African American Women of Diaspora – Global Afro Woman Creative Blog

#ADOS, African American Women of Diaspora, American Descendants of Slavery, Black Women, Police and African American Women, Police and Black People, Police BrutalityMay 29, 2020

Breonna Taylor recognized…

Breonna Taylor came to our consciousness when we learned that when awakened from sleep, she became the victim of a police home invasion and was […]

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#ADOS, African American Women of Diaspora, American Descendants of Slavery, Global Afro Woman Protagonist, Research ProfessionalsMay 21, 2020

African American Woman Scientist in the Trenches with COVID-19 – Kizzmekia Shanta Corbett, PH.D

Dr. Fauci appointed Kizzmekia Shanta Corbett, PH.D to lead a team studying the corona virus. At the tender age of 34, she was propelled into […]

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#ADOS, African American Women, African American Women Doctors, African American Women of Diaspora, American Descendants of Slavery, Black Women, COVID-19, Global Afro Woman Protagonist, Healthcare and inequity, Medical Professionals, Women Medical ProfessionalsMay 10, 2020

African American Women Health Professionals in Trenches with Coronavirus – Race & Healthcare Vanessa Northington Gamble, MD PH.D

Dr. Venessa Northington Gamble is a physician, scholar, and activist. Born in 1953 and grew up in West Philadelphia with single mother, sister and watchful […]

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African American Women, African American Women Doctors, African American Women of Diaspora, Black Women, Global Afro Woman Protagonist, Healthcare Access, Healthcare and inequity, Medical Professionals, Women Medical ProfessionalsApril 29, 2020

African American Women Health Professionals in Trenches with Coronavirus-Patrice Harris, MD, MPH

Patricia Harris, MD, MPH heads up the American Medical Association and is in the thick of addressing physician needs and challenges during the Coronavirus. The […]

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#ADOS, African American Women, African American Women Doctors, African American Women of Diaspora, American Descendants of Slavery, Anesthesiologists, Black Women, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Global Afro Woman Protagonist, Healthcare Access, Healthcare and inequity, Medical Professionals, Race and Healthcare, Women Medical ProfessionalsApril 23, 2020

African American Women Health Professionals in Trenches with Coronavirus – Dr. Ebony Hilton

Dr. Ebony Hilton is an associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the University of Virginia. Her story becoming a doctor was forged […]

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#ADOS, #HipHop, African American Women, African American Women of Diaspora, Basketball, Black Women, Black Women Athletes, Kobe BryantJanuary 31, 2020

Gianna ‘GiGi’ Bryant – Kobe’s daughter and athlete

I was compelled to acknowledge Gianna Bryant because she was following in her father’s foot steps to become a professional basketball player. One can only […]

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#ADOS, African American Women of Diaspora, American Descendants of SlaveryJanuary 24, 2020

Val Demings US House of Representative & Impeachment House Manager

Born in Jacksonville, Florida at the end of Jim Crow and beginning of the Civil Rights era, Val Demings was a child of the sixties. […]

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#Beatbox, #HipHop, African American Women, African American Women of Diaspora, Black Community Conference, Black Women, Canada, Global Afro Woman Protagonist, HERSTORY MONTH, Jamaica, vocal percussionist, Winnipeg, ManitobaJanuary 16, 2020

Alexa Joy Potashnik – Frontier Human Rights Activist & Founder of Black Space Winnipeg, Manitoba.

“I may identify as black, but do not present as such; and I often question, should I have the right to speak on racial issues […]

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#ADOS, African American Women, African American Women of Diaspora, American Descendants of Slavery, Black Women, Global Afro Woman Protagonist, UncategorizedAugust 2, 2019

Yvette Carnell Co-founder of #ADOS American Descendants of Slavery

What is definition of reparations? ‘The making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged.’

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#ADOS, #HipHop, African American Women, African American Women of Diaspora, Afro American Women Childbirth, American Descendants of Slavery, Black Childbirth, Black Women, Black Women and Childbirth, Doula, Medical care of pregnant Black Women, Medical ProfessionalsJune 1, 2019

Erykah Badu a Doula, Soon Midwife, now End of Life Comforter.

This blog was inspired by an article from the website www.xonecole.com about Erykah Badu’s other interest as ‘Doula’ certified in 2011 is defined ‘a non-medical companion who […]

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