UW Associate Professor| Author: Grandmothering While Black ucpress.edu/book/97805203899…

Seattle, WA
I rarely share things like this but super excited to have my next project affirmed at this level. @TrelaniMichelle and I have been awarded an @ACLS1919 Digital Justice Seed Grant to work on the Black Grandmother Worldmaking Library. How about that (spoken like a Black grandmama)
Announcing the recipients of the 2024 ACLS Digital Justice Grants: 17 digital humanities projects that advance social and digital equity bit.ly/3WRc5LR #digitalhumanities #dh
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Appreciate this great interview with Haley Swenson @EarlyLearnNatn about Grandmothering While Black – Our Policies Were Not Built for the Rise of Grandma-Led Households earlylearningnation.com/2024…
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In a new study, @EarlyLearnNatn sits down with lead author, Dr. Lloyd to dissect the role of Black families over the span of 100 years. Learn more about the breakthroughs and blind spots shaping public policy. earlylearningnation.com/2024…
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I’m so excited to finally to announce “The 1619 Project: A Visual Experience” publishes on 10/22 and is available to preorder at 1619books.com. We’ve spent two years working on this gorgeous illustrated edition of The 1619 Project, with profoundly beautiful newly commissioned works of art by some of this nation’s most cherished artists, powerful essays, archival images and arresting photo galleries that contemplate Black patriotism, family and resilience. Calida Rawles Jamea Richmond-Edwards @jonkey13 Dr. D'Wayne Edwards @Bmike_2c @xavierasimmons @artpimp1966 Alexandria Couch @JohnnyNelson Charly Palmer @fptheshit @theshellofvitus @WEEMSCarrie
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#FeaturedFriday spotlights folks in our network & their contributions toward #EmancipatorySciences. Check out this new article by our Co-Director @JenJamesPhD (@UCSF_Bioethics + @UCSFNurse) on exps of aging, health, and incarceration for older Black women buff.ly/3V6nTIW
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#OTD 1975, comedian, Loretta Mary Aiken known as Jackie "Moms" Mabley, passed away. The documentary entitled: Moms Mabley: I Got Somethin' to Tell You, is a must see.
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1/2 Black women are the backbone of the caring economy. That's why I am asking you to give to the #CareWorks Fund, which supports Women of Color-led orgs in deploying small unrestricted grants to those organizations that provide advocacy, support workforce solutions...
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When I'm away, I'm doing good things.... incl. recovering from doing good things. I've been doing good book things, incl. interview with @AFFCNY. After the Kids Move In via #soundcloud #kinshipcare @ucpress soundcloud.com/affcny/512-br…
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Who are America's caregivers? New research @ReadDemography by @meredithiszz and colleagues finds that caregiving patterns differ by gender, sexual identity and partnership status. Read more @CCF_Families sites.utexas.edu/contemporar…
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On this day in 1796, a newspaper ad was placed seeking the return of an enslaved Black woman, Ms. Judge, who fled George Washington's household while in Pennsylvania. calendar.eji.org/racial-inju…
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“That’s the work my work does for me. It allows me to go back to a place of play and imagination and hope.” —Amy Sherald Explore Amy Sherald’s painting in our upcoming “Reclaiming My Time” display opening May 31: s.si.edu/3QqUTck
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Thrilled to share that Black Folk was selected to receive the 2024 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Book Award!!! At a time when the truth about Black history is under assault, it good to be recognized for work that reminds us why the past matters.
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9:00 AM ET! Livestream link, courtesy of the @johnshopkinsu Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, is available here: youtube.com/watch?v=pNEQ5xBc…
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