🌌Lalovavi, an Afrofuturist opera set 400 years in the future🌌

Immortality, betrayal, and a destiny no one can take from her.

🗓July 9 & 11 | Music Hall, Springer Auditorium, Cincinnati

👉🏾Tickets: sistahscifi.com/pages/events

#SistahScifi #Lalovavi #BlackFutures

UN resolution urges reparations for slavery’s ‘historical wrongs’ Applause erupted in the UN General Assembly Hall on Wednesday as Member States adopted a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against humanity.

Applause erupted in the #UN General Assembly Hall on Wednesday as Member States adopted a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against humanity.

Guess who voted against it.

news.un.org/en/story/202...

Celebrating anyway

#ReparationsAreOverdue
#BlackFutures

@drjosephwashington, Black Royalty, shared the text and video below.

My daughter loves a heart healthy FRUIT diet

#blackfutures #blacksky #addtoblacksky

#WomensHistoryMonth
#BlackHistory
#BlackFutures
Celebrating the genius and legacy of #SisterRosettaTharpe 🎶❤️‍🔥

“We have survived by serving our people, protecting our stories, and holding space when few others would.” -Yvonne Blake, owner of Hakim’s Bookstore

Support Black-owned #Bookstores
#NAB2
#BlackFutures

Protecting Black futures requires sustained investment in Black youth wellbeing.

Resilience alone is not enough - buff.ly/qwu38Y4

#BlackFutures #BlackHistoryMonth

Two events to tap into:

📚 Sistah Scifi Graphic Novel Club — Brielle and Bear by @salomeydraws.bsky.social (Feb 28, online: sistahscifi.com/pages/events)

🎬 Black Arc: Bending Memory + Vision (Feb 28, LA, free w/ RSVP)

Books and films centering bold Black storytelling.

#SistahScifi #BlackFutures

Every day this month UCBHSSP is honoring Black History by quoting a critical thinker, and providing a critical inquiry to use in your classroom.
#BlackHistoryMonth #OctaviaButler #Afrofuturism #ImaginationAsSurvival #BlackFutures #SpeculativeResistance #BHM #UCBHSSP #CriticalThinking #Educators

Darling, you are always needed
And your tenderness is needed too
And it seems that I'm never tired
Loving you, loving you, oh oh

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVPz...

#NinaSimone
#BlackHistory
#BlackFutures
#LovePower

It’ll be affordable because it has to. Just like it has to be acceptable to us.

Trust #BlackFutures. It’s happening rn.

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On ivory paper background- IT’S A COLLECTIVE DECLARATION THAT READING IS AN ACT OF CARE. THAT CHOOSING A BOOK IS CHOOSING A FUTURE THAT REMAINS OPEN.

Happy 5 year #anniversary Baldwin & Co. 💖
bookshop.org/shop/baldwin...

#NewOrleans

#BlackHistory
#BlackFutures

Don’t miss this gripping story and essential piece of history!

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#BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #BlackFutures #NASA #Space #SpaceHistory #Friendship7 #MoonLanding #HiddenFigures #Math #Computers #Mathematics #Technology #TechnologyHistory #History #BlackWomenLead #NPtech

Movie screenshot. Actor Taraji P. Henson as Katherine Goble Johnson stands on a tall ladder drawing a mathematical diagram on a blackboard.

Let’s make some noise for Black women in technology history this Black History Month!

🍿We're here with a movie recommendation: HIDDEN FIGURES (2016)(PG)(HBO and Hulu).

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#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackFutures #NASA #Space #Math #Mathematics #Computers #Technology #History #BlackWomenLead #NPtech

🎬 I Love Boosters (2026) by @BootsRiley
🗓️ In theaters May 22

A crew of professional shoplifters.
A fashion empire built on exploitation.

#SistahScifi #ILoveBoosters #BootsRiley #BlackCinema #PoliticalFilm #BlackFutures

yes indeed!

#BlackHistory
#BlackFutures

🎶💜💚💛🎶

“What are you going to do today to resist domination?” is a question bell hooks asked herself in moments of despair.

#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackFutures

#PersistenceIsTheBigTalent (-Octavia Butler)
("Despair is love with a broken heart" - Kai Cheng Thom)

#FebruaryReflections2026

February is Black Histories and Futures Month! Check out these activities! What are you doing this month?
#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackFutures #BlackOutdoors #BlackHikers #BlackinNature #BlackBirders

Black History & the Environmental Justice Movement Dr. Beverly Wright of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, Dr. Robert Bullard of the Bullard Center for Environmental Justice, and Peggy Shepard of WE ACT for Environmental Justice at the ...

#RP WE ACT for Environmental Justice

Now and always, for #BlackHistoryMonth and year round, we honor and celebrate Black history and environmental justice.

🔗 Learn more and share: bit.ly/BlackHistory-WEACT4EJ

#environmentaljustice #climatejustice #BlackHistory #BlackFutures

This month and every day, let’s celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth and dream #BlackFutures. We must honor the history and progress that has been made while acknowledging that we must continue organizing to achieve true freedom and liberation.

National Black Harm Reduction Network (NBHRN) The National Black Harm Reduction Network (NBHRN) is committed to promoting harm reduction strategies that improve the health and well-being of Black communities. These communities are disproportionat...

at @nbhrn.bsky.social by visiting www.nbhrn.org, & by reading our blog post highlighting the NBHRN's vision: bit.ly/BlackHarmReductionNetworkSpotlight

#BlackFutures #BlackFuturesMonth #EveryMonthIsBlackHistoryMonth #BlackLivesMatter #BlackJoyMatters #BlackDreamsMatter #RacialJustice #HarmReduction

🖤✨ Thank you to everyone who joined us for Divine Forces: Exploring the Power of the Orishas at @sfpubliclibrary.

Deep gratitude to our partners, panelists, and community for showing up with intention, curiosity, and care.

Until next time. 🖤

#SistahScifi #DivineForces #Orishas #BlackFutures

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Winifred’s work spans fantasy and speculative fiction with sharp emotional truth and fearless imagination. These are stories that claim space, challenge systems, and speak directly to readers who’ve been waiting to see themselves on the page.
#Booksky #SpeculativeFiction #BlackFutures

#IndigenousFutures #BlackFutures #CripFutures #QTBIFutures #HopefulFutures

OC-Tober day 7: Magazine Cover!
This is actually an old commission I did for a poetry zine a few months ago, and it was the front cover! They’re still on sale, so if you’d like to buy one lmk!
#oc #oc-tober #BIPOC #POC #BIPOCart #Blackfutures

🌑✨ Preorder Now: The Leaving Room by Amber McBride ✨🌑

"Intimate and astonishing..." -- Jason Reynolds, New York Times Bestselling Author

🔗 sistahscifi.com/products/the...

#SistahScifi #AmberMcBride #TheLeavingRoom #Poetry #BlackFutures #PreorderNow

Inclusion in outer space When St. Louis native Nikki Alexander was a student at Harvard Law School, she made a discovery that fueled her passion project.  “I had never heard of space law before,” Alexander said.  She was instantly fascinated. Alexander realized that while there were private companies and billionaires going to space and making plans to settle on […]

'Inclusion in outer space'

🖋 Kenya Vaughn | The St. Louis American
📸 Photos from Nikki Alexander

#stlamerican #stlnews #stlouis #RAC #ARPA #ArcOfTheUniverse #BlackFutures #DiversityInSpace

Unchained Black Poet | Lauren Brewster | Substack A poetic lens on Black techno-futures, ancestral memory, and the politics of being. Dispatches from the margins, archives, and the algorithm. Click to read Unchained Black Poet, by Lauren Brewster, a ...

New name. Same voice.
Unchained Black Poet...writing from the margins, the archives, and the algorithm.
Where Black memory meets future visions.
Where nothing stays chained.

Follow the journey: unchainedblackpoet.substack.com

#UnchainedBlackPoet #BlackFutures #Poetry #TechAndCulture

Did you know? 1 in 3 Black boys born in 2001 may face incarceration. It's more than a statistic; it's a predestined sentence.

We don’t need more cages. We need a new system.

#EndMassIncarceration #SchoolToPrisonPipeline #RacialJustice #BlackFutures #AbolitionNow

BLACK LIVES MATTER. BLACK CHILDREN MATTER. BLACK LOVE MATTERS. BLACK FUTURES MATTER

#blacklivesmatter #blackchildren #blacklove #blackfutures #blacksky #addtoblacksky

‘There are Black people in the future’: Oakland Museum exhibit documents displacement and resistance Visitors can take in a sculptural installation, archival photos, and artefacts highlighting the Black community’s past, present, and future in the East Bay.

A new Oakland Museum exhibit explores Black history and envisions Oakland 1,000 years from now, blending artifacts, archives, and future-focused art to highlight resilience and reimagine The Town.

oaklandside.org/2025/07/18/o...

#BlackFutures #OaklandHistory #ReclaimAndRemain