Thank you again to @pick_progress and @aigakc for including me in this project highlighting black artists around the world!
I really enjoyed working on this and can’t wait to see the rest of the work created 🙌🏽
Read more: pickprogressproject.com/pick…
"Let us stand with a greater determination. And let us move on in these powerful days, these days of challenge to make America what it ought to be. We have an opportunity to make America a better nation." - Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968)
Today is a national holiday. While we celebrate this momentus day and recognize the milestones we have achieved, this day is also a reminder of the many milestones we're still missing. Happy Juneteenth! Stay vigilant!
Yesterday marked the one year anniversary of the death of George Floyd. His death in 2020, as well as the murder of Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, re-ignited a national flame about Black Lives. (1/3)
For the rest of the summer, streets across America were filled with individuals protesting for change. Some awareness and action has been made in tearing down systemic racism but we’ve still got a long way to go to make a more equitable society. (2/3)
“I could not be where I am had I not overcome so many other barriers. Which means you know I'm relentless, you know I'm persistent, and you know I'm smart.” — Stacey Abrams
“We have to find a way to continue to lift other women up in our worlds and in our lives as much as possible." – Michelle Obama
Portrait by Amy Sherald, 2018
Women's History Month provides us with an opportunity to reflect on the trailblazing innovations and glass-shattering moments from women throughout our history.
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Mae C. Jemison is the first Black female astronaut. Before her trip in space, she could have been a professional dancer. Instead, she decided to become a doctor, working at a refugee camp in Cambodia, and serving in the Peace Corps in Liberia.
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In 1992, she flew into space aboard the Endeavour. Jemison is an example that no woman should be boxed by a single definition, trait or story. Women are limitless.
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