Media
Atima Omara brings her experiences as a campaign operative, union organizer, non-profit executive, Democratic Party leader, and advocate to writing and speaking on the intersection of race and gender with politics, policy, and popular culture.
Atima has traveled across the US and to Canada to speak on Democratic politics, the Millennial vote, Black civic engagement and women’s rights. Atima has also appeared a number of times as a political commentator on MSNBC, CNN, Fox News Channel (FNC) and Fox Business (FBN) PBS’ To The Contrary, CSPAN, Sky News & BBC, NPR, & Sirius XM
Below are some recent sample media clips. You can check out more media clips here.
MSNBC Live: Covid Relief Bill & 2021 CPAC and GOP Future
MSNBC Politics Nation: Capitol Insurrection & Biden’s Agenda for Black America
MSNBC Live: 2020 SC Primary & Super Tuesday
MSNBC Live: 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary
MSNBC Live: WHCD 2018 Fallout
MSNBC Live: Trump, Race, and His Comments on Africa
CNN: At This Hour, Thanksgiving Day, 2017
Fox News: Trump, Dossier, Russia Investigation 11/17/2017
Articles Authored
FEMINISM (Reproductive Health Care & Justice)
Abortion Access Is An Economic Justice Issue, And Democrats Should Remember That, Rewire, April 2017
As Hyde Amendment Turns 40, Poll Show Support For Its Repeal, American Prospect, September 2016
SCOTUS Abortion Ruling Benefits Women of Color, Low Income Women, American Prospect, June 2016
Punishing Women for Abortion, American Prospect, June 2016
On the Anniversary of Roe v Wade: A Right Under Threat, American Prospect, January 2016
The High Cost of Reproductive Coercion, American Prospect, November 2015
The Pope's Blind Spot: When Income Inequality & Abortion Intersect, American Prospect, September 2015
Actually, Reproductive Health Care About the Economy, Talking Points Memo, November 3, 2014
Black Women Need To Be Heard on Health Issues, Women's Enews September 6, 2012
Dear Women of Means, Support Abortion Funds Today, Women's Enews, May 13, 2013
Ann Romney: Contraception IS About the Economy, Women's Enews, Oct 2, 2012
Thin Veil of Morality & Freedom Obstructing Women’s Health, RH Reality Check, August 16, 2012
40 years after Roe: NARAL Redefines the Future, Fem2pt0 Blog, March 2, 2013
Roe at 40: Reproductive Justice for Black Women, Ms. Magazine's Blog February 22, 2013
FEMINISM (General)
Mandela: President of the African Diaspora,Fem2pt0 Blog, December 11, 2013
What Feminist Can Learn from the Ani Di Franco Righteous Retreat Disaster, Fem2pt0 Blog January 8, 2014
On the 50th Anniversary: The Irrelevancy & Relevancy of the Feminine Mystique, Femp2pt0 Blog, March 14, 2013
Solidarity for Women of Color in the Public Eye, Fem2pt0 Blog, September 27, 2013
POLITICS (Women's Political Leadership)
Excited by the Idea of Oprah As President? The Real Opportunity Is Supporting Black Women in the 2018 Elections, The Lily, January 2018
It Will Take More Women Candidates And Activists To Win This Battle Of The Sexes, Role Reboot, October 2017
Change the Players, Change The Game: Encourage Younger Women To Run For Office,
The Shriver Report, March 25, 2014
Women Must “Lean In” To Political Leadership, Fem2pt0 Blog, May 13, 2013
Lasting Legacy of Hillary Clinton, Fem 2pt0 Blog, February 8, 2013
The Activist Who Never Thought She’d Be President, Fem2pt0 Blog, October 15, 2013
POLITICS (General)
The time for token acts of solidarity is over The Lily, June 2020
Charlottesville Made Me: And Reminds Me of Why Every Young Adult Should Step Into Politics, Mic, August 2017
Triple Consciousness: To be Black and an Immigrant in America, Salon, September 2017
Confederate Statues: Fruit From The Poisonous Vine, HuffPost August 2017
Republicans Keep Trying To Shut Women Down, HuffPost, June 2017
Election 2014: Now Is The Time, Ebony Magazine's Blog, Oct 31, 2014
Immigration Reform Now, Huffington Post November 25, 2014
Still Not Getting It: GOP’s Latest Ad for Young Women Voters, Huffington Post, Oct 2, 2014
Let Them Not Have Died In Vain, Huffington Post August 22, 2014
How Congress is Screwing Up the Economic Future of Young People, Huffington Post, January 6, 2014
Invisible Immigrant, Huffington Post, June 11, 2013
Sloppy Mental Health Talk Will Intensify Stigma, Women's Enews, February 18, 2013
Mental Disability Discussion Provides Opportunity for Real Change, Fem2pt0 blog, January 18, 2013
FILM
I'll Miss TV's Annalise Keating and the Complexity of Black Women. Ms. Magazine, May 2020
Notes from The 2013 Telluride Film Festival: Reviews of 'Invisible Woman' & 'Gravity', Bitch Flicks Blog, November 13, 2013
Notes from the 2013 Telluride Film Festival: A New Look At American Slavery in '12 Years A Slave', Bitch Flicks Blog, November 8, 2013
Notes from the 2013 Telluride Film Festival: Reviews of the 'The Past' & 'Ida',
Bitch Flicks Blog, October 9, 2013
Not Another Teenaged Drama: A Review of 'Palo Alto',
Bitch Flicks Blog, October 2, 2013
Foreign Film Week: 'War Witch': Finally A Movie About Africa Without The Cute White Movie Star, Bitch Flicks Blog, March 19, 2013
Mammy, Sapphire, or Jezebel Olivia Pope is Not: A Review of Scandal,
Bitch Flicks Blog, February 25, 2013
2013 Oscar Week: More Royal Than Affair,
Bitch Flicks Blog, February 20, 2013