On 3 July 2021, the Racial Equity Index will be celebrating our 1 year anniversary as a collective. …

In May 2020 (what seems like three years ago — because, 2020) I resigned as Executive Director of Women’s March Global. I have spent a lot of time job searching not only since May of this year but nearly all of last year as well. I knew that my time…

The lifeblood of a democratic and free society Loose collectives that are not registered or formalised Only around for a set period of time Have multiple leaders Have one leader Non-hierarchal Risky Essential to the fight for our rights Essential to support in the early stages (before they noticed by…

In the past two months accusations of system-wide racism has been revealed at some of the biggest and most high-profile organisations across the women’s and human rights space including Women Deliver, International Women’s Health Coalition (IWHC), Crisis Text Line/Do Something, Medicines Sans Frontiers, Planned Parenthood of Greater New York, Sleeping…

Yesterday a resolution (which was adopted after amendments were made in the negotiation process) led by the African Group at the United Nations Human Rights Council that would mandate an international independent commission of inquiry into systemic racism and police brutality in the United States lost support due to lobbying…

Today after three and a half years of being a part of Women’s March Global — I’m announcing my resignation as Executive Director. It is very difficult to say farewell to the work of leading one of the most awe-inspiring communities I have ever been a part of. But, I…

The push to ‘reopen the economy isn’t about our health, it’s about capitalism. (*Capitalism is white supremacist by nature — read and listen to Ibram X. Kendi.) In response to COVID19 outbreaks many countries immediately shut down businesses in an effort to minimise the spread of the virus. Throughout the…

Build Community — Always As we collectively figure out how to navigate #PhysicalDistancing in the face of this global pandemic the grassroots community builders among us are doing what we do best — ensuring that we all have a place to feel supported, connected, and seen. #COVID19 Kids Show and…

The past month I have been working on cultivating new projects and also unpacking a lot of resistance fatigue that I was smacked in the face with at the end of last year. The fatigue was brought on by a lot of reasons but the main culprit that kept rearing…