Gutted to see the redundancies at openDemocracy - the UK is losing so many vital independent journalists and outlets at the moment, there are real implications for scrutiny of politicians and corporates. Solidarity with everyone laid off.

today i learned that a dear friend of mine has been battling cancer in private, while also exerting all efforts to evacuate their family out of gaza. please relief their worries and donate to them and share their donation link. thank you ❤️ paypal.com/pools/c/930KcC…

'We want to encourage everyone in the Black community who has a burning passion, or even a secret desire to become a children's picture book writer, to come forward...'. Read our feature with The Voice Newspaper & apply to our Picture Book Foundation Course!: lnkfi.re/JerichoPrizeTW

We want to keep bringing you the best untold stories, and we’re asking our audience for help! For less than the price of a meal deal, you can become a member of Polyester Zine and directly support independent feminist media 📖⁠

Sign up here: bit.ly/46WrzAZ 💞⁠

🚨 DEADLINE EXTENDED 🚨 As mentioned before - we are still accepting applications for the BORN::FREE WRITERS' COLLECTIVE 2024 cohort. If you are a Black writer or know one - hit us up! You have just over 24hrs left. Apply here: bornfree.london/whats-on

VERY much encourage Black and brown journalists to apply for this!!! Come join our wonderful team ⬇️⬇️⬇️
#JournoJobs

Read it. Now read it, again. These are horrific scenes that we will never understand. Just reading about them is difficult, imagine being there. We need a crasefire now and end to the occupation.

'The boy told her that doctors found his little brother under the rubble and put him in his backpack.'
Youmna El Sayed
[This is a translation of the article in Swedish]

Same, still waiting to be paid for a cover story from August. Have repeatedly included late fee + interest, threatened small claims court, this week they replied saying 'We are sorry that we can’t provide any further information.  We are waiting for payment approval.' Very cool!

Very powerful long read from 2018 by Sarah Helm — “How the death of a talented young Palestinian writer brought to light a sharp rise in suicides” theguardian.com/news/2018/may/…

CCTV footage shows Israeli forces assaulting a child in a shop in Hebron in the occupied West Bank.

An IDF spokesperson said the 'conduct that emerged from the video does not align with IDF values and orders and the incident is being reviewed.”

trib.al/ofPFR0z

I am very excited about hosting this where I also do not have to do the washing up

I love this book 📖 A must read 🖤
'The future we want can exist - we just have to write it.' - Haaniyah Angus ✍️🏾

Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff timi sotire #BlackJoy #Diversity #edutwitter

Unbelievably excited for the next Take World. I dreamt of this when I moved to Lisbon (almost 4!) years ago, and now we're on our third! It's a non-judgemental event for WOC writers in the Portuguese hillside that I run with the amazing Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff +it's so much fun! Come join!

Can't wait to do this all again next month in Lisbon! Confirmed to speak this time is A B I G A I L and Dr. Kai Harris ✨ WHAT THE FIREFLIES KNEW out now!

One space left and 20% discounts. Please share with anyone who may be interested!

🚀 NEW: I’m launching an anonymous & bilingual survey on the experiences of Black journalists & media workers in Canada, an initiative of the Mary Ann Shadd Cary Centre for Journalism & Belonging at Carleton J-School Carleton University blackjournalists.ca #BlackJournalists #CdnMedia