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Weekly Roundup for July 30

Weekly Roundup for Friday, July 30th

Happy Friday, family! Here’s what we’re reading and watching this week. Get into it!

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Check out this piece on Suni Lee’s All-Around Gold Medal means for her and her and her Hmong American community What Olympian Sunisa Lee Means to Hmong Americans | Time

Here's an article from Jemele Hill about pro-footballs vaccine mandates: The NFL Confronts Vaccine Refusers

Get into this clip, we mean "read," from Tiffany Cross: Tiffany Cross reacts to Megyn Kelly's criticism of Naomi Osaka

More praise for Simone Biles and her decision to pull out from the team and all-around competition: It's hard for strong Black women to say no. Simone Biles reminds us why we must.

This article about Black women returning to the office : Many Black women felt relieved to work from home, free from microaggressions. Now they’re told to come back.

 Check out this piece on defunding the police and funding communities: Want to Reduce Crime? Start with Funding Our Communities | Opinion

Here's a lovely piece about healing justice, and the pervasiveness of burnout: A Not-So-Brief Personal History of the Healing Justice Movement, 2010–2016

Rest in Power Bob Moses Rest in Power Bob Moses Remembering Bob Moses, 1935–2021

Watch/Listen

Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak Silk Sonic song Skate is a vibe and the official music features Black women skaters! 

REMIX REMINDERS:

Our #SummerPeachReads book club series continues for our subscribers on August 4th with Alyssa Cole’s How to Find a Princess.  Get your copy from your favorite independent bookstore or from bookshop.org, and join us! [Paid subscribers will receive a Zoom link and reminder each month to log on to discuss the reads. Let us know you’re coming here: tinyurl.com/summerpeachreads

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