Today we honor resilience, progress, and hope – Happy Juneteenth, Girl Scouts
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Today, we honor the American people's strength, courage, and unity. Let us never forget the heroes who sacrificed so much and the resilience that brings us together. ❤️🕯️ #PatriotDay #NeverForget #September11 #HonorAndRemember #AmericanHeroes #UnitedWeStand #CommunityStrength #Remembering911 #PatriotDay2024
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Anthropologist▫️Researcher of Islamic Studies, Ottoman history and Eastern Europe▫️Screenwriter 🎬 Coach▫️Custodian▫️Gemologist
💢 There cannot be true diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging - as well as empowerment - if people continue excluding Muslim women, specifically veiled women, from participation in society. Women wearing the veil have been continuously made feel invisible and have had to fight their way through to achieve things in life, often at the expense of their mental health, because the fight is unfair, biased, prejudiced. If we talk about empowerment but deny access to it to a group of people, we aren't advocating for genuine empowerment but are promoting exclusivity and supremacy instead. If we are talking about equality for all but leave out a group of people - veiled Muslim women in particular - because we either do not understand their way of life or do not hold any regard for them - we aren't truly advocating for equality. In the context of current events we cannot have a conversation about antisemitism if we also do not address islamophobia. Both are horrible, but if you only focus on one and leave out the other, you are not being inclusive. And people tend to mostly ignore islamophobia because they tend to disregard the most affected demographic (veiled women). If we continue to promote one group of people over the other, we won't be making a big change in society at all - but will be creating gaps and only furthering already existing isolation. For years now Muslim women in general, and specifically veiled women, have been told to stay in their niche. But guess what ... that niche grew so big it's spilling over. We are certainly not going away and certainly aren't going to stay silent when we see injustice. But we have a message to every other DEIB advocate - you either include us already or take a careful long look at yourself. Because you are lying to the world by pretending you care for everyone. There's no polite or politically correct way of saying this. If your advocacy doesn't improve conditions for marginalized groups in society, Muslim women being one of those groups, your advocacy is a fraud. These women never asked to be outcast. In fact, all we've ever wanted is to be acknowledged and to belong. By denying us our right to visibility and representation, you are rejecting everyone else who doesn't fit the mold. Either we are all in this together, or we are going to call it for what it is - a lie. © 2008-2024 Camilla Stein #Islamophobia #deib #inclusivity #equality #participation #visibility #empowerment #humanconnection #muslimwomen #islamintheworld #antisemitism #thinkaboutit #womensuppprtingwomen #hypewomen #newleadership #leadershiplessons #leadership
The girl horse racing on the beach #horseriding #shorts
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As a Christian myself, I don’t think this was a mere artistic choice; it was a clear mockery of the faith of 2.4 billion CHRISTIANS, reflecting a growing cultural trend where so-called “tolerance” is about openly disrespecting traditional values. However, I’m also wary of the temptation toward full-blown reactionary intolerance in response to this provocation. In these moments, it’s crucial that we defend our values without losing sight of what makes them worthwhile in the first place. It’s one thing to be tolerant of differences, it’s another to be accused of being a racist, sexist, or a deplorable if you don’t “celebrate” deviant behavior and beliefs. Where exactly is the line between celebrating or promoting one race, sex, religion, nation, or ethnic group, and denigrating another? Why the Left’s constant emphasis on what separates us from what we have in common?
The Olympic Last Supper Had Me on My Last Nerve
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Customer Success Strategist | ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity | Transforming Experiences at Leading Technology & Cybersecurity Firms
Reasons why I rise above the silence. For too long, the voices of Black men have been muffled, their experiences overlooked, their needs minimized. But not mine. I refuse to let my voice be another lost whisper in the wind. I speak up not just for myself, but for every brother whose voice cracks on the edge of injustice. I speak for the silenced stories on the basketball court and the boardroom alike. Because even amidst a chorus of indifference, it's our responsibility to break through the noise and demand to be heard. In every workplace I enter, I become a lighthouse in the storm, illuminating the shadows of discrimination. Companies can no longer hide behind hollow promises and performative diversity initiatives. It's time they truly invested in the lives of their employees, not just their bottom line. We deserve leaders who champion inclusivity, not tolerate exclusion. The leadership I've witnessed? Honestly, it's been disheartening. But instead of succumbing to cynicism, I choose to be the change I crave. I build bridges where walls once stood, amplify unheard voices, and demand accountability with every word I speak. Because silence is not an option. It's not in our blood, not in our history. We were born to rise above, to roar with the strength of a thousand silenced lions. So yes, I will speak up. I will challenge. I will disrupt. Until every voice finds its echo, until every story finds its spotlight, until every brother feels truly seen and valued. This is not just my fight, it's our collective roar. Be the change you want to see, not just for yourself, but for the tapestry of voices waiting to be heard. Let's rewrite the narrative, together. Remember, your voice matters. Your story matters. Keep amplifying it, keep rising above, keep changing the world.
the voices of black men are ignored throughout his lifetime #19keys #highlevelconversations #aarashid
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Director, School of Kinesiology and Karen Wax Schmitt and Family Endowed Professor, Louisiana State University (LSU)
Here is the abstract to my new chapter with Derek Catsam "Chasing Snakes: Whiteness, White Privilege and Sport" in the Handbook of Critical Whiteness (Springer Nature, in print soon). Thanks for the opportunity Professor Jioji Ravulo! Abstract This chapter explores white privilege in sport which has had global implications for a long time. To understand why white privilege remains so powerful and hard to relinquish, it is important to understand historical frameworks of global power and processes that began in the imperial/colonial era whereby Western (and by implication white) body culture practices were inscribed onto colonized (and by implication black) bodies, simultaneously replacing and subverting local physical cultural practices. We examine these in various contexts in order to unpack how whiteness and white privilege have shaped sporting discourses globally. Keywords #Race, #racism, #apartheid, #JimCrow, #UnitedStates, #SouthAfrica, #trackandfield #athletics, #AmateurAthleticsUnion, #whiteness, #whitesupremacy
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(5/n) Hello LinkedIn! Gender Based Violence (GBV) is defined by the United Nations as an umbrella term “for any harmful act that is perpetrated against a person’s will and that is based on socially ascribed (gender) differences between females and males.” Does knowing this definition help? It is a global pandemic that affects 1 in 3 women in their lifetime (World Bank Group). Does knowing these numbers help? Today I woke up to the news of the femicide of Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei. She succumbed to severe burns after being doused with petrol and set on fire by her boyfriend. The news piece read: “It is a haunting realization how fast women run, the threat of violence always catches up…….These are the women whose strides are larger than life yet they still can’t outrun the shadows of violence.” Does empowering women help? (Isn’t) #SafetyIsHerRight? Does asking such questions help? My question is: What will actually help? GBV is not new; it is one of the oldest, most pervasive forms of violence. So why does it persist? How did it begin, and why hasn’t it ended? News piece: https://lnkd.in/g59q9S4Y "Nowhere is safe until everywhere is safe."
Ugandan Olympian Dies After Boyfriend Sets Her on Fire | Vantage with Palki Sharma
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CFO CIO Latvia Football Federation / Corporate Finance Advisor / ICT PhD studies / Riga Technical University
Target is not only an object in hunting. Target is a project for sustainable, the same time - responsible, our society - for equality in sports: https://lnkd.in/dTz7634G
TARGET: Youth football players as ambassadors for gender equality
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Consultant @ WorshipPlus.org, Podcaster, Inspirational Speaker, Social Media Influencer and Professional Musician/Singer
Fundamentally and philosophically, this is the insane consequence of a global culture which has not only rejected but has disingenuously dismissed the Judeo-Christian worldview of true sexuality and the joyful freedom that results from its boundaries and practice. In addition, we live in a human culture that has overall rejected even the idea of absolute truth and morality. Right is “wrong” and wrong is “right”…in fact, there is no right or wrong…only one’s subjective opinion. This is no small observation. It has consequences- and Ike is those consequences is the insane premises of the Olympic committee to allow a MAN to cause unjustifiable injury to WOMEN in a sport that requires gender equity and equality. The audacity of this MALE BOXER in now attempting litigation to defend his “rights” is the surreal testimony of a culture gone rogue and dangerously steeped in arrogance. God help us ! And God help any woman who wants to compete fairly in such sporting events. The Olympic committee should resign in shame ! Rev. Timothy J. Mercaldo https://lnkd.in/eMfXhWwf
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This is history in the making. Cindy Ngamba just became the first athlete from the Refugee Olympic team to take a medal. Having had the honor of working with women who are refugees or internally displaced at a few different points in my career, it is amazing and not at all surprising to see this. Refugee women are strong, resilient, compassionate, and resourceful. With the growing amount of displacement due to climate change disaster, conflict, famine, political upheaval and the rise of authoritarian governments we need to be constantly thinking through how to ensure that women refugees are included as co-designers and co-decision-makers in global development programs in each country. They know how to surmount difficult obstacles to achieve their objectives. https://lnkd.in/eguAXMem
Paris 2024 Olympics: Cindy Ngamba makes history as first refugee to secure Olympic medal after reaching Paris boxing semi-finals
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