Tag: Womens Empowerment

Re-Entry Rocks + Just Soul Catering Use Food To Empower Formerly Incarcerated Women

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When Sharon Richardson returned home and rejoined the outside world after a 20-year sentence for the murder of her abuser, she realized being formerly incarcerated was a lifetime label. These re-entry barriers—along with the cooking skills she learned in prison as a response to undernourishing cafeteria food—inspired her to create Just Soul Catering, a business that employs formerly incarcerated people, and Re-Entry Rocks, a non-profit …

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Instead of Buying Merch, Donate to Women’s Organizations

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While sometimes it’s nice to wear your heart (and your feminism) on your sleeve, there’s more to a movement than a T-shirt. The team at The Cut knows this and has put together a list of seven organizations and charities that really empower and support women—from Planned Parenthood to RAINN. So if you want to buy that “Nasty Woman” T-shirt, go ahead! But maybe also …

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