The Bella Bulletin Newsletter: April 2020 Edition

The Bella Bulletin APRIL 2020

Happy birthday to…

Social Reformer, Pandita Ramabai

Educator,

Pioneer,

A Reflection on, “Lucille Clifton” Community Contributor, Sofia Baluyut writes a reflection on poet, Lucille Clifton, and how her poetry provided emotional and mental healing for many.

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This Month in Women’s History…….…….…….3 Headlines of the month…………….…………..…4 Happy birthday to…………….…………..…..…….. .5 A Reflection on The Work of Lucille Clifton..6 Feminist Five!.............................………...........……8 Enrichment Opportunities…….………......…....10 BALI Staff………………………………………..……12 BELLA BULLETIN STAFF ………………………….......13

Women’s History of the month: April

100,000 to 500,000 people marchthe in New Henrietta Szold founds Hadassah, largest York City to attend the funeral ofhistory, seven Jewish organization in American unidentified victims ofand the education Triangle in the focusing on healthcare Shirtwaist Company fire in late March.

Israel and the U.S. April 5, 1911 February 24, 1912

The Utah Territorial passes a American RevolutionLegislature heroine Sybil bill allowing16women to vote.

Ludington, years old, rides 40 miles on horseback12, in the middle of the night to February 1869 warn the American militia that the British were invading.

Esther Hobart Morris in Wyoming became 1777 woman Justice of the theApril first 26, American Peace.

Sacagawea begins helping the Lewis and February 17, 1870 Clark Expedition as an interpreter.

April 7, 1805

Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.

April 16, 1912 The Suffrage Monument, depicting Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucretia Mott, sculpted by Adelaide Johnson, is dedicated at the U.S. Capitol.

U.S. Supreme Jackie Court upholds 17-year-old Mitchell,the the19th Amendment to the Constitution, second woman to play baseball in which guarantees women the right the all-male minor leagues, pitches to vote. an exhibition game against the N.Y. February 1922 Yankees27, and strikes out both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell makes the first discovery of a pulsar, a rapidly April 2, 1931 rotating neutron star.

Fifteen women in the House of February 24, 1967 Representatives form the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues.

April 19, 1977

February 15, 1921

Ruth Bryan Owen is the first woman to represent the U.S. as a foreign minister when she is appointed as envoy to Denmark.

April 13, 1933 became the first Tenley Albright American woman to win the World Figure Marian Anderson sings an Easter Sunday Skating championship. concert for more than 75,000 at Lincoln February 15, 1953 Memorial.

April 9, 1939 First postage stamp to honor a black Opening of the National woman, Harriet Tubman,Museum is issuedofin Women in theDC. Arts in Washington, D.C., Washington,

the first museum devoted to women artists.

February 1, 1978

April 7, 1987

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Headlines of the month Two Trump Associates Convicted of Financial Crimes in One Day

Diane Rwigara and Mother, Adeline Rwigara Imprisoned After Diane Announces her Election Bid for President of Rwanda

This year marks the second annual ​Black Joy Parade in Oakland, California. The parade is celebrated at the end of February to

commemorate Black History month and fills the In recent weeks, American news outlets have streets with Black owned businesses, vendors, been saturated with articles about the ​conviction games, and music. Elisha Greenwell, founder of of Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen​, Trump’s the Black Joy parade, started this tradition former campaign chairman and former lawyer, because she saw a need for Black folks in her respectively, for to financial crimes.

Michael community gather not only in moments of Cohen, Trump’s in longtime lawyer protest, but moments ofpersonal celebration as well. pleaded Furthermore, guilty to eight federalsymbolizes accounts,a the parade including reclamation campaign of finance that were space inviolations an area that has been made in an attempt to gentrification quiet Stephanie Clifford fighting against since the 1970’s.

(Stormy Daniels) and Karen McDougal about their extramarital affairs with Donald Trump with “hush money.” But not only did Cohen come clean about his own criminal acts, he also implicated Trump in the process by stating that the payments made to Clifford and McDougal were Trump’s orders. Cohen may also further implicate Trump in the future with his supposed Carl Images to corrupt American knowledge “​Court/Getty a conspiracy The stakes around the world rising as democracy by the Russians, andhave thebeen failure to ​coronavirus (COVID-19) ​grows into a bigger report thatthe knowledge to the FBI” according to threat.

Known cases have been reported from his lawyer Lanny Davis. While Trump as of countries, but pleading the most severe ostracizeddozens Michael Cohen for guilty, outbreaks been located in China, Iran, the president has have loyally defended his former and South Korea. With 977 confirmed campaignItaly, chairman Paul Manafort, who has cases, South Korea has the most infected been charged with eight counts of bank fraud, patients outside of China and Italy has been the tax fraud, and failure to report a foreign bank source of most infected patients throughout account. His conviction is a result of Robert Europe. According to officials, it is inevitable Mueller’s investigation into connections that coronavirus will spread in the United States between the Trump campaign and the Russian as well causing tensions about resources and government. Both Cohen and Manafort have yet government action to rise. to be sentenced.

This month, the Scottish Parliament took a huge step to being the first country in the world to make ​period products free for all those who need them. The Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Bill was introduced by Parliament member Monica Lennon, who first

proposed it in 2017.

The bill has now moved In August of 2017, Diane Rwigara was onto the second in which becoming a stage voicein parliament for the underrepresented,

members may propose amendments to it. young people of Rwanda; daring to hold Although there is a long way to go until this bill President Paul Kagame’s government becomes law, its introduction to parliament accountable for corruption, censorship, and alone has helped dismantle taboos about poverty. Shortly after her campaign was discussing menstrual health. announced, however, she was disqualified from the race for allegedly lying about the number of signatures she collected to run for president.

Rwigara and her mother were then arrested on accounts of fraud, incitement, and “discrimination and sectarian practices” quickly following the creation of the former candidate’s campaign and response to her disqualification: the “People Salvation Movement.” According to her family and her supporters, who have also Recent studies have reported that the ​United faced severe consequences for being connected States Census Bureau ​will incorrectly count to Rwigara, her disqualification and arrest were Black Americans in the 2020 census, missing politically motivated. Rwigara’s arrest comes as between 1.1 million and 1.7 million residents. no surprise to many, however, because she is Beginning with the 3/5ths compromise, this one isofpart many opposers ofBlack President Kagame to news of a long history of folks not be “eliminated” in U.S. some respect.

Kagame’s being represented in the census.

The lack partynow hasis, dominated Rwanda since ofpolitical representation in part, caused by 2000, obstacles and he isto credited with helping the country various accessing residents that recover affect from people its ​mass in 1994 and primarily of genocide color. Special stabilizing thebrought economy.

Rwanda’s government, attention is being to this issue because under Kagame’s rule, also leads theof rest of the4 the Census determines a significant amount worldfunding. in political representation for women, federal

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A Reflection on The Work of Lucille Clifton Lucille Clifton’s poetry a quality, A Reflection on the Work has of Lucille Clifton a feeling, and deep, Lucille undistilled Clifton’s poetry hasit ais impossible quality, a to do her work or her life justice within a feeling, undistilled and deep, it is impossible single article. to do her work Poet or herElizabeth life justiceAlexander within a wrote Clifton physically small single that article.

Poet“​wrote Elizabeth Alexander poems with Clifton enormous and physically profound small inner wrote that “​wrote worlds;” ​poetenormous Reginald and Dwayne Betts,inner ​in a poems with profound moving to Clifton and Betts, her work​ worlds;” tribute ​poet Reginald Dwayne ​in a, wrote “eachto poem is itsand ownher world [...], movingthat tribute Clifton work​ wrote that “each its own world [...]

Clifton once saidpoem thatis she wrote small Clifton because once said wrote poems shethat was she always busy small with poems because was always busy with the living, the she washing of dishes and the living, the washing of dishes and cooking of meals, raising children and being cooking of meals, children and both a woman andraising a wife.”

I would saybeing that both a woman and a wife.”

I would say that her poetry is heartbreaking, and sometimes her is also heartbreaking, and sometimes it is,poetry but it is healing; there’s a vastness it is, butthe it issmallness also healing; there’s a vastness within of each poem that at within clutches the smallness of each that at times my throat intopoem the verge of times and clutches my throat into verge an of tears at times feels like it’sthe offering tears and at times feels like it’s offering an embrace. embrace.

Clifton’s story began in 1936 in DePew, New Clifton’s story began in 1936 in DePew, New York. After studying at Howard University York. After studying at Howard University and SUNY Fredonia, she would go on to and SUNY Fredonia, she would go on to become a widely respected poet, children’s become a widely respected poet, children’s book author, and professor; ​among her book author, and professor; ​among her accomplishments was being published by accomplishments was being published by Langston Hughes in his 1970 anthology ​The Langston Hughes in his 1970 anthology ​The Poetry of the Negro​, and two of her books Poetry of the Negro​, and two of her books were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. The were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. The topics of her poems ranged from childhood

memories to poems musings on her identity as a topics of her ranged from childhood Black woman to motherhood to illnesses memories to musings on her identity as a that she struggled with and more.

Clifton Black woman to motherhood to illnesses hoped move beyond that shetostruggled with andthese more.singular Clifton labelings her work, though, as she once hoped toof move beyond these singular said ​in anofinterview​ : “One wants to write labelings her work, though, as she once out out of thewants wholeness of said of ​in wholeness, an interview​ : “One to write ‘what Lucille?’ And that I hope, out of iswholeness, out of theallows, wholeness of something about what ny​ human ‘what is Lucille?’

And ​athat allows,is.”

I hope, something about what ​any​ human is.”

Clifton passed away in 2010, but many of Clifton passed away in me.

2010,Inbut many ofI her words linger with particular, her words the linger with In particular, remember grief andme. exhaustion in “​TheI remember the grief and exhaustion in “​The Times​ ,” where Clifton writes, “it is hard to Times​ , ” where Clifton writes, “it is hard to remain human on a day/when birds perch remain human a day/when birds perch weeping/in the on trees [...]/another child has weeping/in the trees [...]/another child has killed a child/and i catch myself relieved killedthey a child/and catch myself relieved that are/white iand i might understand that they are/white and of i might understand except/that i am tired understanding.” except/that i am tired of understanding.”

Clifton’s poems also often interweave the Clifton’s poems also often interweave the historical with the personal and present, in historical with the personal and present, in some ways mapping a nonlinear some ways mapping a nonlinear understanding of time. In “​the atlantic is a understanding of time. In “​the atlantic is a sea of bones​,” Clifton writes about the sea of bones​,” Clifton writes about the afterlife of Trans-Atlantic Slavery: “atlantic afterlife of Trans-Atlantic Slavery: “atlantic is a sea of bones./[…] in its arms my early is a sea of bones./[…] in its arms my early mothers sleep./ […] i call my name into the mothers sleep./ […] i call my name into the roar of surf/and something awful answers.” roar of surf/and something awful answers.”

Many of Clifton’s poems also hold a deep Many of Clifton’s poems also hold a deep joy and hope. In “​won’t you celebrate with joy and hope. In “​won’t you celebrate with me?​” Clifton writes, “won’t you celebrate

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Persepolis is an autobiographical graphic novel written by Marjane

book was originally published in French and has sold Maya Angelou was born onSatrapi.

AprilThe4th, 1924 in St. Louis, Missouri. This millions of copies and has been translated into several languages. The month (her birthday month) honorchildhood her lifeandand work.in Iran during the story we’ll follows Satrapi’s upbringing

Hunger is a memoir written by Roxane Gay. It was published on June 13th, 2017 Islamic Revolution. The title references the ancient capital of the Maya Angelou was an African American poet, singer, memoirist and civil rights activist.

Persian empire.

Theiand book was on the American Library Association’s and it is 320 pages long. unger s a personal account of Roxane Gay’s life, largely She has authored plays,Hmovies television shows in addition to poetry books and several autobiographies. firstChallenged autobiography, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” list of Top TenHer Most Books in 2014. consumed by her weight. She addresses her experience of living in a body without

details her upbringing in the south up to being a teenager. This book brought her Satrapi inspired to use for theher graphic as her medium to tell the critical acclaim andwas international praise writingnovel and experiences. control of her size, and lacking the discipline that society encourages women to have

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Her full name was Marguerite Annie Johnson. Her older brother nicknamed her Mya. over their bodies. She goes through encounters with her body from a childhood

When her parents separated, she was sent to live in Stamps, Arkansas. She lived with

shaken by sexual assault, her 20s, which she calls her “lost years”, and becoming an her paternal grandmother, who owned a general store and did well economically though it was the Great Depression. Angelou briefly lived with her mother. She was

established writer. We follow her as the trauma she was subjected to at 12 years old, follows her relationship sexually abused by her mother’s boyfriend. After this experience she became mute for nearly five years. She moved again to introduces Oakland withherself her mother andyear her brother.

He attended labor school and themiddle first cable carfamily conductor Satrapi as a 10 old in Iran in 1980. aShe belonged to became an upper class with with her body until adulthood. She ate to cope with her sorrow and to protect herself from being hurt. She in San Francisco.

access to Western music, politics and art. She participated in protests against the Shah and witnessed his exile. believed that if she shrouded herself with weight, perhaps she would be so intolerable that she would ultimately

She had many her younginadulthood. was a fryin cook, a sexespecially worker, a nightclub and performer, Despite this, professions the impactinresulted religious She extremism society coveringdancer women’s bodies anda cast member of the opera ​Porgy and Bess​,​ a​ nd a coordinator of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. She also be free of male dominion over her body. Hunger is the story of being overweight when “the bigger you are, the worked hair.

InasPersepolis a journalist2,in she Ghana. describes taking refuge in Vienna, and having to fend for herself in a new place.

smaller your world becomes.”Her story is deeply personal, making a political statement about expectations of

Persepolis 1 and 2 in arehigh artistic of living in a nature turbulent questionable Angelou’s work is held esteemrepresentations because of the groundbreaking of hersociety memoirwith writing.

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womanhood and gender, sexuality, trauma and hope. We learn how her body has “informed” her feminism and African American women publicly discussed their personal lives. It also helped increase black feminist writings in the 1970s. taught her about the greater machines of society demonizing fat bodies and that work so hard to produce

unrealistic standards that we hunger for.

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