The Bella Bulletin Newsletter: Black History Month Edition

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Black History Month Highlights Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, ​A Black woman from North Carolina will go down in history for leading the effort to solve the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Kizzmekia 30 days after being nominated by President Corbett is a Trump, Amy Coney Barrett was officially research fellow sworn-in as a Supreme Court Justice on October scientificMyles lead This past March,July officers Brettand Hankinson, On Wednesday, 29,undoubtedly Mexico’s Court 27th. Based on herwill judicial recordSupreme ongo​gun rights Amanda Gorman down in Cosgrove, and Jonathan Mattingly, barged into at the National (SCJN)immigration halted ​a tremendous milestone for and as well as her public history for being poet that an stole the show Breonna Taylor’s house under ainjunction “no-knock abortion rights by the voting against in Institut of Health. statements on abortion and L ​ GBTQ+ rights​ , it at is for her performance of “ ​ The Hill We Climb” warrant” as she and her boyfriend, K ​ enneth Veracruz. The injunction, approved by a judge in She was on the clear that Barrett’s nomination shift Walker​ ,Veracruz were sleeping and fired awill barrage of 32 President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Xalapa, ordered the state’s congress to nation’s highest court severely to the right. The frontlines working with a team of scientists, bullets that k ​ illed Taylor​ . This month, a remove articles 149, 150, of the local Harris’ inauguration this and year.154Gorman, the backlash against Barrett’s nomination is Jefferson County grand jury onlyLaureate indicted one of studying Moderna's vaccine, one of the two penal code. This decision would have United States’ first Youth Poet and the two-fold: Many Americans are concerned about the three officers, Hankinson, and only decriminalizeed abortions within 12 charged weeks, COVID-19 vaccines shown be effective by youngest inaugural at to theneighbors. age of 22 cases years how Barrett’s stancepoet will in court him for endangering Taylor’s allowed for abortions dueplay to out health risks,None and more thanalready 90 percent. Finding a vaccine to old,thehas aon lifetime’s of of officers werehad charged forand the worth death of dealing with LGBTQ+ rights abortion abolished the time limit abortions for cases combat COVID-19 has been crucial toupsaving achievements, but she’s only going from Breonna Taylor. Inplan addition, leaked involving rape. for removing these three (particularly inThe ​Fulton v. City ofrecently Philadelphia ​), body-cam footage reveals Brett Hankinson and lives a national and global level. articles was originally introduced by the here.on This month, has already made history and people are she furious with the women’s Trump Myles Cosgrove r ​ eturning to Taylor’s residence rights organizations National Commission to again as the firstfor poet fast-tracking to perform at the Super administration Barrett’s and on evidence after Prevent and rather Eradicate Violence against Women nomination thanpotential allowing the ​“American Bowlcommenting where she delivered her people poem Chorus of Black Americans and other of color the incident took place. Needless to say, folks (Conavim) and the National Institute for Women people to let ​dtheir vote for president influence the Captains.” have been isproportionately affected (InMujeres) 2016. Unfortunately, ​fourTaylor’s out by of across the in country are furious that the justice to fill the place of the late Ruth five judges against upholding the injunction. death occurred at all, and now, Taylor Covid-19​ , voted increasing the that urgency amongis Bader Ginsburg, considering Republicans While denied this decision have only affected the being justice.would health experts community leaders to prevented formerandpresident, Barack Obama, state of Veracruz, activists hoped that it would set build and trust in the vaccine. But from ​rconfidence eplacingfor Justice the precedent otherScalia states to2016. do the same. skepticism among some people of color, especially Black Americans, remains high. A study released by the COVID Collaborative, the UnidosUS found that made only This NAACP January,and ​Senator Raphael Warnock 14% of as Black trust that a vaccine Information onAmericans President Trump’s long-awaited history Georgia’s very first Black senator, the tax-returns has finally been released by the will be safe and 18% trust it will be effective. first Black democrat senator to represent a New York Times​. According to their report, Their concerns stem largely aleadership, history of southern state, and th​e ​1from 1th Black senator In a seismic shift in as governmental Trump, the only president in recent historythis to After winning the Democratic nomination racism in medical research and healthcare ever in the United States. Warnock’s win was Samoa’s Deputy Prime Minister, F ​ iame Naomi not tax-returns, paid year July, release Candacehis Valenzuela could now$750 makethe history Mata’afa has resigned from her government made possible by Stacey Abrams and the many that includes incidents like the T ​ uskegee he won the presidential election and his first. by becoming the first Black Latina in Congress​ position to against former the year office. In ​v,10 the past 15 school years, other intrailblazing oting rights activists that syphilis experiment​ theofher study found. Valenzuela isrun an educator, a member ofparty, her Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP), in the however, didn’tGeorgia taxes successfully blue in this year’s board, and he aflipped mother ofpay two.any Her income campaign was because he reported losing more money than next election. Fiame’s decision to resign and run supported byelection. List, hesitancy End CitizensinUnited, presidential Corbett has ​sEMILY’s een vaccine Black he made. In addition, he is currently in a dispute against her party is a rejection the Congressional Hispanic of current Caucus, Prime the communities firsthand and recognizes that with the IRS over the legitimacy of a $72.9 Congressional Black Aiono Caucus, the Malielegaoi’s Congressional Minister, Tuilaepa Sailele million tax refund. Unsurprisingly, Trump has rebuilding trust in medical institutions will Asian American Pcific American Caucus, andclaim was recently established laws that critics referred to the report as “ ​ fake news.” endorsed bySamoa’s the late constitution. John Lewis. take time, which is something that health undermine

experts have to accept. ​Thankfully, Dr. Corbett, being a black woman herself and the one behind the vaccines development, has been able to reassure some of black community of the ​COVID-19 vaccine’s effectiveness and it being safe for individuals This October, Cameroon’s ​Anglophone Crisis to take. Corbett did however say to people has reached higher stakes after a fatal shooting who are hesitant about the vaccine that, at Mother International Bilingual Thetheday beforeFrancisca Newright York City public schools “You've earned the to ask the questions Jena Faith, a 43-year-old trans woman, has just Academy in Kumba that resulted in the deaths were scheduled to open, the Council of School Cicely Tyson, a beacon of light and a major role that you have around these vaccines and this made history in Steuben County​ , NY by filing of children underindustry, 14-years-old. Supervisors (CSA) ​declared aa modelsix in theand filmAdministrators and theater suddenly lawsuit against thevote county forhave the abuse she vaccine development process,” but she is “No Confidence” against Mayor Bill de Unfortunately, the shooters been passed awayinlast month at agearrested 96. Anot native of experienced jail. Faith was back in Blasio and Chancellor Richard due to identified yet. The earn Anglophone Crisis in working hard to help backCarranza that trust. Harlem, Newto York, and bornawith to Caribbean 2018 for allegedly buying a with meal counterfeit their failure come up safe plan for Cameroon first emerged in 2016 as money. she lived was originally placed in a immigrants, an ​incredibly extensive schools inWhile theTyson of the COVID-19 pandemic. Anglophones inmidst Cameroon started to protest Dr. Corbett women’s facility, she was abruptly moved todea 65-year-long filled with masterfully Along with thecareer vote, CSA is calling their oppression atthe the hands ofonthe men’s facility she was misgendered, denied her has been Blasio andperformances, Carranza to relinquish control of the impactful like her first lead role Francophone government. Since then, due to hormone replacement treatment, and sexually city's Department of (​ 1972). Education for the outspoken on as “Rebecca” in ​Sounder Tyson of was also the government’s violent suppression these assaulted. Thethelawsuit Faith upon her remainder of pandemic andfiled to seek outrole the the revolutionary for the way that she demanded protests, tensions have continued to rise and release, however, now York led toState multiple reforms assistance of thehasNew education respect intothe industry: She was not only systemic over 5,000 soldiers, separatist fighters, anda dedicated protecting trans inmates. As result department. According to CSA leaders, aschool of these reforms, trans inmates in Steuben County civilians have been killed. Not only has this leader ofwant the to Black Beautiful movement, but racism has officials get is school’s reopened as safely will have access to gender-affirming care, will be conflict resulted in immense violence, it also she asalso refused to play characters and quickly as possible. played in that the able to wear clothing that aligns with their gender, prevented almost oneor million childrenof from portrayed demeaning flawed images Black pandemic, and behasreferred criticized the and legally must to by their Trump correct attending school right now. identity. Tyson’s legacy lives on on in the administration for a lack of diversity its names andCicely pronouns. thousands of Black artists that she has inspired, coronavirus task force. and her work will undoubtedly be remembered for years to come.

"Trust, especially when it has been stripped from people, has to be rebuilt in a brick-by-brick fashion," she said. "And so, what I say to people firstly is that I empathize, and secondly that I'm goingsummit, to do my Daysthen before a majorisUN biodiversity 64 In the past few months, ​the Greek government part in laying those bricks. And I think that if world leaders signed the ​Leader’s Pledge for has secretly expelled over 1,000march asylumbegan seekers North Carolina’s “I Am Change” as Nature​, among them Merkel, Justin everyone on our side,Angela physicians and sending them offas in occasionally aby peaceful protest to encourage voter turnout Trudeau, Jacinda Ardern, and Boris Johnson. malfunctioning life rafts. Despite the scientists, about it that way, when thenmany the but ​qdocument uicklywent devolved into violence law The is aonce 10-point pledge that plans to Nia Dennis has again gone viral for an outcries against Greece’s illegal actions, the trust would start to be rebuilt." enforcement arrived in riot gear and gas masks reverse biodiversity loss byroutine 2030. The pledge incredibly engaging floorthe celebrating government has denied allegations. Some and that protestors the warnsdemanded that humanity is facing a move climatetocrisis Black history and this culture. routine experts suggest that recent The humanitarian and declares that the it will deforestation sidewalk. Despite factreduce that the protestors violation is a result European countries incorporated musicofbyother Beyoncé, Missy Elliot, and applied unsustainable fishing practices, eliminate had for the permit to be there, officers not providing enough assistance to Greece for Tupac Shakur, to and Lamar, and and environmentally harmful quickly theofKendrick use ofsubsidies, pepper taking inresorted a high influx Syrian refugees.spray, Also, includedthe aspects of popular dances throughout encourage sustainable food production harming children, elderly folks, disabled rising tensions between Greece andand Turkey have systems. The pledge also puts pressure on Black history, taking a knee in tandem folks that were the crowd. led people to inbelieve that both nations with are countries that contribute the greenhouse Colin Kaepernick​ , and stepping, a form of dance weaponizing Syrian refugees to most place pressure on gasses like the US, Brazil, China, and Russia. practiced by Black fraternities and sororities. one another.

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