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These Bridges We Keep On Building: Dalit Feminism and The Combahee River Collective
These Bridges We Keep On Building: Dalit Feminism and The Combahee River Collective

In the latest installment of our Special Blog Issue, “50 Years of Combahee”, writer Priyanka Kotamraju analyzes how Dalit feminists conceptualized a programmatic statement of their beliefs and a concrete manifesto of their actions and used the Combahee River Collective’s Black feminist statement as a roadmap to articulate their politics.

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NewsJaimee SwiftJuly 25, 2025News, Politics
Upcoming Teach-In: Forging Black Sovereignty: Queen Mother Audley Moore's Uncompromising Commitment to Black Nation Building by Dr. Ashley D. Farmer
Upcoming Teach-In: Forging Black Sovereignty: Queen Mother Audley Moore's Uncompromising Commitment to Black Nation Building by Dr. Ashley D. Farmer

Dr. Ashley Farmer, author of the forthcoming biography, Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore, will lead a teach-in for The School for Black Feminist Politics on the radical leadership of Queen Moore.

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NewsJaimee SwiftJuly 22, 2025News
The Boston Chapter: Learning from Combahee’s Emergence
The Boston Chapter: Learning from Combahee’s Emergence

In the latest installment of our Special Blog Issue, “50 Years of Combahee”, scholar Olivia Polk reflects on the Combahee River Collective’s emergent strategic practices for building relationships, and complexifying our imagination in the face of multiscalar legacies of violence.

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NewsJaimee SwiftJune 27, 2025News, LGBTQ+
Watch on Youtube & Reading List - Caretaking as Cultural Work: Lessons from Toni Cade Bambara and Helen Daniel by Zoe Bambara
Watch on Youtube & Reading List - Caretaking as Cultural Work: Lessons from Toni Cade Bambara and Helen Daniel by Zoe Bambara

A reading list by Zoe Bambara from the teach-in, “Caretaking as Cultural Work: Lessons from Toni Cade Bambara and Helen Daniel” for The School for Black Feminist Politics.

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NewsJaimee SwiftJune 23, 2025News
Subjectivity, Anonymity, and Representation in the Art of Lorna Simpson
Subjectivity, Anonymity, and Representation in the Art of Lorna Simpson

Reflecting on the work of photographer and multimedia artist Lorna Simpson. 

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NewsJaimee SwiftMay 27, 2025News, Society & Culture
Upcoming Teach-In: Caretaking as Cultural Work - Lessons from Toni Cade Bambara and Helen Daniel by Zoe Bambara
Upcoming Teach-In: Caretaking as Cultural Work - Lessons from Toni Cade Bambara and Helen Daniel by Zoe Bambara

Zoe Bambara will lead a teach-in for The School for Black Feminist Politics on the power of caretaking as cultural work.

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NewsJaimee SwiftMay 25, 2025News
Archiving the Life of Amy Ashwood Garvey: An Interview with Nydia A. Swaby
Archiving the Life of Amy Ashwood Garvey: An Interview with Nydia A. Swaby

Nydia A. Swaby examines and celebrates the life of Amy Ashwood Garvey, a Pan-Africanist activist who co-founded Negro World and the Universal Negro Improvement Association.

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NewsJaimee SwiftMay 8, 2025News
Upcoming Teach-In: Black Feminist Marronage in London: The Enduring Legacy of Amy Ashwood Garvey by Dr. Nydia A. Swaby
Upcoming Teach-In: Black Feminist Marronage in London: The Enduring Legacy of Amy Ashwood Garvey by Dr. Nydia A. Swaby

Dr. Nydia A. Swaby will lead a teach-in for The School for Black Feminist Politics on the leadership of Jamaican Pan-Africanist and Black Internationalist, Amy Ashwood Garvey. 

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NewsJaimee SwiftApril 28, 2025News
Past Event: "African Feminist Marronage: On the Power of African Feminist World/Space/Placemaking"
Past Event: "African Feminist Marronage: On the Power of African Feminist World/Space/Placemaking"

Join us for our upcoming event in collaboration with the Library of Africa and the African Diaspora titled, “African Feminist Marronage.”

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NewsJaimee SwiftApril 22, 2025News
Upcoming Event: IG Live with Jana Smith, Creator, Writer and Director of Red for Revolution
Upcoming Event: IG Live with Jana Smith, Creator, Writer and Director of Red for Revolution

Join us for an upcoming IG Live with Jana Smith, writer and director of Red for Revolution.

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News, LGBTQJaimee SwiftMarch 19, 2025News
Reading List: The Essence of our Movement: Pan-Africanism and Global Black Feminism BY By Uche Ezejiofor
Reading List: The Essence of our Movement: Pan-Africanism and Global Black Feminism BY By Uche Ezejiofor

A reading list by Uche Ezejiofor from their teach-in on “The Essence of Our Movement: Pan-Africanism and Global Black Feminism” for The School for Black Feminist Politics.

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NewsJaimee SwiftMarch 19, 2025News
Reclaiming Reproductive Justice:  The Combahee River Collective and  A Call for a Black Feminist Homecoming
Reclaiming Reproductive Justice: The Combahee River Collective and A Call for a Black Feminist Homecoming

In the six installment of our Special Blog Issue, “50 Years of Combahee”, writer Sol Elias offers that restoring the transformative power of the Reproductive Justice Movement requires a return to the radical, Black Feminist politics articulated by the Combahee River Collective. 

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News, Politics, LGBTQJaimee SwiftMarch 18, 2025News, LGBTQ+
“I Kept On, Kept On and Kept On”: Honoring the Life and Times of Lady Java
“I Kept On, Kept On and Kept On”: Honoring the Life and Times of Lady Java

Writer Karla Méndez examines the life and work of singer, comedian, actress, and activist, Lady Java, who was a founder of the Transgender Rights Movement.

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News, LGBTQJaimee SwiftFebruary 25, 2025News, LGBTQ+
Reading List: "It's All in the Reveal...": Valerie Maynard, Revelation, and Black (Dis) Belonging by Alexis De Veaux
Reading List: "It's All in the Reveal...": Valerie Maynard, Revelation, and Black (Dis) Belonging by Alexis De Veaux

A reading list by Alexis De Veaux from her teach-in on “It’s All in the Reveal: Valerie Maynard, Revelation, and Black (Dis) Belonging” for The School for Black Feminist Politics.

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NewsJaimee SwiftFebruary 2, 2025News, Society & Culture
O legado de Marielle Franco se espalhou pelo mundo: Uma entrevista com Diana Mendes, diretora de estratégias do Instituto Marielle Franco
O legado de Marielle Franco se espalhou pelo mundo: Uma entrevista com Diana Mendes, diretora de estratégias do Instituto Marielle Franco

Anastácia Flora Oliveira, escritora inaugural da Black Women Radicals programa da Dandara dos Palmares, conversa com Diane Menders, Diretora de Estratégias do Instituto Marielle Franco, sobre a vida, liderança e legado da feminista negra brasileira Marielle Franco.

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News, Politics, Society & CultureJaimee SwiftFebruary 1, 2025News
Marielle Franco's Legacy Spread Around The World: An Interview with Diana Mendes, Director of Strategies at the Marielle Franco Institute
Marielle Franco's Legacy Spread Around The World: An Interview with Diana Mendes, Director of Strategies at the Marielle Franco Institute

Anastácia Flora Oliveira, Black Women Radicals’ inaugural Dandara dos Palmares Fellow, speaks with Diane Menders, Director of Strategies at the Marielle Franco Institute, about the life, leadership, and legacy of Black Brazilian feminist Marielle Franco.

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NewsJaimee SwiftFebruary 1, 2025News, Politics
Writer Uche Ezejiofor to Lead Teach-In on Pan-Africanism and Global Black Feminism
Writer Uche Ezejiofor to Lead Teach-In on Pan-Africanism and Global Black Feminism

Writer Uche Ezejiofor to lead teach-in on Pan-Africanism and Global Black Feminism for our new teach-in series, “Black Feminist Marroonage” for The School for Black Feminist Politics.

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NewsJaimee SwiftFebruary 1, 2025News
Black Feminist Marronage: A Teach-In Series on Radical Black Feminist Worldmaking
Black Feminist Marronage: A Teach-In Series on Radical Black Feminist Worldmaking

Join us for a new teach-in series for The School for Black Feminist Politics on the power, possibilities, and perseverance of radical Black feminist worldmaking.

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NewsJaimee SwiftFebruary 1, 2025News
“A Story to these Rendezvous”: Cheryl Clarke, Combahee, and the Poetics of Black Queer Trouble*
“A Story to these Rendezvous”: Cheryl Clarke, Combahee, and the Poetics of Black Queer Trouble*

In this latest installment celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Combahee River Collective, Black queer feminist artist-scholar Mecca Jamilah Sullivan explores the power of Black queer feminist language-making, visions, and possibilities through the work and words of Combahee and Black lesbian feminist, poet, and scholar, Cheryl Clarke.

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NewsJaimee SwiftJanuary 29, 2025News, LGBTQ+
Help Black Women Radicals Open A School For All of Us
Help Black Women Radicals Open A School For All of Us

Support Black Women Radicals’ fundraiser to open a physical location for The School for Black Feminist Politics.

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NewsJaimee SwiftJanuary 25, 2025News
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