We were delighted to join The New York Women's Foundation in honoring these incredible women at the Celebrating Women Breakfast!

Our executive director Sydney McKinney with honorees S. Mona Sinha from
Equality Now, Cynthia Nixon, & Andrea Arroyo & National Black Women’s Justice Institute (NBWJI) board member Isis Sapp-Grant

Black girls have serious unmet mental health needs—it has been called a mental health crisis “hiding in plain sight.”

Learn more: bit.ly/BlackGirlsMent…

And check out these great orgs: Black Girls Smile Inc., Detroit Heals Detroit, Justice 4 Black Girls, Therapy for Black Girls

Twyla Stallworth was in jail for 15 hours, but even in that short time Stallworth said she was sexually violated when jail officials subjected her to a strip search.

“Every morning I wake up, I wake up a different person. A piece of me was lost...This has to stop.”

A brief 🧵🚨​​:
A 1990s policy bans individuals with one federal or state drug conviction from getting food stamps and cash assistance benefits.
The RESTORE Act seeks to repeal it.

What do we mean by school-to-confinement pathways? Our founder Dr. Monique Couvson explains how the “prevailing consciousness of what we think about Black girls” make them vulnerable to contact with the juvenile court system. #EndSchoolPushout

Full convo: youtu.be/eWw6jVn2DQM?fe…

“I wish, in them knowing that they’re dealing with children who come from these trauma-based backgrounds, that someone would have pulled me to the side and said ‘Young lady, you don’t have to do that. You’re a queen.’”

abcnews.go.com/US/teens-repor…

Today marks 3 years since 16yo Ma’Khia Bryant was killed by police in Columbus, OH. Ma’Khia called the police for help, & an officer killed her. As we have seen again & again, interactions with police are devastating, traumatizing, & sometimes deadly for Black girls. #sayhername

We must support survivors of gender-based violence.

We must provide survivors with the services & resources they deserve & need to heal rather than punishing them as criminals.

Get our factsheet 👉🏿 bit.ly/GBVCriminaliza…

#RealJusticeIsHealing
#sexualassaultawarenesmonth

Black girls are worthy.

A reminder from our founder Dr. Monique Couvson on why we do what we do.

Check our our full conversation at youtu.be/eWw6jVn2DQM

Just announced - 📆 April 11 @ 12:00 p.m. In celebration of a full year of automatic expungement in Michigan, join us for a lively discussion, moderated by SJM ED John S. Cooper, and featuring state and national experts. Secure your spot today ➡️ bit.ly/OneYearAutoExp

TONIGHT: Join us & our founder Monique Couvson, EdD to discuss how we can move away from punishment & the forces that push Black girls out of school & into the juvenile legal system, and how we can instead create liberatory education for Black girls. Register: bit.ly/DrMoniqueCouvs…

When Black girls are disproportionately punished & pushed out of school, it means that Black girls are also disproportionately affected by school-to-confinement pathways.

Read the latest op-ed from our Executive Director Dr. Sydney McKinney in New York Amsterdam News amsterdamnews.com/news/2024/03/1…

Yes! This is why we started the Sisters in Solidarity Reentry Network: to support the leadership of formerly incarcerated Black women who are championing the movement for culturally-affirming & gender-responsive reentry services for women colorlines.com/article/projec… via Colorlines

Punitive discipline practices lead to disconnection from school & create school-to-confinement pathways that disproportionately affect Black girls.

We must eliminate these pathways & #EndSchoolPushout

New factsheet ➡️ bit.ly/NationalTrends…

Dr. Sydney McKinney writes in this week's New York Amsterdam News

'In the 70 years since Brown v. Board of Education... it has become painfully clear that the promise of desegregation and racial equality has not been fully realized.'

amsterdamnews.com/news/2024/03/1…

Breonna Taylor should be with us today.

We must continue working toward & fighting for a society that respects, values, and honors the humanity of Black women & girls, takes accountability for the harm it has inflicted, and recognizes that real justice is healing.

#sayhername

Have you ever heard of Biddy Mason?
She was an entrepreneur, philanthropist, real estate mogul, midwife, nurse, and one of the wealthiest people in Los Angeles County.
Standby, this 🧵⚠️ was made to inspire.