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		<title>Through the Fire: ‘I Just Really Want My Home Back’</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 22:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Women reflect on the toll of the Eaton Fire and the destruction it brought to their community of Altadena, a multicultural haven for generations. By Zaydee Sanchez, Jessica Kutz, The 19th The Eaton Fire devastated the unincorporated Los Angeles suburb of Altadena, reducing homes to rubble and scattering families. As of press time, the fire had burned [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>An Alliance of Melanated Eco-Activists Introduce &#8216;Black Girl Environmentalist&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Apr 2023 22:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Black Girl Environmentalist, or “BGE,” brings together women and non-binary individuals with a shared interest in environmentalism, including newcomers. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>11 Love Lessons From Our Favorite Authors</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2022 06:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Our favorite Black women writers were aware of the transformative power that love possesses and sought to enlighten the rest of us with their theories, poetry and prose.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Together We Give; Together We Live Fiercely!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2021 15:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thanks for allowing us to celebrate you, to amplify your voice and to keep you as healthy as possible in mind, body and spirit on a wellness journey that's more important than ever.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Thousands March for Voting Rights and Justice</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2021 20:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Voting rights lured thousands to a march on Washington. Tenicka Shannon and her family also came to highlight the police shooting of her son, Fred Cox Jr.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Texas Women Fight for Voting Rights</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2021 23:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8216;We had no choice,&#8217; lawmakers say on walkout to thwart voting restrictions By NICKI MAYO At a time when she had planned to be celebrating her great-granddaughter’s birthday with family in Texas, state Rep. Alma Allen was in Washington, D.C., trying to enlist help from Congress in blocking voter suppression back home. Allen’s constituents reside [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Martin Luther King: &#8216;Darkness Cannot Drive Out Darkness&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2021 15:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr. This timeless quotation from the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. captures the sentiment of this era [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Celebrating 38 Years of Health Activism</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2020 15:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Activist and professor Angela Davis, actresses Jurnee Smollett and AJ Johnson, and singers Keri Hilson&#160;and&#160;Syleena Johnson are among 30 speakers who will help the Black Women’s Health Imperative celebrate its 38th anniversary this week. BWHI has invited these women and its founder, Byllye Avery, to discuss pressing health issues during virtual forums from Sunday through [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Keisha Lance Bottoms on What Many Black Women Fear Most</title>
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		<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>Happy Harriet Tubman Day!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ingrid Sturgis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2020 11:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Harriet Tubman Day honors a Fierce woman who was the first to lead an armed mission during a raid at Combahee Ferry in South Carolina. She freed hundreds of enslaved people, returning 13 times to the South. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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