Dominique Derbigny, Author at 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 Writing as a Form of Healing and Activism: An Interview with Nadia Owusu

by Dominique Derbigny | Nov 30, 2020 | Our Sheroes

Our BlackHer Shero of the Week is Nadia Owusu, a Brooklyn-based writer and urbanist. Simon and Schuster will publish her first book, Aftershocks: A Memoir, in January 2021 (pre-order today!). Her lyric essay chapbook, So Devilish a Fire won the Atlas Review chapbook...

On Changing the Narrative Around and Advancing Health for Black Women: An Interview with Natalie Burke

by Dominique Derbigny | Oct 18, 2020 | Our Sheroes

Our BlackHer Shero of the week is Natalie Burke, president and CEO of CommonHealth Action, whose mission is to develop people and organizations to produce health through equitable policies, programs, and practices. Natalie and I spoke about the need for power and...

Stop Devaluing Black Women at Work

by Dominique Derbigny | Sep 6, 2020 | Articles

Black women are subjected to the dueling forces of white supremacy and patriarchy in just about every facet of our lives, including where we work. Unsurprisingly, Black women are overrepresented in low-paying jobs, like childcare, retail, and hospitality, and...

Sustaining Ourselves in a Jobless Economy

by Dominique Derbigny | Jul 6, 2020 | Articles

Black women are under attack. I live in Atlanta, Georgia where Black women suffer the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state. Georgia, where state-sanctioned violence proliferates through the recent murders of Rayshard Brooks, who was shot in the back...