Areva Martin

Challenges of Black Motherhood

Pregnancy Discrimination and Beyond: The Challenges of Black Motherhood

There have been a lot of events lately that put the challenges of Black motherhood at the top of my mind: Black Maternal Health Week in April, Mother’s Day, Women’s Health Month, and, of course, the troubling SCOTUS leak of Roe v. Wade’s potential repeal.  Motherhood, in its ideal form, should largely be a joyous […]

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A Pink Pump Affair

14th Annual Pink Pump Affair Mixes Fashion and Philanthropy for a Charitable Cause

Media Personality, Civil Rights Attorney and Child Advocate Areva Martin Raises Money on the Catwalk for the Special Needs Network LOS ANGELES – Calling all fashionistas! Media personality, civil rights attorney and child advocate Areva Martin is inviting all fashionista to dress in their Sunday best for the 14th annual Pink Pump Affair on Sunday, May

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Autism Acceptance Keynote for Special Needs Network

Best Selling Author and Prominent Thought Leader Michael Eric Dyson to Keynote

TOOLS FOR TRANSFORMATION CONFERENCE Special Needs Network presents Tools for Transformation Conference in Observance of April as Autism Acceptance Month MEDIA RELEASE LOS ANGELES – The Special Needs Network (SNN) is excited to announce that New York Times best-selling author and one of the country’s prominent thought leaders Michael Eric Dyson will deliver the keynote

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Areva Martin | Autism Advocate

Autism Acceptance Month: Celebrate, Support, But Don’t Forget the Disparities

When my son Marty was diagnosed with Autism at the age of two, April was Autism Awareness Month, and had been since the 1970s. Last year, it was changed to Autism Acceptance Month. The shift away from the term “awareness” and towards “acceptance” was an important step forward. “Awareness” can only do so much to

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Op-Ed: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s U.S. Supreme Court Confirmation Proves That You Can’t Keep a Great Black Woman Down

I recently wrote an Op-Ed in Ebony discussing the brilliant legacy of Black women breaking barriers and their persistence and unflappability in the face of criticism, and the nevernding onslaught of those trying to keep them down and to maintain the status quo. I examine the barrier-breaking and the criticisms through the lens of my

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