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Dr Akima Thomas OBE

@AkimaThomas

Making a change. Psychotherapist, intersectional feminist activist. Bringing Revolutionary Love✊🏽❤️ Founder & Clinical Director @womenandgirlsn

 London, England
Joined February 2013
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Women Girls Network@WomenandGirlsN12 Oct 2020
As part of our #BlackHistoryMonth Instagram line-up we spoke with @AkimaThomas, founder and Clinical Director of WGN, about #Activism, #BlackLeadership, #RevolutionaryLove & more. Watch part 1 of the interview here: instagram.com/p/CGPcrPtjEvX/
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Women Girls Network@WomenandGirlsN10 Oct 2020
This #WorldMentalHealthDay let’s talk about #mentalhealth & racism. Not just because it’s #BlackHistoryMonth, but because it needs to be talked about! Read about how racism affects Black people's mental health, and experiences with mental health services in the images below
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Gavin Newsom
@GavinNewsom30 Sep 2020
CA just became the first state in the nation to mandate the study and development of proposals for reparations. Our past is one of slavery, racism, and injustice. Our systems were built to oppress people of color. It’s past time we acknowledge that. latimes.com/california/story…
California task force will consider paying reparations for slavery

California task force will consider paying reparations for slavery

In a year of national protests against racial injustice, state lawmakers approved Assembly Bill 3121 to force the state to begin to confront its racist history and systemic disparities that persist...

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Viv Gordon@VivGordonCo13 Sep 2020
Book now for Friday - pay what you decide from £1 - some seriously brilliant speakers and a brand new monologue from me. I love 💕💗💕 this movement - kick ass challenge to damaging medicalisation of mental health ✊🏼💗✊🏼
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None of these people accept the pathologising of emotional distress and they will tell you why in all sorts of creative ways at the #AD4Efestival on September 18th (supported by @onlinevents ) 🧡 🌍🎵 Book now & donate what you want! #adisorder4everyone bit.ly/2MwFHsR
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Women Girls Network@WomenandGirlsN6 Mar 2020
Look out for our very own ⁦@AkimaThomas⁩ at Sticky Labels: Women and the Mental Health System ⁦@WOWisGlobal⁩ today exploring the politics of women and mental health, and the misogyny within the contemporary psychiatric diagnostic framework. southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-…
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Imkaan
@Imkaan4 Mar 2020
“ Silence -part of women’s coping strategy “ #reclaimingvoices2020
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Davina James-Hanman@davinajh5 Feb 2020
So can we please STOP with the why doesn't she just leave? Most women who flee domestic violence have nowhere to go theguardian.com/society/2020…
Most women who flee domestic violence have nowhere to go

Most women who flee domestic violence have nowhere to go

Survivors face returning to their abuser or sleeping rough as they can’t prove they are vulnerable to council housing officers

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I’ll be facilitating a workshop with ⁦@AkimaThomas around creative approaches to trauma⁩ on the 13th February - join us 🌀 #ADisorder4Everyone eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-disorde…
A Disorder for Everyone! - Challenging the culture of psychiatric diagnosis and exploring trauma...

A Disorder for Everyone! - Challenging the culture of psychiatric diagnosis and exploring trauma...

"A Disorder for Everyone!" - Challenging the culture of psychiatric diagnosis and exploring trauma informed alternatives in association with The Women's Centre Cornwall AD4E is coming to Cornwall!...

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Davina James-Hanman@davinajh12 Jan 2020
"Patriarchy is our judge that imprisons us at birth," the protesters chanted, performing an anti-rape anthem that has been staged all over the world. huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/p…
Women Stage Flash Mob Protest Outside Harvey Weinstein Trial

Women Stage Flash Mob Protest Outside Harvey Weinstein Trial

“The rapist is you. It’s the cops. The judges. The state. The president,” chanted the protesters performing an anti-rape anthem by Chilean feminist group LasTesis.

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Gabriela Quevedo@gabiquevedo7812 Oct 2019
Words fail me to express the love and gratitude I feel for the fierce womxn @WomenandGirlsN and everyone holding space, making us reflect, laugh, challenge, build power at #ThinkingUnderFire2019 yesterday. Memories will stay firmly in my heart for many, many moons @VirdeeGurpreet
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Women Girls Network@WomenandGirlsN11 Oct 2019
Imagination is sometimes a casualty of trauma. It’s not always a priority. Imagination can support alternative meaning. The wake is not only trauma. That would be a single story. There is also pleasure & joy. @FolukeTaylor #ThinkingUnderFire2019
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Women Girls Network@WomenandGirlsN11 Oct 2019
A HUGE thank you to everyone who attending our #ThinkingUnderFire2019 Conference. It was a truly incredible day with such inspirational speakers, facilitators, performers and attendees! Sending you all love and thanks ❤️❤️
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Women Girls Network@WomenandGirlsN17 Sep 2019
WGNs Directors @VirdeeGurpreet @AkimaThomas with the incredible Angela Davis before her keynote speech at #MeTooReykjavik #AngelaDavis “You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.” ✊🏽❤️
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ad4e@dropthedisorder3 Sep 2019
Here’s the dynamic force of nature that is @AkimaThomas from @WomenandGirlsN author of Ch 9 in #dropthedisorder entitled ‘Resistance, rebellion, resilience & recovery’ & if that title doesn’t want to make you read it I don’t know what will. It’s superb!💜 pccs-books.co.uk/products/dr…
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Diane Abbott
@HackneyAbbott28 Aug 2019
Big turnout outside Parliament for the protest against @BorisJohnson shutting down Parliament #StopTheCoup
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Women Girls Network@WomenandGirlsN3 Mar 2019
Day 3 - Womyns Month They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds - Mexican Proverb #herstory
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Casper Ruud
@CasperRuud9818 Feb 2019
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Feminist Press@FeministPress18 Feb 2019
"If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, you must be the one to write it."—Toni Morrison "Your silence will not protect you."—Audre Lorde ✨Happy Birthday to Lorde AND Morrison!✨ Today should be a national holiday, right?
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CountingDeadWomen@CountDeadWomen21 Nov 2018
Starting at 7am and naming one woman every 5 minutes, it will take approximately 12 hours. That is for the UK alone. #IDEVAW
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@UN_Women21 Oct 2018
What does ‘intersectionality’ mean in activism to end violence against women? Find out from @MaraiLarasi, Executive Director of @Imkaan: unwo.men/rGPO30miIL8 #SafeCities
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