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		<title>Celebrating and Sharing Our FIERCE History</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yanick Rice Lamb]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Joy!]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s celebrate our brilliance and our invaluable contributions to this country and our communities throughout the diaspora. As efforts emerge to erase our history, we celebrate the women who have inspired us and will continue to bring us through this challenging time. Enjoy this extraordinary, musical tribute to Black women from Ledisi (below), and check back [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>This Earth Day and Beyond: Taking Action for Our Health and Climate</title>
		<link>https://fierceforblackwomen.com/2024/04/21/this-earth-day-and-beyond-taking-action-for-our-health-and-climate/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fierce Contributor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2024 08:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Climate change is the greatest challenge of our time. It’s essential for communities — especially Black women — to push for solutions to protect our health.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Sistas Under Siege</title>
		<link>https://fierceforblackwomen.com/2024/02/26/sistas-under-siege/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fierce Contributor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2024 22:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aisha Braveboy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arian Simone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ayana Parsons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Claudine Gay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fani Willis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glynda Carr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kamala Harris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karsonya “Dr. Kaye” Wise Whitehead]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Over the past few months, it seems every news cycle has carried story after story of  attacks on the expertise, professionalism and character of Black women  who occupy positions of power. Naturally, Fierce and Black Women Unmuted decided we must talk about it. Who better to discuss what's happening to us, than us?]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Breathing Justice: EPA’s Bold Move Against Soot Reclaims Our Air and Dignity</title>
		<link>https://fierceforblackwomen.com/2024/02/07/breathing-justice-epas-bold-move-against-soot-reclaims-our-air-and-dignity/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fierce Contributor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 00:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[asthma]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali Today marks a pivotal moment in our ongoing battle against the invisible enemy that is air pollution. The Environmental Protection Agency&#8217;s decision to tighten the reins on particulate matter, particularly soot, is a beacon of hope for communities long engulfed in the shadows of environmental injustice. For too long, the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Massacre Survivor&#8217;s Eyes Saw Fire Rain From the Sky in Tulsa</title>
		<link>https://fierceforblackwomen.com/2023/05/27/massacre-survivors-eyes-saw-fire-rain-from-the-sky-in-tulsa/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anneliese Bruner]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 May 2023 07:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ties]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ajamu Kojo]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mary E. Jones Parrish]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Anneliese Bruner The woman’s modest, dignified posture in the artist’s interpretation of Mary E. Jones Parrish — coupled with a serene, knowing gaze — evinces a famous, enigmatic counterpart. Yet this woman’s countenance takes us beyond enigma into a world that is knowable and all too real, for these eyes saw fire rain from [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Barbados Leader Calls Out COP26 Copouts on Climate Change</title>
		<link>https://fierceforblackwomen.com/2021/11/13/barbados-leader-calls-out-cop26-copouts-on-climate-change/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fierce Contributor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2021 15:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[THE TAKEAWAY: Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley summed up almost everything you need to know about the 2021 climate change summit in Glasgow as she took global leaders to task in what&#8217;s been hailed as the most powerful speech at COP26. A &#8220;proud Caribbean&#8221; said: &#8220;This woman holds absolutely no punches nor take no [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>An &#8216;Overcomer&#8217; Fights by Faith Against 4 Cancers</title>
		<link>https://fierceforblackwomen.com/2020/10/26/fighting-four-cancers-by-faith/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fierce Contributor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2020 16:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Health & Wellness]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Spirit]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[chemotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coronavirus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[double mastectomy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HER2-positive cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Unnia Pettus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vertigo]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A survivor of domestic violence, stroke, four types of cancer, pneumonia and heart disease has said goodbye to her loved ones a few times, but she’s still here and fighting by faith. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Riots and Racism Led Journalist to Fight for the Voiceless</title>
		<link>https://fierceforblackwomen.com/2020/06/08/riots-and-racism-led-journalist-to-fight-for-the-voiceless/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fierce Contributor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2020 01:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Careers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kathy T. Times]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Witnessing riots and being held at gunpoint fueled a journalist's determination to be a change agent.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Keisha Lance Bottoms on What Many Black Women Fear Most</title>
		<link>https://fierceforblackwomen.com/2020/06/05/keisha-lance-bottoms-on-what-many-black-women-fear-most/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fierce Contributor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2020 13:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Keisha Lance Bottoms on hear fears as a black mother and her hopes and black leader. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Inequality Is an Underlying COVID-19 Risk Factor</title>
		<link>https://fierceforblackwomen.com/2020/04/07/inequality-is-an-underlying-covid-19-risk-factor/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fierce Contributor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2020 21:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Inequality leads to black Americans getting COVID-19 at an alarming and disproportionate rate. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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