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- The Criminalization of Black Survivors of Domestic Violence
Addressing these injustices requires both policy reforms and increased public awareness.
- Youth-Led Policy Report Promotes Solutions to Improve Mental Health for Black Girls & Youth of Color
The report recommends several policy solutions to address these issues, including: Increasing youth access “Young people are incredible—we know from decades of research on brain science that adversity can be
- Schools Can Become Safe Spaces For Black Girls To Learn, Heal And Thrive
Schools, Black girls account for about 15 percent of the population and about 50 percent of out of school
- Thank You!
Thank you for getting behind NBWJI's vision to increase our collective capacity to create spaces where I also want to thank our incredible NBWJI team, who has continued to move our significant work forward
- Extreme Sentences Disproportionately Impact and Harm Black Women
Between 2008 and 2020 there was a 2% increase in the number of women imprisoned for a violent crime, but a 20% increase in the number of women serving a life sentence and a 43% increase in women serving Criminalization and incarceration cause more trauma and do not help people to heal or increase public
- NBWJI Statement on SCOTUS Decision Overturning Roe
with this decision that effectively eliminates women’s and girls’ control over their own bodies and increases
- VIP: Reframing Our Approach to Advocate for Girls of Color in Foster Care
The 2017 Adoption and Foster Care Analysis System (AFCARS) reported 23 percent of youth in foster care were Black identified, but Black children make up only 15 percent of the US child population. The Data Sheet identifies that Black girls make up 15 percent of the female student population, yet about 50 percent of out-of-school suspensions. things, that: “Native Americans experience the highest overall rates of sexual assault in the US” “22 percent
- NBWJI Calls For The Release Of Women And Girls In Prisons
Sydney McKinney, Executive Director: Day after day, reports of increasing illness and death in U.S. prisons
- National Black Women’s Justice Institute Statement on Rochester Police Pepper-Spraying Young Girl
enforcement responses and criminalization of Black girls only causes more trauma and does little to heal or increase
- How Schools Can Prioritize Mental Health for Black Girls and Other Youth
educators and policymakers agree with the DOE’s advice, they currently lack capacity and resources to increase Together, they discussed going back to school, increasing access to mental health services, and elevating
- For Many Black Girls, School Elicits Fear & Anxiety about Gender-Based Violence & Criminalization
Disengaging from school not only disrupts students’ education, it also increases their involvement in
- How to Support the Safety of Black Women Survivors of Domestic of Violence
This vulnerability increases with marginalized statuses and structural disadvantage: Black women with
