So I decided I wanted to start eating better. No to lose weight… but I just don’t eat that well and I was like “hmm this probs isn’t great for my heart, my blood pressure, or my cholesterol.”
Every time I googled “heart healthy meals” they were geared toward weight loss.
Seeing black folks write about how they wear their Ivy League paraphernalia when jogging in neighborhoods to avoid getting killed is really heartbreaking and throws me off.
And it’s like… I think ab these conversations being had around fat phobia. Like if I say “I want my heart to be healthy” and the internet and the rest of diet culture hears “I’m so glad you want to lose weight!”
That’s discouraging!
Richmond Public Schools became the first school district in the state to pass collective bargaining, ending a decades long restriction on the Richmond Education Association’s ability to have a meaningful say in employee work conditions. Here’s video of the historic moment.
As more Black women die during and after childbirth, Black doulas are more in demand. But they often feel that they’re supposed to save Black women from bad experiences.
I wrote about why they can’t fix Georgia’s abysmal maternal mortality rates alone.
Pharrell Williams’ cousin, Donavan Lynch, was killed by the police. Pharrell says the city is led by “toxic” leaders, which drove his decision not to bring the festival back the the 757, even though the leaders begged him to.
Something in the Water is nothing as of now.
Virginia Beach’s leadership learned last week that Pharrell Williams will not bring back the highly successful festival to the Oceanfront in 2022, and begged him in a letter to reconsider.
Story here:
@lNTERNETBBY
The video where he made the Mac and cheese for her Black family???? Ben said “I just wanted to be my own self” and then her mom said “it tastes like your own self” 💀💀💀💀💀
Black life is not a spectacle. Black Death is not a spectacle. Thankful for the Black journalists who amplified a message that we do not have to subject ourselves to the brutal beating death of Tyre Nichols.
We have never needed brutal imagery to know we’re telling the truth.
Boston is a city that rejects racism and bigotry in all its forms. We are a community that stands for social, economic, and racial justice.
I am grateful to our local athletes for being a role model for the rest of the country.
After
@EmoryMidtown
fired four nurses for “unprofessional” comments in a Tik Tok video, Black people who gave birth there began sharing their traumatic experiences in the labor and delivery unit.
@CapitalB_ATL
.
A teacher was escorted out of the Henrico School Board meeting after he attempted to demonstrate that the School Board would be uncomfortable with people eating with no masks on, and it would be unfair to allow teachers to be put in similar situations with students.
A year ago today, I came to the city of Boston. I was heartbroken over a boy, I was suicidal, and my grandmother had just passed away. Never did I think I would grow so much in journalism or as a person. Boston, thank you. Emerson, thank you. God, thank you.
I had make up at one point. But earlier this year, I was homeless. When I stayed in emergency housing, I left my foundation and other make up in the bathroom when I had to leave. Please think about the things you say.
I mean, you’re blocked after this but my goodness.
Howard University’s student newspaper, The Hilltop, says it is being advised by the Student Press Law Center after allegations from Howard’s administration of inaccuracy and bias. The
#BlackburnTakeover
is still happening at Howard.
✨Professional news! ✨
Next week, I’m joining
@AP
, where I’ll be covering public health.
I’m ecstatic for an opportunity to join an amazing organization and for the ways I’ll grow! I’ll still be based in my hometown, Atlanta.
Phyllis always knew what God had planned for me.
My Uncle, Michael Faulks, passed away from COVID-19. My uncle was a teacher in Cherokee County Schools and a Pastor at Summer Hill AME Church in Rome, GA. Please pray for his family’s strength. And pray for mine. I am absolutely gutted, angry, and heartbroken.
Embracing those who are celebrating Christmas this year without loved ones they wouldn’t have imagined they lost.
For those who lost one of the 300,000 people to this pandemic, I’m thinking of you.
For those who just lost someone to anything, I’m thinking of you.
After I lost my mom, I was living in my childhood home, for the first time without her. I was constantly finding things around the house that revealed something new.
Among those things was an index card she wrote her goals on and signed. I got the signature inked today.
If you’re a Black Journalist who needs therapy, the International Women’s Media Fund is giving us money for it. I got $1400 for therapy and adore my therapist. Shoutout to
@weischoice
for starting it!
If you’re a Black person who gave birth at Emory Midtown in Atlanta, I want to chat with you for a story I’m working on. Kenya.Hunter
@capitalbnews
.org or my DMs are open.
@CapitalB_ATL
.
Attention
#VUU
! We are so excited for
Kanye West to be Hosting Live Viewing of New Album Release, Donda, for His Late Mother’s Alma Mater, Virginia Union University 🐾♥️TONIGHT at 7pm!
This livestream is exclusively for VUU students, faculty, and staff! 🐾♥️
@BonjourParis_
Lol this is the second time I didn’t realize people can see me and made a wild face. Here is the first time!when I went to Boston City Hall for my podcast.
My boyfriend didn't know about The Associated Press before I started working here so he was telling his coworker about me and was like "she works for a company called The Associated Press."
And then his coworker was like "...The AP?" lol pls it's so cute.
Every time Meg Thee Stallion talks about a violent act committed against her, the replies are so vile. It’s infuriating to watch, but also a constant reminder that folks could care less about the humanity of Black women and femmes.
@CurlyChaoticMom
After my moms funeral, a few of my friends were like “girl this was so beautiful and made me wanna go hug my momma so I’m about to go do that” 💀💀💀
New: All Richmond Public Schools employees must be vaccinated by Oct. 1. The Richmond School Board approved the vote in an 8-1 vote with Jonathan Young dissenting.
Just finished my first week of my internship (that apparently like... 40 people applied to 😂) so I made this video in the bathroom. Of COURSE I did it after my shift was over.
This was cool, but I’m thinking about how reporters of color have rarely yelled at the President but get treated much worse than that. Yamiche Alcindor was called aggressive, Abby Phillip’s question was called stupid, and April Ryan has been disrespected.
The same cops were making jokes about how they almost arrested members of the press and told us to go home
Not sure how pushing someone against a wall is funny but ...
It is so weird to shame people for catching COVID because this pandemic is literally the worst.
It is miserable being inside all of the time, so people take risks. It is miserable to not see your family, so people take risks. It is miserable living by yourself. We’re not ok.
Hi there everyone. My name is Kenya, and I’m a hard-working student journalist at Emerson College. I’m trying to get to NABJ’s National Conference this year, but I need some financial help. Please reach out if you would like to help a starving journalist!
Sierra and I just talked about her dreams. She had so many dreams of being the best journalist she could be. I’m so heartbroken over this.
Love you
@SierraJenk
. Forever and ever.
We are devastated to report that Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press reporter Sierra Jenkins was among the victims of an overnight shooting in downtown Norfolk. She was 24.
I’ll respond to all the congratulations so soon. I’m darting to what will be my last meeting with the Richmond School Board as the education reporter for the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
I owe this city and my colleagues at
@RTDNEWS
everything.
Im ecstatic to join
@CapitalB_ATL
.
Excited to REINTRODUCE MYSELF! I’m Kenya, currently the education reporter at The Richmond Times-Dispatch, soon to be the new health reporter at
@CapitalB_ATL
!!
So excited!!!
Before she died from breast cancer, my mommy survived kidney cancer she found a year after she had me. She walked around with one kidney for the majority of my life. Hoping she’s proud of me ❤️
For the last six months, I’ve been reporting on what the building at the corner of Leigh and Lombardy, better knows as the Maggie Walker Governor’s School — once Maggie Walker High School— has meant to Richmond. This is the first of a three part series.