Today we continue to celebrate the leadership of women of color and feature Latina women. The WE CAN website contains a quote from famed organizer Dolores Huerta that reminds us […]
Currently, Federal agencies are not required to collect detailed data for Asian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Americans. This means that the diversity in the life experiences of our Asian-American […]
Fannie Lou Hamer October 6, 1917 – March 14, 1977 March is Women’s History Month! Since WE CAN’s mission is to educate, engage and activate women of color, we will […]
On Friday, the current President declared a state of emergency to use our tax dollars to pay for a wall that most people agree is not a good idea. No […]
Here we are nearly half-way through Black History Month and the news is loaded with reports showing that Black folks are still not celebrated in the United States. A recent […]
As of today, all but three State legislatures are in session (Alabama and Florida convene on March 5th and Louisiana on April 8th). For most of us, that means the […]
It looks like we have a deal to re-open the government for three weeks. During this time, hopefully, House Democrats and Republicans will settle on a long-term spending plan that […]
On Saturday I attended the Women’s March. I also volunteered (for the second time) to support the thousands of Marchers who came to the Nation’s Capitol to take a stand […]
few years ago, I had an opportunity to visit the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. I expected to learn only about Harriet Tubman and slavery in the […]
I’m reading Black No More, a satire by George S. Schuyler, where a black doctor has invented a way to turn “Negros” into white people. Imagining the ease of being […]
The United States House of Representatives is likely to reconvene on January 3, 2019. Sisters, this means you have about 17 days to take note of who your Congressperson is […]
Here we are a week after Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday and Giving Tuesday (hopefully you gave money to a nonprofit). Our pockets may be lighter, but are […]
Buddha said that health is the greatest wealth. This measure of wealth is still out of reach for the nearly 28.5 million or almost 9% of the total US population […]
The week did not begin the way WE CAN had hoped. Georgia did not make history by electing Stacey Abrams as the first female African-American Governor and Andrew Gillum lost […]
