droves, feeling like enough is enough but we surpassed the threshold of injustice a long time ago. We have felt the pain of inequality for centuries. We cannot endure any more. Human life should not have to be taken for people to notice and speak up about the way Black communities are targets for racism. When it gets to the point where police officers are using Black people for target practice, we are already late to the fight. The resistance against racial inequity doesn’t start after a trigger has been pulled. It starts with our everyday decisions. It starts at the polls. It starts at the school board meetin
Instagram users can now virtually replace Confederate monuments with Black activist statues
EXCLUSIVE: Activists Alicia Garza and Chelsea Miller discuss The Pedestal Project s innovative AR technology to honor contemporary Black figures. Left to right: Alicia Garza, co-founder of Black Lives Matter and founder of Black Futures Lab; Civil Rights icon Rep. John Lewis; and Chelsea Miller, founder of Freedom March NYC. (Photo: Getty Images, Instagram/TheChelseaMiller)
As Black History Month comes to a close the conversation this year, as in recent years, revolved around how to bring the discussion into the future, well past Feb. 28. Color Of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization, found a way to do just that with the launch of an augmented reality (AR) experience on Instagram that lets you place statues of racial justice leaders atop empty pedestals where confederate statues once stood.
Mary-Pat Hector, a popular female Civil Rights Activist in the United States (US), has lauded President Akufo-Addo for his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country.
According to her, she has been in the country for some days and she is highly impressed about the positive measures being put in place by the government to help stop Covid-19 and save human lives.
Mary-Pat Hector, who was one of the youngest community leaders to advise ex-US President, Barack Obama, on Criminal Justice Reform, said Ghana was the ‘trailblazer’ in the Covid-19 fight.
“I have personally experienced a lot of the safety protocols the government has been putting into action and I believe that what is happening here should be a blueprint for many countries across the world,” she told the media in Kumasi yesterday, adding that “I can truly say since being here that the President has taken the needed measures to ensure that Ghanaians can live and thrive during this trying times across the