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To all the fighters, to all the dreamers, to all the planners, to all the people at rest. This is been a difficult time in America, where we have seen the freedoms and agencies of women and femmes stripped away due to fear and propaganda. Today we celebrate all women, from all walks of life and all experiences, to highlight their skills, talents and and voices and, to support women in their fight for freedom. Today we ask that you reach out on this International Women’s Day to support the fight for 🟰 🏳️‍⚧️ 💚

A is for Audre. Audre Lorde was an American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil rights activist. She was a self-described "black, le***an, mother, warrior, poet," who "dedicated both her life and her creative talent to confronting and addressing injustices of racism, s*xism, classism, and homophobia. Her work has inspired many of our current activists, and her work is pivotal and understanding, Intersectionality and power.

D is for Du Bois. W.E.B Du Bois, a scholar at the historically Black Atlanta University, established himself as a leading thinker on race and the plight of Black Americans. He challenged the position held by Booker T. Washington, another contemporary prominent intellectual, that Southern Blacks should compromise their basic rights in exchange for education and legal justice. He also spoke out against the notion popularized by abolitionist Frederick Douglass that Black Americans should integrate with white society. In an essay published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1897, "Strivings of the Negro People," Du Bois wrote that Black Americans should instead embrace their African heritage even as they worked and lived in the United States.

J is for Joy. Dr. Joy Harden Bradford is a licensed psychologist, speaker and the host of the wildly popular mental health podcast, Therapy for Black Girls. Her work focuses on making mental health topics more relevant and accessible for Black women and using pop culture to illustrate psychological concepts. Dr Harden Bradford is a living pioneer who deserves all the daps and claps. For more check out her podcast Therapy for Black Girls today!