Breaking The Silence LA: A Town Hall on Girls and Women of Color
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On March 23, 2019, community leaders are coming together for a town hall hearing to help elevate the voices and experiences of women and girls of color in Los Angeles. The purpose of this gathering is to identify opportunities to advance policy implementation and support to meet their needs. Women and girls of color are negatively impacted across a range of indicators, yet unfortunately many dominant narratives about racial inequity fail to include women and girls and the disparities they face. Through this town hall, we hope to create opportunities for local decision makers to listen to women and girls directly about the challenges they experience on a daily basis –in their homes, schools, and communities— and identify opportunities for intervention.
About Breaking the Silence: A National Town Hall Series on Women & Girls of Color
In July 2014, Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw (Columbia Law/ UCLA Law), Professor Priscilla Ocen (Loyola Law), and Professor Jyoti Nanda (UCLA Law) hosted “Breaking the Silence: a Hearing on Girls of Color” in Los Angeles to uplift the voices of girls of color. The hearing became the precursor to the African American Policy Forum’s (AAPF) report Black Girls Matter.
Launched in 2014, Breaking the Silence is a national town hall series focused on elevating the stories and experiences of women and girls of color across various intersections of identity. Through these hearings, AAPF has sought to bring the circumstances facing women and girls of color from the margins and squarely into the center of public policy debates, while working with community leaders to develop and advance local agendas for gender inclusive racial justice. We have partnered with local organizations to hold town hall events in New York City, Atlanta, Chicago, Washington DC, Baltimore, Miami, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Oakland, Greensboro, and Ohio. We are pleased to return the #BreakingTheSilence series to Los Angeles again for the first time since 2014.
**TO SUBMIT PRE-REGISTRATION RSVP FORM - CLICK HERE**
**Form deadline: March 21, 2019**
Limited seating capacity available / submitting early RSVP is recommended.
Organizer African American Policy Forum
Organizer of Breaking The Silence LA: A Town Hall on Girls and Women of Color
Founded in 1996, The African American Policy Forum (AAPF) is an innovative think tank that connects academics, activists and policy-makers to promote efforts to dismantle structural inequality. We utilize new ideas and innovative perspectives to transform public discourse and policy. We promote frameworks and strategies that address a vision of racial justice that embraces the intersections of race, gender, class, and the array of barriers that disempower those who are marginalized in society. AAPF is dedicated to advancing and expanding racial justice, gender equality, and the indivisibility of all human rights, both in the U.S. and internationally.
