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    Shining Light and Sharing Stories on Black Maternal Health

    The Rev. Dr. Valerie Oliver-Durrah, president and founder of the Neighborhood Technical Assistance Clinic, helped put a spotlight on Black maternal health when she co-organized Brooklyn’s first Black Maternal Health Awareness Walk, Apr. 11, in downtown Brooklyn. Below is her opening statement that kicked...

    Dr. Thomasena Ellison, GYN: A Sisterhood Advocate from AKA Sorority to Women’s Healthcare

    By Fern GillespieWhether it is being active in community service with the Brooklyn Links and AKA sorority or reaching out to her patients as Associate Director of Gynecology at Maimonides Hospital, Dr Thomasena Ellison, MD has a theme of “sisterhood” in her personal life...
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    Brooklyn’s First Walk for Black Maternal Health Awareness Week Lifts Disparities and Solutions

    by Yvette MooreBrooklyn had its first “Black Maternal Health Awareness Walk,” April 11, with...

    Women taking the wheel in these extraordinary political and economic yo-yo days

    By Nayaba ArindeEditor at Large Women are taking stock, not just because it is Women’s...

    Women Leaders …Blazing Trails in National Effort to Protect Children From Addictive Social Media Feeds

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    Essence.com: Nearly 40 Black Women Won Olympic Medals for the USA in 2024

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    April’s International Black Women’s History Month

    By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-LargeApril’s International Black Women’s History Month designation has been quietly and proudly...

    Honoring Black Maternal Health Week

    By Nayaba ArindeEditor-at-LargeIt is Black Maternal Health Week.Mamas gather here.The joy, the trials, the...

    Dec. 12 Salutes Black Women’s History of Resistance

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    Concord Church’s History of Women Activists

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    Brooklyn Paragons of Law and Justice Power NTAC Mentees Hopes/Dreams

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    Women Trailblazers and Pathmakers

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    Celebrating and Protecting Our Young Women

    By Nayaba ArindeOur Time PressPossibly no better words can kick off March Women’s History...

    “A Salute to Momma’s (BailOut) Day!”

    By Abigail McGrath In the second grade in Mrs. Aranol’s class at P.S. 67 in...

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