{"id":2947,"date":"2018-03-08T05:55:50","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T05:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/?p=2947"},"modified":"2025-05-14T10:32:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T14:32:24","slug":"happy-international-womens-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/en\/happy-international-womens-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy international women&#8217;s day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">International Women&#8217;s Day is important to us. Over the past week, our team has been thinking through what this day means to us, and this is what we decided.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For us, this day represents a time to celebrate and honour the women in our lives and our communities. It is a day to raise our voices to uplift African women on our continent who continue in many ways to resist and challenge the status quo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A day to highlight African women who are often erased from mainstream conversations about African womanhood and women&#8217;s rights. Women who despite all odds are surviving and helping others to survive too.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This day also represents a time for us to highlight the triumphs and challenges of women across the globe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Happy international women\u2019s day to all of you. You matter, your dreams matter and your struggles matter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">SAYASPORA TEAM.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_105536\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105536\" class=\"wp-image-105536 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/dr-1.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Joy Harden Bradford\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/dr-1-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/dr-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/dr-1-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/dr-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/dr-1-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/dr-1-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/dr-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/dr-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-105536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Licensed psychologist in Georgia who started up Therapy for Black Girls \u201can online space dedicated to encouraging the mental wellness of Black women and girls\u201d.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_105532\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105532\" class=\"wp-image-105532 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Moiyattu-Banya-1.jpg\" alt=\"Moiyattu Banya\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Moiyattu-Banya-1-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Moiyattu-Banya-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Moiyattu-Banya-1-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Moiyattu-Banya-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Moiyattu-Banya-1-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Moiyattu-Banya-1-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Moiyattu-Banya-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Moiyattu-Banya-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-105532\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">She works in gender and development and women\u2019s rights. She is the co-founder and director of Girls Empowerment Sierra Leone and a professor at both Columbia University and Temple University.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sevda Alizadeh<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_105530\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105530\" class=\"wp-image-105530 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ory-1.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Joy Harden Bradford\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ory-1-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ory-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ory-1-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ory-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ory-1-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ory-1-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ory-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ory-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-105530\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">She started up Ushahidi after the 2007\/2008 post election violence in Kenya. It is a website that collects and records eyewitness reports of violence through text messages and google maps. Currently she is a Policy Manager at Google Africa.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_105534\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105534\" class=\"wp-image-105534 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/glow-1.jpg\" alt=\"Glow\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/glow-1-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/glow-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/glow-1-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/glow-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/glow-1-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/glow-1-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/glow-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/glow-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-105534\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Glow is an activist who uses vlogs about her own experiences to push for the representation of trans men and women in South Africa. In an interview with Vogue magazine she said the following about her work \u201cA large majority of what I do is push for representation by just being myself,\u201d. (Vogue Magazine 2018) Most of her vlogs are based on her own experiences as a trans woman in South Africa.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_105548\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105548\" class=\"wp-image-105548 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/queer-1.jpg\" alt=\"Zanele Muholi\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/queer-1-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/queer-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/queer-1-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/queer-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/queer-1-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/queer-1-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/queer-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/queer-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-105548\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">She is a queer visual artist and activist. She created a photographic series called of Faces and Phases to show positive image of black lesbians and transgender people.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_105538\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105538\" class=\"wp-image-105538 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/asmae-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Asmae Morine Azzouzi\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/asmae-1-1-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/asmae-1-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/asmae-1-1-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/asmae-1-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/asmae-1-1-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/asmae-1-1-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/asmae-1-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/asmae-1-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-105538\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pr\u00e9sidente de l\u2019association des femmes chefs d\u2019entreprises du Maroc (AFEM). \u00ab L\u2019association des femmes chefs d\u2019entreprises du Maroc est consid\u00e9r\u00e9e comme une grande institution tant les valeurs qu\u2019elle v\u00e9hicule d\u00e9passent le simple cadre d\u2019un r\u00e9seau associatif. Forte de ses 600 membres, de ses 7 antennes r\u00e9gionales, de ses 6 incubateurs au f\u00e9minin labellis\u00e9s Maroc Pionni\u00e8res, l\u2019AFEM est fi\u00e8re d\u2019\u00eatre le centre n\u00e9vralgique et le porte-drapeau de l\u2019entreprenariat f\u00e9minin au Maroc.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_105550\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105550\" class=\"wp-image-105550 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/lupita-1.jpg\" alt=\"Lupita Nyong'o\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/lupita-1-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/lupita-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/lupita-1-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/lupita-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/lupita-1-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/lupita-1-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/lupita-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/lupita-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-105550\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cBorn in 1983 in Mexico City, Mexico, Lupita Nyong\u2019o started acting as a teen in Kenya and went on to work behind the scenes of the film The Constant Gardener. She directed and produced the albinism documentary In My Genes and starred in the TV series Shuga. The actress also featured prominently in the box office-shattering superhero flick Black Panther (2018). \u201c<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_105542\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105542\" class=\"wp-image-105542 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/diouf-1.jpg\" alt=\"Sarah Diouf\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/diouf-1-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/diouf-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/diouf-1-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/diouf-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/diouf-1-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/diouf-1-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/diouf-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/diouf-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-105542\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">She is the creative mind behind Tongoro, a 100% Made In Africa label providing clothing that offer style conscious consumers quality, variety and convenience, at affordable prices. \u201cI\u2019ve always considered myself a child of Africa. The mix of cultures is so prominent that I just take all of my cultural baggage, what I\u2019ve been taught by my family, and I put everything into my work. So I think as far as influences, I just try to translate as many stories that I can out of all these different cultures inside of me.\u201d | Quote : OkayAfrica<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_105540\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105540\" class=\"wp-image-105540 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/corr-1.jpg\" alt=\"Sevda Alizadeh\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/corr-1-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/corr-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/corr-1-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/corr-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/corr-1-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/corr-1-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/corr-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/corr-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-105540\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist, singer-songwriter, Iranian-Dutch who\u2019s finding a home in Music. \u201cBesides being an immigrant, I was already weird,\u201d she remembered, sighing. \u201cI didn\u2019t really care what people thought of me, but at the same time I was really lonely.\u201d Photo and Quote : The fader.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_105544\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105544\" class=\"wp-image-105544 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cork-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ebonee Davis\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cork-1-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cork-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cork-1-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cork-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cork-1-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cork-1-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cork-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cork-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-105544\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">She is a \u201cSoul Model\u201d. \u00ab Blackness does not look one way. Being carefree can be graduating from Princeton or it can be twerking to Future. Breaking stereotypes doesn\u2019t negate our Blackness, nor does satisfying stereotypes validate it. We don\u2019t have to choose. We are entitled to wholeness. For too long we\u2019ve lived our lives by other people\u2019s definitions and it\u2019s time to start living by our own. We are creative, articulate, intelligent and determined because of our Blackness, not in spite of it. [\u2026] It was not until I realized that it is possible to fit into as well as shatter every stereotype that I actually understood what it means to be free. \u00bb<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_105546\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105546\" class=\"wp-image-105546 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cor-1.jpg\" alt=\"Alyse Archer-Coit\u00e9\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cor-1-66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cor-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cor-1-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cor-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cor-1-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cor-1-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cor-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sayaspora.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/cor-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-105546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">She\u2019s the programming director of A\/D\/O, \u00aba space in Brooklyn dedicated to discovering, exploring and debating the boundaries and #futureofdesign.\u00bb [\u2026] I think more than anything representation of unique, and unexpected, and underrepresented perspectives is hugely important. Not only for the people who are being represented, but in order to stay relevant and healthy, diversity is a major key.\u00bb<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International Women&#8217;s Day is important to us. 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