@LWoolfork

UVa Associate Professor of English. Organizer with BLM-Cville.

 Charlottesville, VA
Joined August 2009
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@UVAMensHoops are champions. They worked hard for their redemption. #Charlottesville can’t claim it or use it for cheap grace. We still have work to do. @meredithdclark @sivavaid @socialistdogmom @brittanydare @jbouie @TheOpEdProject cnn.com/2019/04/12/opinions/…
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About Sally Hemings University Connecting Threads 😍 nbc29.com/video/2022/04/21/c… @socialistdogmom @thebridgepai @ashoncrawley @Jalane_Schmidt @newcityarts @kathrynlaughon @UVaEnglish @SallyLHudson
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🥰 You’re welcome! 🥰
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Queen @teawithj's talk at #blackcreatives,#blackpodcast,#whovaapp,#podcastevent - whova.com/portal/webapp/aaap… @WhovaSupport
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Of the many thanks owed @dem8z The Citizen Justice initiative is an essential one.
Woodson Institute@WoodsonUVA26 Aug 2021
This week marks a critical juncture at the Woodson Institute, as we transition our leadership after Deborah E. McDowell's illustrious tenure as Director from 2008 to 2021. Help us to recognize, celebrate, and share Deborah's institution building work: mailchi.mp/d7421f9cff35/cgwi…
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Of the many thanks owed to @dem8z don’t forget the The Citizen Justice initiative. It is a beautiful cultivation of seedlings who will blossom into the future of Black Studies. Thank you. ❤️mailchi.mp/d7421f9cff35/cgwi…
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Some Christians expect us to trace our sins back to Adam, but not to 1619.
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Honored to be in solidarity. Verklempt to be tweeted by @nhannahjones
Ida Bae Wells
@nhannahjones9 Jun 2021
“Why is it that when Black women do achieve, when Black women are at the top of their game, there still is something, some institution, some set of policies or just abject racism that tries to diminish those achievements?” Woolfork asked. washingtonpost.com/education…

Black female professors voice solidarity with journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones in UNC tenure showdown

Black female faculty members, long underrepresented in American academia, say it pains them to see the leader of the 1619 Project hired without tenure. “It hurts,” one said. “It’s a knife in the...

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Honored to have my voice included here today. splcenter.org/news/2021/05/2…
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Lisa Woolfork retweeted
…@_ambmarie26 May 2021
About a year ago I added my brother as an authorized user on my credit card, and he has 748 credit score now, it’ll probably be higher when he comes home in October. There are so many different ways to support your incarcerated loved ones & make their transition back easier.
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That’s right @LWoolfork is on the COVER!! Check out her podcast, Stitch Please, which got over 120,000 downloads in 2020! So proud to know you. ❤️
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I'm discussing “WW1984 Ruined My Life. ”. Today, Dec 27 at 3:45 PM EST on @joinclubhouse. Join us! joinclubhouse.com/event/9myG…
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"It is important to know that teachers can have the hard conversations and teach the hard lessons while caring for students and caring for ourselves." tolerance.org/magazine/teach…

Teaching as Activism, Teaching as Care

I have begun to feel helpless during this time. But I never felt helpless as a teacher.

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I am speaking at Afros & Audio Virtual Podcast Festival. Please checkout the details of my talk at: whova.com/xems/apis/opengrap…
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Spoke alongside @ZyahnaB and @DonGathers1 about white supremacy on BBC radio. Cville segment starts at 26:00. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172x2…
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My group chat is the same.
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Lisa Woolfork retweeted
Deborah E. McDowell@dem8z26 Sep 2020
Remedial refresher: having a black friend (or more), a black spouse; sleeping with a black person, dating a black person, loving music black folks record, adopting black children—none of these “prove” you can’t be racist.
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I wrote this paper! Published in @JournalYouthDev! Youth Practitioners Can Counter Fascism: What We Know and What We Need plz share w anyone who works with youth:) Thank you to my coauthors @burnhamburglar @TriniD4 & @hcronk #youthequitysexualitylab jyd.pitt.edu/ojs/jyd/article…
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My 8am class discussed the finer points of a “fuckboy.” I offered that at his core resides a level of “ain’t shit-ness” that distinguishes him from other men. When their faces lit up, especially the black women, I knew I’d done my good work for the day.
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