Tag: Black Lives Matter
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![Black LGBTQIA+ Therapy Fund [@Ro_Reveur] raise over £30,000 to donate free therapy sessions to those within the community](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Ro-180x180.jpg)
During this tough period, many have come forward to help their communities in various ways. The pandemic has been a difficult time for many, as individuals isolate with family members or individuals that may not see eye to eye with. Some have experienced isolation, homelessness alongside being unable to exist in their true identities around…
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If you listen to one new thing today let it be ‘Black Man’s Burden’. ‘Black Man’s Burden’ is the work of North London platform Word On The Curb who are all for helping the communities they represent. Recently they were the driving force behind getting the government’s tone-deaf #knifefree chicken box campaign withdrawn. On ‘Black…
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How To Protect Yourself When Protesting For Black Lives Matter. Thousands of activists and supporters have joined protests in cities all over the world in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder at the time of his arrest on May 25th. Protestors are also marching in the name of 29-year-old Regis Korchinski-Paquet who was a black…
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Jackie Aina has sparked a new hashtag #pulluporshutup an initiative started by the founder of UOMA beauty Sharon Chuter, demanding brands who have been posting with Black Lives Matter hashtags within 72 hours to publicly release the number of black employees at the corporate and executive levels within their companies. In order to apply pressure…
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The fashion industry has been known for its heavy participation in cultural appropriation whilst giving little to no voice and recognition to the important and valuable history many these “styles and trends” hold. Some see cultural appropriation as simply just appreciating culture but the problem that has been entrenched in societies all over the world…
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Today Tuesday, June 2nd 2020, is Blackout Tuesday which is an initiative about change within the music industry. Blackout Tuesday is something that has never been done before and was started by music executives, Jamila Thomas and Brianna Agyemang. Whilst there are several hashtags and movements around at the moment, it’s important to do your due…
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We are all aware of the devastating news of the brutal murder of George Floyd by white police officer Derek Chauvin with the help of his white colleagues. This has broken our hearts and has rightfully caused outrage, anger and protest in the US and in the UK and various other locations. Those that have…
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![Politics: Justice for George Floyd – Sign The Petition [@change]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_4751-180x180.jpg)
Justice for George Floyd Is The Fastest Growing Petition On the 25th of May 2020, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. George Floyd, an unarmed African-American man was killed at the time of his arrest by a white police officer; Derek Chauvin. The murder occurred after an arrest of Floyd was made when a deli employee called the…
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The Hate U Give is a film exploring the life of Starr Carter, a young teen existing in the space between two contradicting worlds. Living in a disadvantaged neighbourhood, but attending a mostly white prep school. Following the police shooting of her childhood best friend, she navigates the choices of doing what’s right versus what’s…
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![The Hate you Give by Angie Thomas [@acthomasbooks]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/32613366.jpg)
New York Best seller Author Angie Thomas has written a book that reflects the detrimental problems that black societies are facing everyday globally. Police brutality has become a stigma that people are use to hearing but it does not diminish the important fact that police brutality has been responsible for hundreds of deaths in the…