Sociology PhD, social inequality & criminology, scholar activist, 🌈, @libjustproject founder, she/her, | tweets are my own
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Going to do a book talk @ABSociologists but I have never done one 😬 any advice on what to expect?
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27 Oct 2023
HBCU Spring Housing Grant application is now open and available until 12/1. This program is specifically designed to support HBCU students who have secured internships in the DMV area for the upcoming spring semester. form.jotform.com/23295419331…
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Yesterday was my first class at JCI and the students were great! I’m so excited that I get to teach in the facility with @BowieState. The program the department is building is changing lives!
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25 Sep 2023
1 in 10 people in state prison today was homeless before turning 18.
1 in 5 was in public housing before 18.
1 in 5 was in foster care.
The U.S continues to allow kids to grow up in poverty - and then end up in prison.
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Dr. BJG retweeted
21 Sep 2023
Time to finish this dissertation!! Please share with your friends & networks! 🙂
The purpose of this study is to explore and understand the lived experiences and well-being of Black queer and trans college students, in addition to the ways they make sense of and manifest joy.
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21 Sep 2023
What can we do to center Black women?
Raise minimum wage - Sam Sanders
Focus on birth equity - Barbara George Johnson
Better cash-based policies - @aisha_nyandoro
Expand pathways to education - @drbjgate
Fight discrimination - @NikitraBailey
#BlackWomenBest
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21 Sep 2023
@drbjgate "We keep asking the upper echelon of Black people to speak for us, and we need poor people." #BlackWomenBest
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21 Sep 2023
@drbjgate notes that 1 in 18 Black women will be incarcerated, locking them out of subsidized housing, voting, etc.
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Ahh! I am so excited to launch my dissertation study on Black women’s experiences in PhD programs! To be eligible, you must identify as a Black woman, be 18 years of age or older, and be currently enrolled in a PhD program (in any discipline)! #PhD #Dissertation
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Dr. BJG retweeted
11 Sep 2023
It's happening! Excited to launch my #Dissertation!
Are you a Black mother? Do you have a daughter? We're launching a study to understand #Hope #Healing & Gendered Racial Experiences in Black mother-daughter relationships. 💜
Interested? shorturl.at/myLZ8
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RT @metroadlib: Can y'all complete a survey? It's from Dr. Alyssa M. Newman at Georgetown. She is looking for participants who:
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RT @JamiiSisterhood: We had so much fun with our discussion about #BlackWomen in #HigherEd 🥰 Many thanks to our Sister-Scholars Dr. Battle,…
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5 Sep 2023
Please save the date for our 54th Annual Conference. You're not going to want to miss this! #ABSoc2024 #BlackInSoc #SocAF
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3 Sep 2023
It took all night, friends, but I have done it. Hurry up and decolonize your syllabus! h/t “Features of a Carceral Syllabus”
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RT @JamiiSisterhood: Join us on Wed., 9/6, at 5 p.m. for a candid, raw, no holds barred conversation about the perpetual oppression of #Bla…
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