Food is a vital part of any culture, but the rich history behind many of the foods enjoyed and created by Black people is what makes it one-of-a-kind. Remembering and passing down the recipes for ...

The Protect Black Women and Girls Act was introduced into Congress on Feb. 14 by Representative Robin Kelly from Illinois’s Second Congressional District. This piece of legislation is currently being ...

Tiana Akoh-Arrey, a 9-year-old girl from London, England who was bullied for her natural hair, turned her sad experience into a success through a book she wrote called My Afro: Twin Best Friends. The ...

For sisters Keisha, Fiona, and Fiorella Sanchez, music is something that has always been a part of their lives. "We come from a family of musicians on both sides," Keisha, the oldest of the siblings, ...

Latinx Heritage Month is a time to celebrate Hispanic culture. In addition to commemorating Hispanic people, places, foods, etc.—it is also a moment to acknowledge the barriers we oppose and strive to ...

The Philidelphia organization creates reusable period panties for African girls. Black women in Philadelphia have banded together to address “menstrual hygiene management” in Africa. The group meets ...

Women and girls across the African continent yearn for learning and dream of a better future where they can pursue their education, stay healthy, find work, and care for their families at the same ...

April Showers is a magical force of unique kindness and mythical passion. So much so that years ago, a friend would continuously compare her likeness to that of a unicorn. “I thought what I was doing ...

The students of St. Joseph Secondary School, Kenya. Photo courtesy of Catherine Mulwa S.S.J., Coordinator for the Bakhita Partnership in Kenya. Elizabeth Mbula speaks carefully and deliberately over ...

A Continental Youth Capacity Building Workshop on Girls in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) for Gender-Responsive Education has officially opened in Nairobi, Kenya.

Ghanaian-American playwright Jocelyn Bioh wrote the “School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play” in 2017 for the MCC PlayLab Series, and it instantly became a show that everyone in the theater ...