Dr. Courtney M (Ileka)

If we had a dollar every time someone asks about our hair, we could reduce the racial and gender pay gap #BlackWomenAtWork

Reimagining the Moment link.medium.com/rDoqEwfMjNb

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@nazzaaa_ I just started, it’s so good!

Oh nah, Nene made a little cameo? Perfect lmao

Oooo First Wives Club is starting off good

Imagine being the only Black woman in your area. Your department. Your entire unit. We need so much economic, mental and emotional support to address these damages 🤦🏾‍♀️

This is a lie. This rhetoric is dangerous and needs to stop. This endangers the life of Rashida and Palestinians standing up for their liberation everywhere.

SEVEN. MILLION.

The UN says nearly seven million people are now internally displaced within the Democratic Republic of Congo due to escalating violence. According to the UN, the DRC is facing one of the world's biggest displacement and humanitarian crises. bbc.in/3FEvwha

Israel is DESENSITIZING US!! THey are relying on the fact that the coverage won't be as strong after Al-Mamadani hospital bombing! THEY JUST KILLED HALF A THOUSAND REFUGEES!! RETWEET and SHARE this as much as you can.

If we can afford war, we can afford reparations. If we can afford war, we can afford Medicare for All. If we can afford war, we can afford universal childcare. If we can afford war, we can afford college for all. If we can afford war, we can afford universal basic income.

Richard Roundtree, who broke ground with his signature role in the Shaft movie franchise, passed away this afternoon, Oct. 24, after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer with his family at his bedside. He was 81 bit.ly/409ydAO

when we say some of you would be sad for the slave masters and scared of freed Black people if we plopped yall back in the day, this is what we mean

Fannie Lou Hamer was born #OnThisDay in 1917. Hamer co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, which challenged the local Democratic Party’s efforts to block Black voters through violence, literacy tests, and intimidation. #APeoplesJourney

We see ourselves as #hosts, not #heroes in our reimagination journey. By hosting this work, we invite others to contribute their knowledge, skills, and experiences for our collective well-being. What will you bring to our #reimagination of work and rest?

University of Chicago has agreed to pay $13.5 million to students after being accused of participating in a 'price-fixing cartel' with other prestigious schools to limit financial aid Also Named in the suit are: -Brown University -California Institute of Technology, -Columbia University -Cornell University -Dartmouth College -Duke University -Emory University -Georgetown University - MIT, -Northwestern University, -University of Notre Dame - University of Pennsylvania -Rice University -Vanderbilt University -Yale University businessinsider.com/do-i-qualify-f…

“I’m theorizing about the behavior and experiences of Black people. It would be out of scope and inconsistent to include White participants in the studies that follow. I discuss White people in the Future Directions for other scholars to pursue.”

@jenn_rubin @UMich Sounds like the same prof who loved how my ideas in pro seminar extended their understanding of race and biology, invited me to write a paper together, took the work and ghosted me 🤦🏾‍♀️