“ Now , I don ’ t want to sound like an after-school special for Black single mothers or indigenous women or anything , but when you see the power that women carry in their tenderness and their instincts it is so amazing ,” German says . “ The fact that some women know to put a pot of greens on the stove because they know someone who is hungry will come to the house — that is instinct . The way women access [ its power ] is a world-shifting thing . And I see that all the time .”
Jaimee Swift is a PhD student and graduate fellow at Howard University , studying the intersections of race , gender , ethnicity and politics within the Afro-Brazilian Women ’ s Movement . She is also the first Editor-at-Large for Howard University ’ s The Hilltop newspaper . Holding a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and Master of Arts in Political Science from Temple University and Howard University , respectively , Swift is passionate about racial and social justice , gender and health equity . She ’ s been published in The Huffington Post , The Grio , For Harriet , OkayAfrica , Blavity , Heed Magazine ,
Salon . com , and more . Prior , Swift was a Global Health Corps Fellow , and served as the managing editor of Safe magazine , the first-ever digital magazine focused on the global epidemic of violence against children . Her awards include the National Association for Black Journalists ’ Allison E . Fisher Scholarship , the Vira I . Heinz Women in Global Leadership Scholarship , and the Lew Klein Excellence in Media Award . Follow her
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