January 2021 - BlackHer.us

On Civic Engagement as Community Organizing: An Interview with Tamieka Atkins

by Dominique Derbigny | Jan 24, 2021 | Our Sheroes

Our BlackHer Shero of the week is Tamieka Atkins, executive director of ProGeorgia, Georgia’s state-based non-partisan voter engagement advocacy organization. She is also the convener of ProGeorgia’s Women of Color Initiative, which strives to support the...

On Advancing Social Justice and Anti-Racism in Science: An Interview with Namandjé Bumpus

by Jocelyn Harmon | Jan 17, 2021 | Our Sheroes

Our BlackHer Shero of the Week is Namandjé Bumpus, the E.K. Marshall and Thomas H. Maren Professor and director of the Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. In 2020, she became the first Black woman to...

On Developing the Collective Leadership of Black People: An Interview with Lillian Singh

by Jocelyn Harmon | Jan 10, 2021 | Our Sheroes

Our BlackHer Shero of the Week is Lillian Singh, vice president, programs and racial wealth equity at Prosperity Now. Singh is the architect of the Racial Wealth Divide Initiative and Building High Impact Nonprofits of Color, a five-year, $8M initiative funded by...

On Diversifying the Asset Management and Financial Services Industry and Changing How Capital Flows: An Interview with Erika Seth Davies

by Jocelyn Harmon | Jan 3, 2021 | Our Sheroes

Our BlackHer Shero of the Week is Erika Seth Davies, founder of The REAL (The Racial Equity Asset Lab), an organization working to center racial equity in impact investing and shift capital to close the persistent racial wealth gap. Davies is also a social...