When Black trans women and femmes are free, we will all be free. When all Black women are free, we will all be free.
Yet, Black women historically and presently experience some of the highest rates of violence (including fatal, physical, and sexual violence), the highest rates of maternal mortality and stress-related medical conditions, and some of the highest rates of poverty and unemployment of any group in the United States.
Black women also face disproportionately high rates of traffic stops, police violence, arrests, incarceration, and carceral control among women. Beyond that, Black women represent the fastest growing population within prisons and jails in the country. It's time to end this.
WEBINAR: End the War on Black Women
August 25, 2020
Featuring:
Andrea Ritchie (she/her), Interrupting Criminalization (Moderator)
Gina Clayton-Johnson (she/her), Essie Justice Group & M4BL Policy Table Leadership
Andrea James (she/her), National Council of Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls
Paris Hatcher (she/her), Black Feminist Future
Monica Simpson (she/her), SisterSong
Janae Bonsu (she/her), BYP100
Erin Miles Cloud (she/her), Movement for Family Power
To fully achieve our #VisionForBlackLives, it is essential to center the experiences of Black women and girls, and all trans, intersex, and gender nonconforming folks. We must also acknowledge the ways in which imposition and internalization of cisheteropatriarchy have fueled multiple forms of racialized gender-based violence against and within Black communities.
