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This Mama’s Day, We Celebrate and Honor the Resilience of Southern Black...
Hello Community, I am thrilled to write to you and announce SPARK’s Mama’s Day e-campaign in partnership with Strong Families! Strong Families is a national initiative raising the social justice issues...
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SPARK interviews Marilynn Winn about family, tips for mothers, and how our...
Marilynn WinnPhotograph: Ingemar Smith We begin our Strong Families Mama’s Day campaign by honoring Marilynn Winn. Ms. Winn is the extraordinary strategist behind Atlanta 9to5’s Ban the Box campaign...
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Tracee McDaniel sits down with SPARK to share her incredible journey,...
Tracee McDanielPhotograph: Ingemar Smith Raised in South Carolina, Tracee McDaniel left the South seeking community as a transsexual woman to return years later more in love with her family and...
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Mary Hooks joins SPARK to talk about family, being a new mother, and policies...
Mary Hooks and PorterPhotograph: Ingemar Smith For Mary Hooks, raising her daughter and changing the world is all in a day’s work! She is an organizer for Southerners on New Ground (SONG) — an...
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Mamas in the South Continue the Fight for Reproductive Justice
By Bianca Campbell, Organizer, SPARK Originally posted at Flyover Feminism A Lifetime of Care – Strong Families – Mama’s Day.Org Too often public discourse on the reproductive and sexual rights issues...
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Give Affordable Healthcare This Mother’s Day
Leandra Lacy, SPARK Spring ’14 Intern By Leandra Lacy This Mama’s Day, we recognize and celebrate the tenacity of Black mothers living in Georgia and the South. Many of these women are struggling to...
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‘Mamas Day’ Celebrates Motherhood Outside the Boxes
Originally posted at Ebony. Written by Asha French with comments from SPARK Youth Leader Quita Tinsley. SPARK Youth Leader Quita Tinsley [Building community through partnership is central to the...
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Mother’s Day: The Resilience of Black Breast-Feeding
Originally posted at The Root. Written by SPARK Organizer Bianca Campbell. Generic Image: Thinkstock It was out of love, compassion and the promise of better opportunities that my mother fed me baby...
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Mama-Activists of Georgia Fight for Medicaid Expansion
By Alissa Robbins As Georgia Governor Nathan Deal currently considers signing into law a measure that would place further barriers between hundreds of thousands of low-income Georgians and quality,...
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Mama’s Day 2014 Round UP!
This year, SPARK participated in the Strong Families Mama’s Day campaign by penning and contributing to a number of powerful articles and blogs on the experiences of Black women on issues from...
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