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Antoinette Oyínkánsọ́lá Fernandez @greenantoinette.bsky.social · 16h

For the full video of Celia’s presentation and the council’s response please visit my instagram @greenpartyantoinette 💚✌🏿

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Antoinette Oyínkánsọ́lá Fernandez @greenantoinette.bsky.social · 16h

Video of @celiacoram.bsky.social ‘s presentation💚 for full video and a video of the council’s response visit my

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Antoinette Oyínkánsọ́lá Fernandez @greenantoinette.bsky.social · 20h

Supported my fellow @saveleamarshes.bsky.social member @celiacoram.bsky.social today as she presented serious concerns about the safety of building a secure facility on a flood plain and other issues to Waltham Forest Council with regards to the Metropolitan land by the River Lea💚🌿

Celia Coram and Antoinette both part of Save Lea Marshes outside Waltham Forest Town Hall after Celia’s presentation at a Waltham Forest Council Committee meeting.

Celia Coram of Save Lea Marshes outside Waltham Forest Town Hall after a presentation to the Council.

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Antoinette Oyínkánsọ́lá Fernandez @greenantoinette.bsky.social · 1d

You are more than welcome💚

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Antoinette Oyínkánsọ́lá Fernandez @greenantoinette.bsky.social · 2d

Great to properly meet @frankadlingtons.bsky.social & @rachelmillward.bsky.social & other lovely Greens at the @greenparty.org.uk Autumn conference 2025 🫱🏼‍🫲🏾

The Anti-Racism motion was passed & I also got re-elected onto the National E&D committee🌟

Hope everyone had a good one🌿

Onwards & upwards✊🏿⚡️

(From left to right) Frank Adlington - Stringer, Antoinette Fernandez, Rachel Millward.

3rd, 4th and 2nd placed candidates in the Green Party Deputy Leadership election.

Photo taken at the Green Party Autumn Conference 2025 at the Bournemouth International Centre.

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Antoinette Oyínkánsọ́lá Fernandez @greenantoinette.bsky.social · 3d

Green Party Autumn Conference 2025 with some of my fellow E&D committee and @globalgreens.bsky.social members✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽💚

Antoinette alongside her fellow E&D committee members from left to right - Teresa Ravenshaw, Ekua Bayanu and Antoinette.
At the Bournemouth International Centre for the Green Party’s Autumn Conference 2025.

From left to right - Hamza Egal, Amanda Omwenmwue, Antoinette Fernandez and Animah Kosai - all members of Global Majority Greens at the Bournemouth International Centre for the Green Party’s Autumn Conference 2025.

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Antoinette Oyínkánsọ́lá Fernandez @greenantoinette.bsky.social · 7d

Today marks the 65th anniversary of Nigeria’s liberation from the British Empire.
Happy Independence Day Nigeria🇳🇬🦅🇳🇬

Here’s hoping the nations making up Nigeria can go one step further & return to their pre colonial borders
& gain true autonomy & leadership for the people, voted for by the people✊🏿☀️

A black and white photo of young Nigerian children in front of a sign celebrating Nigeria’s independence from the British on the 1st of October 1960.

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Antoinette Oyínkánsọ́lá Fernandez @greenantoinette.bsky.social · 11d

🖤✊🏿🕯️

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Antoinette Oyínkánsọ́lá Fernandez @greenantoinette.bsky.social · 11d

REST IN PEACE ASSATA SHAKUR 🖤🕯️

‘It is our duty to fight for our freedom.
It is our duty to win.
We must love and protect one another.
We have nothing to lose but our chains.’

One of the greatest freedom fighters of our time & one of my greatest inspirations✊🏿
www.instagram.com/reel/DPEwpfq...

greenpartyantoinette on Instagram

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Antoinette Oyínkánsọ́lá Fernandez @greenantoinette.bsky.social · 14d

and the impact that racist treatment can have longterm and worse still on their children.

This important gathering launched The Motherhood Group’s latest Black Maternal Mental Health Report, under the theme “Making Black Mothers Visible.”

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Antoinette Oyínkánsọ́lá Fernandez @greenantoinette.bsky.social · 14d

Spent the morning at The Motherhood Group’s Black Maternal Mental Health Week
Parliamentary Event, sponsored by @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social

Challenging to hear tearful accounts of racist treatment these brave women have faced at the most vulnerable times of their lives.

*Continued below

Antoinette with speaker Annabel Sowemimo at the Motherhood Group event launch of their Maternal Mental Health Report in the House of Commons.

Antoinette with Ola - Motherhood Group Organiser at the Motherhood Group event launch of their Maternal Mental Health Report in the House of Commons.

Attendees in a chamber in The Houses of Parliament listening to speakers for The Motherhood Group event.

Bell Ribiero Addy sat in a panel alongside The Motherhood group founder and a speaker in The Houses of Parliament.

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Antoinette Oyínkánsọ́lá Fernandez @greenantoinette.bsky.social · 20d

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Systemic racism affects maternity care for black women in England, say MPs

Commons committee finds women’s concerns not taken seriously due to bias, stereotyping and racist assumptions

www.theguardian.com

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Antoinette Oyínkánsọ́lá Fernandez @greenantoinette.bsky.social · 20d

“We might not have power but not doing anything is so much worse. Even if your voice is heard by just two people, it’s something.” - Edizon Musavuli.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21d

‘I’m from where you learn to run before you can walk’: the comic strip artist telling the story of DRC’s conflict

Edizon Musavuli uses his art to depict the daily struggles and constant insecurity of living in the rebel-occupied city of Goma

www.theguardian.com

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Antoinette Oyínkánsọ́lá Fernandez @greenantoinette.bsky.social · 26d

💚💚💚

Reposted by Antoinette Oyínkánsọ́lá Fernandez

David Storey @davidstoreygeog.bsky.social · Sep 8

"The state management of poverty in Britain was inextricably underwritten by slavery-derived wealth and colonial exploitation"
@williamsapj.bsky.social on the 'workhouse-plantation nexus'.
Media coverage of geographic research @antipodeonline.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Workhouses in England and Wales linked to transatlantic slave trade, study suggests

Report highlights how British workhouses were funded and supported by those who profited from slave economy

www.theguardian.com

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Antoinette Oyínkánsọ́lá Fernandez @greenantoinette.bsky.social · Sep 7

Image shows a black and white photo of Hackney Central and the current site of the Tesco supermarket that Hackney Council are planning to develop.

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Antoinette Oyínkánsọ́lá Fernandez @greenantoinette.bsky.social · Sep 7

🌟Morning Lane Peoples Space have been working hard to get @hackneycouncil.bsky.social to respect the needs and wishes of the local community, but sadly no dice.

A big thank you to all the organisers involved🙏🏾

Please visit morninglanepeoplesspace.org for more info ✊🏿

Text from image

CON JOB NOT CO-DESIGN
Why the community won't accept Hackney Council's Consultation on
55 Morning Lane
A Report by Morning Lane People's Space
September 2025

Images shows a black and white photo of Hackney Central and the current site of Tesco’s supermarket that Hackney Council are going to develop.

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Antoinette Oyínkánsọ́lá Fernandez @greenantoinette.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thank you Alex!
Great getting to know you too and yes hopefully meet in the future💚⚡️

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Antoinette Oyínkánsọ́lá Fernandez @greenantoinette.bsky.social · Sep 3

Re: Wheels - I might possibly be.

*For the record I do not encourage this sort of cycling!

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Antoinette Oyínkánsọ́lá Fernandez @greenantoinette.bsky.social · Sep 3

Looking forward to it! 💚

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Antoinette Oyínkánsọ́lá Fernandez @greenantoinette.bsky.social · Sep 3

Thank you so much David, for your support and your recognition of myself and all the other brilliant hard working Green Party candidates🙏🏾💚🌿

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Antoinette Oyínkánsọ́lá Fernandez @greenantoinette.bsky.social · Sep 2

Thank you! 💚💚💚

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Antoinette Oyínkánsọ́lá Fernandez @greenantoinette.bsky.social · Sep 2

Congratulations🎉🎉🎉
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
@rachelmillward.bsky.social @mothinali.bsky.social
Also congratulation to our new GPEX onwards and upwards💚💚💚

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Antoinette Oyínkánsọ́lá Fernandez @greenantoinette.bsky.social · Sep 1

Black Hair Month✊🏿⚡️

Please support Black owned hair businesses💇🏿‍♀️💆🏿‍♀️

I’m a fan of the brilliant, award winning Charlotte Mensah ✨(pictured) who got me ready to stand for Hackney North & Stoke Newington in the General Election last year🙏🏾

Also for my Hackney people visit Earth to Roots🌱on Clarence rd🌟

SEPTEMBER IS BLACK
HAIR MONTH!
POWER, CULTURE, AND OWNERSHIP.
(A black power emoji)

For the whole month of September we #BuyBlack.
How to take part:
Buy your products (shampoos, conditioners, oils, gels, wigs, extensions, hair equipment) exclusively from Black-owned businesses.

Share and promote Black-owned
haircare brands on your socials.
Educate others on why supporting Black ownership matters in an industry that profits heavily from us.
Reflect on your own relationship with your hair and celebrate its beauty, versatility, and cultural power.

Encourage salons, stylists, and suppliers to stock and champion Black-owned brands.

This month isn't just about hair-it's about power, culture, and ownership. Black women are the largest consumers in the Black hair industry, yet ownership and representation are still minimal.

By uniting our purchasing power, we show the industry that we demand better quality, more representation, and more Black-owned leadership.

Together, we can create a powerful shift-one purchase, one conversation, one coil, curl or wave at a time.

Antoinette and the award winning Hair stylist Charlotte Mensah pictured together in Charlotte’s hair salon in Notting Hill.

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Antoinette Oyínkánsọ́lá Fernandez @greenantoinette.bsky.social · Aug 31

Voting is done for @thegreenparty internal elections just two days to wait till the results⚡️

Good luck everyone and no matter who gets elected we are all in this together💚🤞🏾

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