✍️ by @blackwomenradicals “July is a month of Black feminist resistance, celebration + commemoration.” 📣 Visit the #linkinbio for our event this week with @blackwomenradicals & to sign up for the #DefendBlackWomenMarch ➖Annually, July 25th is International Afro-Latin, Afro-Caribbean and Diaspora Women's Day, which was created in recognition of the struggle and resistance of Black women against gender oppression, racism and class exploitation. ✊🏾: The month of July in Brazil is also recognized as #JulhoDasPretas @julho_das_pretas (Black Women’s July) which recognizes the power of Black women in the North and Northeast of Brazil. ➖July is also the month of Afro-Brazilian activists Beatriz Nascimento’s birthday on July 12th; it is also the month that Lélia Gonzalez and Luiza Bairros passed away; July 10th and July 12th, respectively. ➖It is the month that we lost Sandra Bland, who was murdered by the police in Texas, on July 13th, 2015. 🎈: Revolutionary Assata Shakur was born on July 16, 1947. ➖July is Disability Pride Month. We honor and celebrate disabled Black feminists around the world. 🎈:Afro-Brazilian bisexual feminist, activist, politician and human right defender, Marielle Franco (1979-2018), would have been 43 years-old on July 27th. ✊🏾: July 29-July 31st, 2022 is the 2nd Defend Black Women March Weekend in Washington, D.C., celebrating Marielle Franco and Black Feminisms in Latin America + the Caribbean. 🎉Come celebrate, commemorate, and resist with us. #DefendBlackWomenMarch #BlackWomenRadicals #ISupportBlackWomen #IDefendBlackWomenEverywhere #JulhoDasPretas #MarielleFranco #BlackFeminisms