Category: Racial Justice

https://www.deborahrobertsart.com/artist-statement

Deborah Roberts (American, b. 1962) is a mixed media artist whose work challenges the notion of ideal beauty.

https://gsep.pepperdine.edu/about/our-people/faculty/shelly-harrell

Dr. Harrell is a licensed psychologist with areas of specialization in multicultural and community psychology. Her research interests include cultural dimensions of wellness and positive well-being, racism-related stress, resilience-oriented stress management interventions, culturally-diverse contemplative practices, humanistic-existential and integrative approaches to psychotherapy, and African American mental health.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ossawa_Tanner

Henry Ossawa Tanner (June 21, 1859 – May 25, 1937) was an American artist who spent much of his career in France.

Dr Zolelwa Sifumba is a young, passionate global health activist, medical doctor ,Clinical Research Fellow at the Africa Health Research Institute and is an HBNU Fogarty Global Health Fellow conducting research in Tuberculosis, an illness close to her heart.

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/17/1245264129/death-doula-alua-arthur-briefly-perfectly-human

As a death doula, Alua Arthur helps people to plan for the end of life and, when the time comes, to let go. She says that while we’re conditioned to fear death, thinking and talking about it is instrumental to creating meaningful lives.

https://www.barbarawalker.co.uk/index.php/info/about/

Barbara Walker MBE, RA is a British artist based in Birmingham in the UK. Her work is informed by the social, political and cultural realities that affect her life and the lives of those around her.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noo_Saro-Wiwa

Noo Saro-Wiwa is a British-Nigerian author, noted for her travel writing. She is the daughter of Nigerian activist Ken Saro-Wiwa.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denyce_Graves

Denyce Graves (born March 7, 1964) is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer.

https://76crimes.com/author/moise-manoel/

Moïse Manoël-Florisse, is an African-Caribbean online journalist keeping an eye on human rights abuses in French-speaking areas.

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/13/685930840/faith-ringgold-quilt-and-visual-artist-dies-at-93

Artist Faith Ringgold, well known for her story quilts depicting African American experiences, has died. She was 93.