Intersectional Feminist. Historian. Professor. Freedom Fighter. Political junkie. Mentor. AKA. Black. Woman. United State of Women-Greater Hartford Ambassador
Joined March 2016
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15 Jul 2024
Happening Tomorrow: One of my favorite historians and #UConn Professor @ProfMSinha is continuing our Freedom Corridor Conversations! Join us tomorrow to hear about her newest book! Register here: bit.ly/freecorr16
@UConnHistory
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19 Jan 2024
📣📣2024 is off to amazing start. The @NEHgov has awarded our AAS program the Humanities Initiatives Grant. This journey started with the demands of BSU. I’m honored by my colleagues, students, and community partners who will join me on this project. #ICAAS #AfricanaStudiesMatter
17 Jan 2024
Illinois College has received almost $150,000 to further develop the African American Studies program through the Humanities Initiatives Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
ic.edu/news/01-17-2024/gener…
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13 Apr 2023
Achieving Joyful, Healthy Births for All rwjf.org/en/insights/blog/20…
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13 Apr 2023
RT @BlkMamasMatter: Join us tomorrow for #BMHW23 "Data & Innovation Day" (Friday, April 14) at 1:00 PM EDT for a webinar that will highligh…
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11 Apr 2023
Hello! Thanks for joining today’s official #BMHW23 tweet chat! First, quick roll call--who is here and where are you from?
#BlackMaternalHealthWeek #BlackMamasMatter
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6 Jul 2022
Tomorrow I sit down with my friend, CT artist Andre Rochester and discuss #30Americans at the @NBMAA. 6pm. Everything is on the table @kehindewileyart @karawalker_art to Black Contemporary Art, particularly CT Black artists.
#BlackArtMatters #FreedomDreamers @UConnCLAS
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24 Jun 2022
30 Americans @NBMAA is a must-see. Yesterday's
Curator's Talk with Adrian Elliott celebrated these 30 African American artists: @kehindewileyart, @mickalenethomas @karawalker_art @ShiniqueSmith @kerryjamesmarsh, and more. Check out the exhibition, go to nbmaa.org/exhibitions/30-ame…
23 Jun 2022
Today is the day! My fellow curators and I will host a gallery talk on the new exhibition, 30 Americans, at the @NBMAA! From Carrie Mae Weems to @karawalker_art, the @RubellMiami has collected decades of Black art that answers the question: What does it mean to be American?
22 Jun 2022
Thu. 6/23/22 at 5pm at New Britain Museum of American Art (@NBMAA), 56 Lexington St: gallery talk, reception w/curators of new exhibition "30 Americans" - @wesleyan_u's Nicole Stanton, Dr. Dann J. Broyld, Dr. Brittney Yancy (@Prof_yancy). #WesCreative #nbmaa #30Americans (1/2)
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20 May 2022
UN @AmbAndrewYoung was at @GoodwinUniv! Yesterday, I moderated a student conversation with the Ambassador, and today @UConnHistory Professor Dr. @ProfOgbar moderated a conversation with the Ambassador and the @ctwac. What a privilege! Best advisor ever. #TheStruggleContinues
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20 May 2022
Every day, I study and teach history, but today, I was blessed to commune with history. Today at @goodwinuniversity, I was blessed to moderate a conversation with Ambassador Andrew Young and our students. 90 years and still fighting...
#TheStruggleContinue #ListenToYourSpirit
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11 May 2022
Yesterday, I closed my UConn chapter with my two biggest fans at my side and my village on live-streamed, and of course, my amazing advisor @ProfOgbar who has always had my back. What a journey it has been and I'm grateful for it all(I can say that now!)
I'm PHinishD! #BRAVEđź’ś
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12 Apr 2022
đź“Łđź“Łđź“ŁCT has never seen a Black woman on the Supreme Court. There is a petition going around for the @GovNedLamont to fill the current vacancy with a Black woman jurist. It's past time! Sign & Share! #BlackWomemLead #SheWillRise
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25 Mar 2022
Thank you to @CTHistorical @lwvct @CTHumanities for the support of #TheWorkMustBeDone project uncovering women of color in CT who have advanced voting rights. Shoutout to my @UConnHistory colleague Katie Angelica doing work on 19th century women activists. These stories matter.
19 Mar 2022
Join us 3/24 to hear from CT Suffragist Fellowship grant recipients @Prof_yancy & Kathryn Angelica of @UConnHistory re: the women of color in CT's suffrage movement. Registration required: bit.ly/3Ij6qmZ
Image: Colored Women’s Liberty Loan Committee, October 21, 1917
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26 Feb 2022
The legacy of Black women jurists gives us this moment of witnessing the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. Thanks @HigherHeights @WinWithBLKWomen @TBrownNagin @KBDPHD @MicheleJawando for the reminder. #CharlotteRay #JaneBoilin #ConstanceBakerMotley
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18 Feb 2022
Black Women Speak! A March for Truth & Justice
Justice for Lauren Smith-Fields
Justice for Brenda Lee Rawls,
and all Black women, girls, and femmes who deserve our fight.
@USOWomen
@AAPolicyForum
@untilfreedom
#DoBetterCT
#protectblackwomen #blackwomenspeak #ourvoicesmatter
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4 Feb 2022
"Constance Baker Motley shook up the world. Her life fills out the picture of change in twentieth-century America, and it throws light on unfinished struggles" -Dean @TBrownNagin, Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Kicked off #BHM talking about the Civil Rights Queen. Order now!
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19 Nov 2021
111 years ago, on Nov 20, 1910, The Rev Dr Pauli Murray was born in Baltimore. It was significant, Murray, wrote in SONG IN A WEARY THROAT, that “the first issue” of NAACP’s The Crisis Magazine was published in the same year. See MY NAME IS PAULI MURRAY to learn more.#PauliMurray
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16 Nov 2021
BREAKING: My bill, the Protecting Moms Who Served Act, is being sent to the President’s desk! This is the first bill in the #Momnibus to pass through Congress and it’s a historic step toward ending maternal mortality and disparities among veterans.
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16 Nov 2021
From #GalvanizeCT to amazing partnerships with @ProChoiceCT @YWCAHARTFORD @CWEALF @CTBlackWomen @CT_CHRO @womensmarchct @PPact @GoLiveGirl @AKAHartford @dsthartford @lwvct @aurorawomen and more. @USOWomen has joined the work of advocating for all women and girls across CT!
16 Nov 2021
Take your activism to the next level with our USOW Ambassador Program. Our ambassadors join us from varying levels of experience and different cities across the country.
Apply today: usow.org/ambassadors
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