# diverse communities — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover diverse communities. Page: Feed: --- ## [30+ Black Women & Gender Diverse Community Leaders Over 65](https://ohmyhandmade.com/2026/archives/maker-movement/over-65/) _2026-02-20 · Jessika Hepburn · Oh My! Handmade_ I’ve been working on this list of 30+ Black women and gender diverse community leaders who are over 65. With the passing of local African Nova Scotian activist Eddie Carvery and Rev. Jesse Jackson it seems important to share rather than waiting. Don’t wait to give people their flowers. Everyone on this list is still alive \[ \] ## [Autobiography: Redacted – Studies After Howardena Pindell](https://ohmyhandmade.com/2026/archives/fellow-makers/howardena-pindell/) _2026-02-18 · Jessika Hepburn · Oh My! Handmade_ “All the whiteness was getting on my nerves.” — Howardena Pindell on why she made “Free, White and 21.” (1980), New York Times, 2025 Howardena Pindell is almost 83 years old and still making art in her New York studio. The first Black curator at the Museum of Modern Art, she also co-founded A.I.R. Gallery \[ \] ## [2025 JFREJ Virtual Mazals Producer & Diasporspritz](https://ohmyhandmade.com/2025/portfolio/2025-jfrej-virtual-mazals-producer-diasporspritz/) _2025-12-01 · Jessika Hepburn · Oh My! Handmade_ Project: Virtual producer of the 2025 Jews for Racial and Economic Justie (JFREJ) Mazals responsible for virtual run of show, coordinating with special guests, and event facilitation. Designed Diasporspritz printable and marketing content for JFREJ newsletter. Also virtual emcee of the 2024 Virtual Mazals program. Date: September 2025 ## [Courage/Ometz Lev](https://ohmyhandmade.com/2025/heart/courage-ometz-lev/) _2025-11-21 · Jessika Hepburn · Oh My! Handmade_ Want to find Courage? Let compassion be your compass. Don’t go looking for the one yelling the loudest at the front of the crowd, Courage isn’t always some powerhouse full of fire and fury. Courage is often a quiet thing who visits us in daily decisions and unsung moments. Courage is the girl sold on the \[ \] ## [Notes To A Little Schmuck](https://ohmyhandmade.com/2025/hands/notes-to-a-little-schmuck/) _2025-11-12 · Jessika Hepburn · Oh My! Handmade_ Found in my grandmother Ana Brom’s notebooks tucked between instructions on dying wool and sketches for clothing designs are “notes to a little schmuck”, as she referred to herself. Born Ann Doris Rosen in Brooklyn, New York in February 1930 to Jewish parents Clara Brom and Simon Rosen, she died on Vancouver Island, unknown to \[ \] ## [Handwork – The Blues](https://ohmyhandmade.com/2025/hands/handwork-the-blues/) _2025-11-03 · Jessika Hepburn · Oh My! Handmade_ 🧵Stitching The Blues🪡 Mixed media experiments — stitched and felted hand dyed wool, remnants of my Nana Ana Brom’s hand dyed silks (and her thread scissors), beads a tiny message in a bottle sealed with beeswax. ## [Allegory of the Long Spoons](https://ohmyhandmade.com/2025/archives/fellow-makers/handmade/allegory-of-the-long-spoon/) _2025-10-07 · Jessika Hepburn · Oh My! Handmade_ Imagine that hell is a dinner party. There is a long table in a grand hall filled with delicious food but the guests are miserable. No one is able to eat because they are forced to use long spoons that cannot reach their mouths. They have so much but they are still starving and suffering. Imagine \[ \] ## [Celery](https://allthebrilliance.substack.com/p/celery) _2025-09-20 · Aliya Bhatia · Harnessing All The Brilliance_ Schools, neighborhoods, and the individual "opt-in" for thriving, diverse communities. ## [The Biscuit Eater Cafe & Books](https://ohmyhandmade.com/2025/portfolio/the-biscuit-eater-cafe-books/) _2025-05-12 · Jessika Hepburn · Oh My! Handmade_ Project: The Biscuit Eater Cafe Books From 2016-2022 my family owned and operated a rural cafe and bookstore with a focus on community care. I commissioned illustrator Kat Frick Miller to illustrate our building that was built in 1775 and one of the oldest in town. I designed all the branding, marketing materials, decor, \[ \] ## [Dear Uncle Jonald](https://allthebrilliance.substack.com/p/dear-uncle-jonald) _2024-12-30 · Aliya Bhatia · Harnessing All The Brilliance_ We all have stories, and we can use them to make our world better. ## [Transcript-Driven Stock Discovery (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/hYcNk0AXtXrp) _2024-12-30 · **Sponsored**_ Ranked, evidence-backed watchlists from indexed executive transcripts for 1–2 quarter horizons ## [Jessika Hepburn Timeline 1982-2024](https://ohmyhandmade.com/2024/portfolio/jessika-hepburn-timeline-1982-2024/) _2024-12-01 · Jessika Hepburn · Oh My! Handmade_ ## [Christening](https://allthebrilliance.substack.com/p/christening) _2024-11-16 · Aliya Bhatia · Harnessing All The Brilliance_ Is asking "Where are you from?" a portal to understanding, or a burden?