Chisholm Leadership Academy

01/17/2025

Shirley Chisholm was a staunch proponent of the Equal Rights Amendment. In her 1970 speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, she argued that ratification of the ERA was necessary to “clarify countless ambiguities and inconsistencies in our legal system.”

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/17/nx-s1-5264378/biden-era-national-archivist-constitution

To come into effect, the constitutional amendment would need to be formally published or certified by the national archivist, who has declined to do so in the past. What happens now is unclear.

12/11/2024

Shirley Chisholm opened doors for future generations with her brilliance and boldness.

As President of the Senate, I was honored to sign the Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act, which grants the late Congresswoman Chisholm the highest civilian award Congress can bestow.

12/10/2024

"let's build / what we become /when we dream."

The poet and activist was a leading figure of the Black Arts Movement. Giovanni was working on her upcoming book of poetry, set to publish in the fall.

11/30/2024

On what would have been her 100th birthday, let us celebrate Shirley Chisholm’s brilliance, determination, and grace.

So many of us stand on her broad shoulders. With her spirit and in honor of her legacy, let us continue to speak truth to power and fight for equality and justice for all.

11/06/2024

Lisa Blunt Rochester and Angela Alsobrooks are the fourth and fifth Black women elected to Congress.

For the first time in more than 200 years, two Black women will serve in the U.S. Senate at the same time, following the election of Angela Alsobrooks in Maryland and Lisa Blunt Rochester in Delaware

07/21/2024

endorsed as Democratic Presidential Nominee https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4784460-joe-biden-endorses-kamala-harris/

President Biden on Sunday endorsed Vice President Harris to become the Democratic Party’s nominee as he announced he would not seek reelection. “My fellow Democrats, I have decided not …

11/30/2022

11/19/2022

Phyllis Dickerson, the CEO of the African American Mayors Association, told CNN that Black mayors bring a different perspective to public office and have the ability to identify problems they have experienced as well as solutions to those problems, including homelessness, poverty, and food insecurity.

The swearing in of Rep. Karen Bass will make Los Angeles one of the four largest cities in the U.S. to be led by Black mayors

11/17/2022

elected as mayor of Los Angeles

Ms. Bass, a longtime congresswoman and state lawmaker, defeated Rick Caruso, a billionaire developer, to lead a city where frustration levels are high.

10/11/2022

On International Day of the Girl, Saniyya Sidney Is Speaking Up

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/saniyya-sidney-international-day-of-the-girl

On International Day of the Girl, she wants every girl to use her voice.

10/03/2022

"For the first time, the court will include four women, two Black justices, and White men no longer will be in the majority."

Investiture ceremony marks the first time that Jackson, the first Black woman to serve as a Supreme Court justice, has taken her place on the bench.

06/21/2022

https://www-blackenterprise-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.blackenterprise.com/opal-lee-the-grandmother-of-juneteenth-nominated-for-2022-nobel-peace-prize/amp/

The Forth Worth native, affectionately named the 'Grandmother of Juneteenth,' has been nominated for the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize.