'Kirsten West Savali to Moderate 'Her Dream Deferred ' Virtual Panel' Kirsten West Savali To register for the panel, please visit bit.ly/HDD2024 madamenoire.com/1362614/aapf-h…

“Our identities are inherently made political. Our speech, no matter what we're saying - even us saying that we are tired is a political statement.”-
Karen Attiah #HerDreamDeferred

'Black Women's hyper visibility but continuing vulnerability, makes us clear targets for the right, and even some on the left, who prefer black women's silence over our leadership.' - Kirsten West Savali #HerDreamDeferred

'James Baldwin teaches us that the victim that is able to articulate their circumstances ceases to become a victim and then becomes a threat.' -Kirsten West Savali #HerDreamDeferred

TOMORROW at 8PM ET 'In the Bullseye of the Backlash: Black Women in Defense of Themselves' will feature Karen Attiah (Karen Attiah), Jeanell English, Janel George (@JG4Justice) , Katrina Gibson and Diana Greene. It will be moderated by Kirsten West Savali (@KWestSavali):

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This is one of two padded cells in the Adams County jail where people await psychiatric treatment through the civil commitment process.

Conditions are so bad that most people charged with crimes–but not people awaiting treatment–are sent to a different jail. (THREAD)

This is journalist Salam Mema.

Her Facebook offered a window into motherhood. In July, she shared a photo of her 3 young children. “They are a part of my soul,” she wrote before an Israeli airstrike killed her and her family, according to the Coalition for Women in Journalism

After the Hamas attack, Lafi rushed to report near the Erez crossing between Gaza and Israel, Roshdi said. Lafi was killed as Israel retaliated and fighting broke out

Roshdi remembered Lafi as 'talented and creative.' He died 2 weeks after his friend washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/…

This is Ibrahim Lafi. His Instagram documented birds, horses and sunsets. One image shows a full moon above water. In another, a rainbow arches across Gaza City.

Lafi, 21, also used Instagram to capture the hardship in Gaza: buildings reduced to rubble, people mourning the dead.

On Wednesday, Roshdi sent Niha Masih this photo of him with his late colleague, Ibrahim Lafi, who he said had a “big dream of being an international journalist.”

Both young men worked for Gaza’s Ain Media. Both killed just days apart in Israeli airstrikes, friends say.

4 days ago we interviewed Roshdi Sarraj for a The Washington Post story about the 23 journalists killed in the Israel-Gaza war.
Roshdi, also a journalist, spoke of his late Palestinian colleagues with pride. Today we discovered that Roshdi was killed in an Israeli strike on his home

Why do so many Black activists support Palestinians?

Black American activists and Palestinians have showed solidarity with each other since the 1960s, as oppressed peoples fighting colonial powers.

Kirsten West Savali Takara Rhetoric & narratives matter- the language of liberation matters. Thank you to the panelists for discussing the importance of language & the honesty of words, & reminding us to be critical of the language co-opted/used improperly in media headlines & policy reform measures

The violent hypocrisy is astounding. No politician in these divided states could say, “Palestine has the right, indeed…the obligation, to defend itself…and to do what it can to make sure this never happens again” without being run from office. #NotInMyName #FreePalestine

Kirsten West Savali Takara “We cannot use language that allows for the hyper-individualization of the issues. It is not individuals- it is the system.” - Takara

Kirsten West Savali Takara Kirsten West Savali discusses the importance of defining our own narratives & calling definitions of “safety” into question. Who defines what safety means? Often, safety is used as a tool to occupy & criminalize communities. We must reexamine how words of reform are defined.