God meets us where we are.

Healing begins in our everyday spaces. Together, we can end violence.

#WomanistWisdom #ThursdaysInBlack #EndViolence #SafeCommunities #CollectiveCare

Ending violence starts with us.

Not everyone is safe or heard. Let’s choose to see, care, and act.

#WomanistWisdom #ThursdaysInBlack #EndViolence #SafeCommunities #CollectiveCare

“Stop killing women. Stop beating women. Stop abusing women.” — Roberta Metsola.

This Thursdays in Black, we stand, speak, and refuse silence. Enough is enough.

#ThursdaysInBlack #EndGBV #SpeakUp #WomanistWisdom #WawaAbaInstitute

Not wearing black, but still standing against violence. Speak up. Believe survivors. End it.

Video credit: UN Women.

#ThursdaysInBlack #EndViolenceAgainstWomen #SpeakUp #UNWomen #WomanistWisdom #ThrivingInTruth

Violence against women is not culture.

Silence allows it. Speak up, demand justice, end rape culture.

#EndRapeCulture #StopSexualViolence #ThursdaysInBlack #LeadingLadiesAfrica #WomanistWisdom

Listen to Viola Davis. Every hour, a woman is raped or killed. Act.

#ThursdaysInBlack #EndGBV #WomanistWisdom #WawaAbaInstitute

Listen to Viola Davis. Every hour, a woman is raped or killed. Act.

#ThursdaysInBlack #EndGBV #WomanistWisdom #WawaAbaInstitute

Violence survives in silence.

Voices that speak truth create change, accountability, and safer communities.

Stand for dignity. Speak for justice.

#ThursdaysInBlack #WomanistWisdom #EndViolence #SpeakUp #WawaAbaInstitute #GenderJustice #StopViolence #HumanRights

#ThursdaysInBlack until perpetrators stand to account and victims of rape and gender-based violence receive both respect and aid for their healing. #HCUCCTiB

They told us Mekatilili wa Menza resisted colonial rule.

They didn’t tell us she organized, mobilized, and led.

This Thursdays in Black, we remember what history tried to hide.

#ThursdaysInBlack #MekatililiWaMenza #WomanistWisdom #WawaAbaInstitute

#ThursdaysInBlack until those who hide their deeds of rape and gender-based violence face accountability in the sunlight. #HCUCCTiB

Violence in any form must end. No exceptions. No excuses.

This #ThursdaysInBlack, Wawa Aba Womanist Leadership Institute stands for dignity, justice, and survivor-centered care and calls for an end to all forms of violence.

#EndAllFormsOfViolence #EndGBV #WomanistWisdom

Violence thrives in silence and inequality.

Ending all forms of violence takes collective courage, care, and a refusal to look away.

Together, we choose dignity, safety, and justice.

#ThursdaysInBlack #WawaAbaInstitute #WomanistWisdom #EndViolence

#ThursdaysInBlack to call for an end to rape and gender-based violence when it is too easy to deny justice to its survivors. #HCUCCTiB

Hands are not for hitting. They are for care, consent, & justice.

#ThursdaysInBlack calls us to name violence in all its forms and to refuse silence that protects harm.

Womanist wisdom teaches that justice is embodied & care is an act of resistance.

#WomanistWisdom #WawaAbaInstitute #EndViolence

#ThursdaysInBlack because some perpetrators of sexual assault and gender-based violence receive more effective protections than their victims. #HCUCCTiB

WCC NEWS: On Valentine’s Day, how does love heal? The World Council of Churches (WCC) is sending messages about love with a Thursdays in Black Valentine’s Day campaign based on the theme “Lo...

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is sending messages about love with a Thursdays in Black Valentine’s Day campaign based on the theme “Love heals when…” #WCCNEWS #ValentinesDay #WorldCouncilofChurches #ThursdaysinBlack

#ThursdaysInBlack | Every Thursday, we wear black in solidarity with women and girls whose lives are shaped by violence everywhere. In homes, in institutions, and in systems that fail to protect them.

#StopRape #StopVAWG

Gender violence has no place in our communities.

Stand, speak, and act. Stop gender violence. ✊

#ThursdaysInBlack #EndViolence #WawaAbaInstitute

Minute for Mission: Thursdays in Black Image The GACEIR winter meeting honoring Thursdays in Black. (provided) The General Assembly Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Rela...

The General Assembly Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations (GACEIR) recently met via Zoom for our winter meeting. #MissionYearbook #MinuteforMission #ThursdaysinBlack #PCUSA #PresbyterianChurchUSA

WCC FEATURE: Thursdays in Black boosts African church efforts against gender-based violence When the car horn sounded at the gate, Nthenya (not her real name) always stood on the alert. A single blare meant peace, but if it persiste...

When the car horn sounded at the gate, Nthenya (not her real name) always stood on the alert. A single blare meant peace, but if it persisted for three or four times, it signaled the time to run. #WCCFEATURE #ThursdaysinBlack #Africa

#ThursdaysInBlack to call for those who commit rape and gender-based to be held accountable, and for the truth of their actions to be known. #HCUCCTiB

#ThursdaysInBlack because too many who commit rape and gender-based violence avoid accountability, and those who suffer demand justice. #HCUCCTiB

Women worldwide face growing threats to rights, safety, and dignity. On #ThursdaysInBlack, we name the truth and recommit to ending all violence against women and girls, through collective action and care.

Video credit: Poetic News

#EndViolenceAgainstWomen #GlobalSolidarity #WomanistWisdom

#ThursdaysInBlack is about accountability and not symbolism. It means confronting harmful norms, believing survivors, and continuing the work to build safer homes, workplaces, and communities.

In solidarity ✊

Violence goes beyond physical harm.

When dignity, safety, and care are denied, violence is normalized.

Ending all forms of violence is a shared responsibility.

#WawaAbaInstitute #ThursdaysInBlack #EndAllFormsOfViolence

#ThursdaysInBlack to shout against the toleration of rape and gender-based violence, to work for the support of survivors, and to demand that the perpetrators be held accountable. #HCUCCTiB

Violence isn’t always loud. Silence protects it.

We’re choosing to name harm, reject it, and demand better.

Every body deserves safety. Justice is the standard.

#ThursdaysInBlack #EndViolence #WomanistLens #WawaAbaInstitute #FearlesslyWhole

#ThursdaysInBlack: Today, we wear black in solidarity with victim/survivors and in resistance to all forms of violence. We stand firmly against violence and injustice in Fiji, across the region, and wherever it exists in the world because injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

#ThursdaysInBlack to call for perpetrators of rape, sexual assault, and gender-based violence to be held accountable, no matter how powerful they are. #HCUCCTiB