“【Caption】In reflecting on solidarity, we often are left with more questions than answers―an open call for work”／“【Exordium】A collaboration between Black Women Radicals and the Asian American Feminist Collective, Black and Asian Feminist Solidarities is a monthly series published in AAWW’s The Margins that launched in July 2020. This ongoing project looks to Black and Asian American feminist histories, practices, and frameworks on care, community, and survival for the tools and strategies to continue to build towards collective liberation.”
“【About this event】On the 3rd and 4th of August Connected Sociologies will partner with BSix Sixth Form College in Hackney for a two-day in-person summer school exploring race, class and colonial legacies. Each day attendees will be able to choose to attend concurrent workshops held in three different rooms based on their interests. Sessions will explore approaches to teaching in the classroom (both university and school), Race & Class, Colonialism & The Making of the Modern World, Racism & Anti-Racism, and much more!””
“【Quot.】When Beyoncé received criticism for using an ableist term in the song "Heated" from "Renaissance" ― her first solo album in six years, which dropped at the end of July ― she quickly changed the lyric. She used the word "spaz," and the critique came largely from disabled people: "Spaz" carries negative connotations for those in the disability community, specifically those of us with cerebral palsy, including myself.”◇Butt, Louisa, 2022, "Book Launch: 'Race to the Bottom: Reclaiming Antiracism' by Azfar Shafi and Ilyas Nagdee", Speaker Newspaper, July 13, 2022, (https://speakernewspaper.com/book-launch-race-to-the-bottom-reclaiming-antiracism-by-azfar-shafi-and-ilyas-nagdee/).
“【Exordium】When the Black Lives Matter movement gained further worldwide attention and support during the international George Floyd protests in 2020, conversations that ethnic minorities had been having about racism for years had just begun on a globally collective scale. And there were mixed feelings about what change this would bring to racist attitudes in the West and if it would even bring a change at all. But we were all hopeful that a revolution was brewing.”◇Schneider, Sophie, 2022, "Indigenous Knowledges: New Transatlantic Pilot Project Launched", Stacks, April 11, 2022, (https://stacks.wellcomecollection.org/indigenous-knowledges-new-transatlantic-pilot-project-launched-12658e1c198a).